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US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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November 2023
Google-led App Defense Alliance joins Linux Foundation, with Meta and Microsoft joining too
The App Defense Alliance (ADA) an initiative set up by Google back in 2019 to combat malicious Android apps infiltrating the Play app store, has formally joined the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), a Linux Foundation project focused on helping organizations working on technical specifications, standards, and related efforts. The App Defense Alliance had, in fact, already […]
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10 years on, Aileen Lee explains why focusing on unicorn valuations makes sense
From which metrics she thinks it’s a good idea to focus on to her favorite memorabilia, the creator of the “unicorn” moniker, Aileen Lee looks back on ten years of this very special creature.
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Ozone raises $7.1M to scale its AI-powered collaborative video editor in the cloud
Ozone, the maker of an AI-powered collaborative video editor in the cloud, has raised $7.1 million in seed funding and is launching in open beta. The Y Combinator alum aims to provide content creators with AI assistance that lets them complete repetitive editing tasks in seconds, rather than in hours. Ozone doesn’t want to replace […]
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Code-generating AI platform Tabnine nabs $25M investment
Developers are ready to embrace AI tools, spurred by the dual promises of increased productivity and faster learning. According to one recent survey, 77% of devs feel favorably about using AI in their workflows and 70% claim to be using — or planning to use — AI coding tools this year. Investors see potential in […]
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The Download: Hong Kong’s crypto obsession, and digitizing India’s documents
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why Hong Kong is still bullish on crypto While Sam Bankman-Fried was waiting for the jury in his fraud trial to return their verdict last week, Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023, a new…
Nazca leads investment into Loads, out to change Latin America’s food supply chain
The company expects to market 1 million kilograms of food monthly through its platform by the first quarter of 2024.
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Apple says it ‘expects to make’ App Store policy changes due to EU DMA
Apple has bowed to the inevitable and said it “expects to make” App Store policy changes to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The pan-EU DMA came into application across the bloc back in May. Apple has likely been expecting for months, if not years, to be subject to the new ex ante competition […]
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Virgin Galactic cuts jobs to support production of next-gen spaceships
Virgin Galactic is cutting costs and reducing staff as it looks to scale production of its next-gen line of suborbital spaceplanes. In a memo to staff sent Tueday, Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said that uncertainty in capital markets and geopolitical unrest have made “near-term access to capital much less favorable.” That’s not good news […]
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About 20 Million Americans Work Part-Time During the Holidays. Here’s How You Can Set Them Up For Success.
For success with temporary hires — and maybe even building a long-term relationship with them — you need to do a few things first.