February 22, 2025

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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January 2024

AI for everything: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI WHEN Now When OpenAI launched a free web app called ChatGPT in November 2022, nobody knew what was coming. But that low-key release changed everything. By January, ChatGPT had become the fastest-growing web app ever, offering anyone with a browser access to one of the most powerful neural networks ever…

The first gene-editing treatment: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO CRISPR Therapeutics, Editas Medicine, Precision BioSciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals WHEN Now The first gene-editing cure has arrived. Grateful patients are calling it “life changing.” It was only 11 years ago that scientists first developed the potent DNA-snipping technology called CRISPR. Now they’ve brought CRISPR out of the lab and into real medicine with a treatment…

Heat pumps: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO Daikin, Mitsubishi, Viessmann WHEN Now We’ve entered the era of the heat pump.  Heat pumps are appliances that can cool and heat spaces using electricity. Many buildings today are still heated with fossil fuels, specifically natural gas. Switching to electric heat pumps that run on renewable energy could help homes, offices, and even manufacturing…

Twitter killers: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

January 8, 2024
WHO Bluesky, Discord, Mastodon, Nostr, Threads WHEN Now For the better part of 17 years, the roiling, rolling, fractious, sometimes funny, sometimes horrifying, never-ever-ending global conversation had a central home: Twitter. If you wanted to know what was happening and what people were talking about right now, it was the only game in town.  But…

Boosting Your Odds of Loan Approval

January 8, 2024
A personal loan provides a flexible means of funding various types of expenses. These loans can range from a low amount of $600 to the six digits. Borrowers may use…

3 Private Equity Stocks to Watch

January 8, 2024
The private equity industry is well-positioned for substantial growth in the future, largely attributable to a growing High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI) base, an uptick in global deals, and the sector’s enhanced…

Astrobotic lander on its way to the moon with ULA’s historic flight

January 8, 2024

It’s hard to understate just how much was at stake in Monday’s early morning launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket: multiple major reputations, billions of dollars, a new moon lander, the country’s dreams for lunar exploration, brand new rocket engines flying for the first time, and what is quite literally ULA’s future. And […]

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YC-backed African fintech Cleva, founded by Stripe and AWS alums, raises $1.5M pre-seed

January 8, 2024

Nigerian fintech Cleva, focused on creating a banking platform for African individuals and businesses to receive international payments by opening USD accounts, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by 1984 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Other participants in the round include The Raba Partnership, Byld […]

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Hey is feuding with Apple again — this time over a calendar app

January 8, 2024

Basecamp founders’ email service Hey is fighting with Apple again — this time over the rejection of its new calendar app from the App Store. Apple’s reasoning is similar to when Cupertino-based tech giant rejected Hey’s email app four years ago — non-paying users can’t use the app after downloading it. Plus, new users can’t […]

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