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Indian upskilling platform Skill-Lync cuts 20% jobs to ‘streamline operations’

July 13, 2023

Skill-Lync, an Indian startup offering upskilling programs, has laid off 20% of its workforce — around 225 employees — to reduce operational costs amid the ongoing, global funding crunch for startups. The five-year-old Chennai-based company, which has its headquarters in Palo Alto, started its most job cutting drive on June 27, TechCrunch learned, but they […]

Indian upskilling platform Skill-Lync cuts 20% jobs to ‘streamline operations’ by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

HawkEye 360’s new funding reflects ongoing investor appetite for defense-focused tech

July 13, 2023

Virginia-based HawkEye 360 has closed $58 million in new funding, the latest sign that investor appetite for defense-heavy startups is nowhere close to slowing down. HawkEye operates a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit that collect radio frequency emissions. It can detect, characterize and geolocate these signals, including those from radar systems, some satellite […]

HawkEye 360’s new funding reflects ongoing investor appetite for defense-focused tech by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Ford picks up the pace on hands-off driving with BlueCruise 1.3 release

July 13, 2023

Ford is on a quest to ensure that its drivers keep their hands off the wheel for as long as possible. Drivers that own BlueCruise-equipped cars, anyway. Today, the company is announcing BlueCruise 1.3, dropping just a few months after the 1.2 release, which added niceties like automatic lane changes. For 1.3, BlueCruise will stay […]

Ford picks up the pace on hands-off driving with BlueCruise 1.3 release by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch

Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool

July 13, 2023

Stability AI, the startup behind the image-generating model Stable Diffusion, is launching a new service that turns sketches into images. The sketch-to-image service, Stable Doodle, leverages the latest Stable Diffusion model to analyze the outline of a sketch and generate a “visually pleasing” artistic rendition of it. It’s available starting today through ClipDrop, a platform […]

Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Secure Code Warrior lands $50M to educate developers on best cyber practices

July 13, 2023

In 2015, Pieter Danhieux and Matias Madou, both cybersecurity analysts, came to the realization that they wanted to provide a way to make software more secure by empowering developers with the skills and tools to enhance their speed of delivery. They struggled with how to accomplish this, initially. But Danhieux and Madou eventually decided to […]

Secure Code Warrior lands $50M to educate developers on best cyber practices by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Apple removes AI-powered content generator impersonating Meta’s Threads app after it appeared in top charts

July 13, 2023

Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads, has been off to a great start as it gained 100 million sign-ups within five days of the launch. But with its absence in the EU, some AI-powered content generator apps are trying to gain the advantage of the situation. Today, Apple removed one of the biggest gainers —  an app […]

Apple removes AI-powered content generator impersonating Meta’s Threads app after it appeared in top charts by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch