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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Daily Crunch: News and updates from TechCrunch’s Meta Connect 2022 coverage by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The demise of a spacecraft is usually something rather poignant. But two weeks ago, NASA celebrated one’s destruction. On September 26, NASA executed the final stage of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), in which a spacecraft intentionally crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos to investigate whether or not such an impact could deflect an Earth-bound […]
Smashing success: NASA’s DART spacecraft bumped an asteroid off its orbit by Stefanie Waldek originally published on TechCrunch
Last year at Meta Connect, the company then known as Facebook dropped a bombshell: it would now be known as Meta and focus on building the “metaverse.” After investing billions of dollars into the future of virtual reality, the rebranded Meta came back this year for its next big announcement: legs. Yes, avatars are going […]
Here’s what you missed at Meta Connect 2022 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
The stock prices of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash slid on Tuesday after the Department of Labor announced proposed changes to how workers should be classified. The prospective guidance is intended to “combat employee misclassification,” the federal agency said in a statement. Soon after, Uber’s share price dropped by more than 10% to $24.61, while Lyft’s […]
Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Apple’s 30% tech tax on developers has not just antagonized consumer tech giants like Epic Games and Spotify but is also turning web3 startups against it. Major NFT marketplaces OpenSea and Magic Eden noticeably only let users browse listings on their iPhone apps without enabling trading to avoid the steep fees. But doing so bars […]
This startup is building a web3-friendly app store for developers by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
While it is possible to build a neobank that isn’t bone-grafted to the venture capital markets, it can be a very long road to get to that point.
The profit divide running through the neobanking sector by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Jesse Powell is stepping down from the CEO role at U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken, The Wall Street Journal reported last month. Co-founded by Powell and Thanh Luu in 2011, Kraken is now the fourth-largest crypto exchange by volume, according to CoinMarketCap. It’s a critical inflection point for the company, which was valued at $10 billion […]
Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch
Many Americans feel comfortable treating their advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which partially automate certain driving functions, as full self-driving systems, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The survey explored habits, expectations and attitudes among regular users of General Motors Super Cruise, Nissan/Infiniti ProPILOT Assist and Tesla Autopilot. A […]
Many Americans treat driver assist systems like self-driving by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
What happens when you’re working away from your office, so you don’t have your big desk and multiple large monitors with you? You could just use your laptop and make do. Or, you could buy a $1,499 Quest Pro, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is built with work specifically in mind. Today, in Horizon […]
Meta wants you to drop $1,499 on a headset to… go to work by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch