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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Recalls that prevent EVs and plug-in hybrids from charging result in additional pollution. Maybe there should be consequences for that.
Recalled EV? Automakers shouldn’t get to count it toward fleetwide fuel economy by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
Automation Anywhere, one of the largest RPA vendors, raised debt instead of equity. Is that cause for alarm in the market?
Is the RPA market in trouble? by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
While the overall crypto markets have been in a rough spot lately, web3 venture capitalists have never had more conviction — or more funding at their disposal — to back startups and teams building in the space. The big question on their minds is whether tokens and startup valuations have bottomed out, or if they […]
Dragonfly GP talks web3’s current and future state at TC Sessions: Crypto by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […]
‘Last year was the party. This year is the hangover.’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Hi all! Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we quickly sum up some of the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. The goal? Even when you’re swamped, a quick skim of WiR on Saturday morning should give you a pretty good understanding of what happened in tech this week. Want […]
Elon Musk buying Twitter after all, the ‘next Mark Zuckerberg’ and fare thee well, Stadia by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […]
This Week in Apps: Twitter gets an Edit button, Instagram increases ads, Google gets serious about wearables by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I think it took maybe three days after I roasted our rather dry M&A season for the news cycle to prove me wrong. This week we saw Naver acquire Poshmark, Duolingo buy […]
Toil and trouble and … startup acquisitions! by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. venture capital market is the biggest in the game, but the global startup industry is so large – and distributed – now that a healthy heartbeat doesn’t mean there aren’t problems elsewhere.
US VC funding is holding up, but globally things are far from fair by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch