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GreenLite streamlines ‘nightmare’ of construction permitting for businesses

October 31, 2023

Getting the required permits for construction can take an excruciatingly long time in many cities — whether it’s for a residential or commercial project. One new proptech startup is out to make the process much less painful — and faster — for businesses, and has already landed several large customers such as Chick-fil-A, Domino’s and […]

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DeepMind’s latest AlphaFold model is more useful for drug discovery

October 31, 2023

Nearly five years ago, DeepMind, one of Google’s more prolific AI-centered research labs, debuted AlphaFold, an AI system that can accurately predict the structures of many proteins inside the human body. Since then, DeepMind has improved on the system, releasing an updated and more capable version of AlphaFold — AlphaFold 2 — in 2020. And […]

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US-led cybersecurity coalition vows to not pay hackers’ ransom demands

October 31, 2023

The U.S. government and dozens of foreign allies have pledged never to pay ransom demands in a bid to discourage financially motivated hackers and ransomware gangs profiteering from cyberattacks. The joint pledge was announced during the third annual meeting of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative, or CRI, a U.S.-led cyber coalition that aims to enhance […]

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How to be an inspirational startup founder

October 31, 2023

For startup founders, the ability to inspire has everything to do with the ability to get others to see the world the way you do.

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Quora’s Poe introduces an AI chatbot creator economy

October 31, 2023

When you think of the term “creator” you generally think of someone making content for social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. But Quora’s AI chatbot platform Poe is now paying bot creators for their efforts, including those who generate “prompt bots” on Poe itself, as well as server bots created by developers who […]

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