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Revyze is building the TikTok of educational videos

October 18, 2022

Meet Revyze, a French startup that is developing a mobile app for iOS and Android at the intersection of education and social. In many ways, Revyze looks just like TikTok. But it is focused specifically on educational content for teenagers. “We talked with kids attending 30 or 35 different high schools,” co-founder Florent Sciberras told […]

Revyze is building the TikTok of educational videos by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube ends the test asking users to get a premium subscription to watch 4K videos

October 18, 2022

Earlier this month, YouTube ran an experiment where it asked some free users to upgrade to a premium account to watch videos in 4K resolution. The company has now ended this test — probably because of uproar from users. In a tweet, YouTube confirmed the end of the experiment and said, “viewers should now be […]

YouTube ends the test asking users to get a premium subscription to watch 4K videos by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Who is going to buy Cadillac’s $300,000 hand-built EV?

October 18, 2022

The battery-electric Celestiq sedan, which starts “north of $300,000,”  is tasked with more than restoring Cadillac to its former glory; it now must back executives’ bold claim to “reestablish the iconic brand as the standard of the world.” But with a price tag more than three times the average transaction price of a vehicle from […]

Who is going to buy Cadillac’s $300,000 hand-built EV? by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch

SpaceX no longer seeking Pentagon funding for Starlink in Ukraine, Musk says

October 17, 2022

SpaceX has withdrawn its request to the Pentagon that it fund the ongoing use of Starlink internet terminals in Ukraine, CEO Elon Musk said Monday. His statement (made on Twitter – where else?) comes just hours after it was reported that the Pentagon was considering footing the bill using a fund that finances contracts for […]

SpaceX no longer seeking Pentagon funding for Starlink in Ukraine, Musk says by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Watch two Mini Cheetah robots square off on the soccer field

October 17, 2022

Some robotics challenges have immediately clear applications. Others are more focused on helping systems solve broader challenges. Teaching small robots to play soccer against one another fits firmly into the latter category. The authors of a new paper detailing the use of reinforcement learning to teach MIT’s Mini Cheetah robot to play goalie note, Soccer […]

Watch two Mini Cheetah robots square off on the soccer field by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch