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This fintech segment saw a flurry of fundraises by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Cryptocurrency is still a relatively new technology, and many people are excited about its potential. However, crypto has experienced turbulent times in the past year after a meteoric rise. Major…

Women should no longer be thought of as a niche. In fact, they’re one of the most significant growth markets we’ve ever seen.

Unlocking the trillion-dollar female economy by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

This week’s podcast was with Sergey Nazarov, co-founder of Chainlink, a protocol that provides an oracle network to power smart contracts.

Chainlink co-founder wants web3 to provide cryptographic guarantees to the world by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Companies building AI platforms can engage society in the process and earn — not demand — trust and legitimacy.

Procedural justice can address generative AI’s trust/legitimacy problem by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Stoke Space has received multiple investments from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, TechCrunch has learned. Stoke Space and In-Q-Tel have not publicly announced their relationship before. While In-Q-Tel is legally a separate entity from any government agency, it receives all of its funding from government partners, including the defense and […]

Stoke Space has received repeated investments from the CIA’s venture arm by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Antonio Vento is 13 years old. He’s a tiny figure in bandages who doesn’t walk and, until recently, couldn’t see more than shadows. He has dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, an inherited disease that makes his skin so fragile that kids with the illness are called “butterfly children.” But now, thanks to a novel gene therapy squirted…

NASA has chosen a Blue Origin-led team to develop a second lunar landing system for the Artemis program, as the agency looks to provide competition with SpaceX and support long-term exploration of the moon. The winning team includes Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic and Honeybee Robotics. The award includes an uncrewed demonstration landing and a […]

NASA picks Blue Origin-led team to build second human landing system on the moon, joining SpaceX by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

As big tech companies are in a fierce race with each other to build generative AI tools, they are being cautious about giving their secrets away. In a move to prevent any of its data from ending up with competitors, Apple has restricted internal use of tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft-owned GitHub’s Copilot, a […]

Apple reportedly limits internal use of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch