Is there a future in light-powered AI chips?
Photonic chips — and the startups creating them — have a long way to go before reaching the mainstream.
Is there a future in light-powered AI chips? by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Why the US and Europe could lose the race for fusion energy
Fusion energy holds the potential to shift a geopolitical landscape that is currently configured around fossil fuels. Harnessing fusion will deliver the energy resilience, security, and abundance needed for all modern industrial and service sectors. But these benefits will be controlled by the nation that leads in both developing the complex supply chains required and…
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The Download: AI paternalism in healthcare, and Nigeria’s answer to Tesla
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions. Would you trust medical advice generated by artificial intelligence? It’s a question raised by yet more headlines this week…
This Nigerian EV entrepreneur hopes to go head to head with Tesla
Nigerians have become accustomed to long lines for gasoline and wild fluctuations in bus fares. Though the country is Africa’s largest producer of oil, its residents don’t benefit from a steady supply. Mustapha Gajibo, 30, is doing what he can to alleviate the problem: his startup, Phoenix Renewables Limited, is launching a homegrown electric-vehicle industry in the northeastern…
Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions.
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. Would you trust medical advice generated by artificial intelligence? It’s a question I’ve been thinking over this week, in view of yet more headlines proclaiming that AI technologies can diagnose a range…
Founders Pledge launches VC arm, Pledge Ventures, to create new ‘flywheel’ in philanthropy
Founders Pledge is a London-based charitable initiative, where entrepreneurs enter a legally binding commitment to donate a portion of their personal proceeds on liquidity to charity when they exit. Launched all the way back in 2015 the initiative was designed to help social entrepreneurs build and scale their efforts. The minimum commitment for entrepreneurs is […]
Founders Pledge launches VC arm, Pledge Ventures, to create new ‘flywheel’ in philanthropy by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Betterdata uses synthetic data to keep real data safe
Betterdata, a Singapore-based startup that uses programmable synthetic data to keep real data secure, announced today it has raised $1.55 million. The seed round, which it says was oversubscribed, was led by Investible with participation from Franklin Templeton, Xcel Next, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Bon Auxilium, Tenity, Plug and Play and Entrepreneur First. […]
Betterdata uses synthetic data to keep real data safe by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Headphone startup Nura gets acqui-hired by Denon parent, Masimo
Every so often, a new startup crosses your radar and reminds you how exciting hardware can be. It’s a relative rarity in consumer electronics, a category dominated by corporations like Samsung, Apple and Sony, which are (perhaps understandably) somewhat risk averse. Melbourne-based Nura was one such company. I distinctly remember the startup paying a visit […]
Headphone startup Nura gets acqui-hired by Denon parent, Masimo by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Coinbase continues overseas expansion amid US regulatory pressure
Coinbase, the second-largest crypto exchange in the world, has received its digital asset business license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority, Bermuda Premier David Burt tweeted.
Coinbase continues overseas expansion amid US regulatory pressure by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s work together
There are about four duck boats lined up directly across the street from this coffee shop. Boston has a knack for reminding you where you are, should you get bonked on the head and suddenly forget what city you’re in. This is a far more truncated visit than the last time. Most likely as you’re […]
Let’s work together by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
India releases space policy detailing public and private cooperation guidelines
After much anticipation and a series of consultations and feedback from various stakeholders, India has finally released its much-awaited policy establishing guidelines and rules for the country’s space ecosystem. On Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released the final version (PDF) of its “Indian Space Policy 2023,” received approval from the country’s supreme decision-making […]
India releases space policy detailing public and private cooperation guidelines by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch