July 4, 2025

The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics

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. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…

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Dylibso raises $6.6M to help developers take WebAssembly to production

March 24, 2023

WebAssembly (Wasm for short) is an open standard that enables browser-based applications to run with near-native performance. It has also expanded to support non-browser environments, which is what is driving a lot of the recent hype around it. But like any emerging technology, it needs a stronger tooling ecosystem to realize its full potential. One […]

Dylibso raises $6.6M to help developers take WebAssembly to production by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: covid’s origin drama, and TikTok’s uncertain future

March 24, 2023
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. Newly-revealed coronavirus data has reignited a debate over the virus’s origins This week, we’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of the pandemic—where did the virus…

1 Stock That Profits From the Rise of Remote Work

March 24, 2023
Video conferencing software company Zoom Video (ZM) posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and provided a positive earnings outlook for the current quarter. Moreover, given the rise in demand for technology and…

Newly-revealed coronavirus data has reignited a debate over the virus’s origins

March 24, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. This week, coronavirus has been back in the news in a big way. We’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of the pandemic—where did the…

TikTok CEO says company scans public videos to determine users’ ages

March 23, 2023

Amid questioning about TikTok’s use of biometrics in today’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its platform. After denying the app collects body, face, or voice data to identify its users — beyond what’s needed for its in-app AR filters to function, […]

TikTok CEO says company scans public videos to determine users’ ages by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Maps

March 23, 2023

Hivemapper, the startup that puts dashcams on ride-hail and delivery vehicles to map the world, is getting a little closer to its goal of toppling the B2B mapping empire that Google has built. With only 2% of the world’s roads mapped, Hivemapper is still very much the underdog in this fight. But Gabe Nelson, Hivemapper’s […]

Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Maps by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch