Technology

GitLab to reduce workforce by 7%

February 9, 2023

GitLab is the latest tech company to announce a round of layoffs, as the developer operations (DevOps) giant revealed today that it’s reducing its headcount by 7 percent. It has been a tough 2023 so far for the technology industry, with most of the big tech companies announcing staff cutbacks, including Microsoft, Alphabet, and Salesforce. […]

GitLab to reduce workforce by 7% by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Amid ChatGPT frenzy, a hundred followers bloom in China

February 9, 2023

Technological breakthroughs in the U.S. never fail to inspire challengers, followers and opportunists in China. It’s ChatGPT’s turn to capture the imagination of the world’s largest internet population. On WeChat, ChatGPT’s “trending index”, an indicator of a keyword’s popularity on the social network, rose 155 folds within the last 30 days. It’s fascinating to watch […]

Amid ChatGPT frenzy, a hundred followers bloom in China by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: ChatGPT’s origins, and making cement greener

February 9, 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. ChatGPT is everywhere. Here’s where it came from We’ve reached peak ChatGPT. Released in December as a web app by the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, the chatbot exploded into the mainstream almost overnight. …

Arrcus snaps up $50M for a software-based alternative to costly network router equipment

February 9, 2023

Software may be eating the world, but it’s all still largely running across very physical, and often very expensive, equipment. That is now slowly starting to change, though. Today, a startup called Arrcus — which has built a software alternative for carriers and other major connectivity users looking for more flexible, and cheaper solutions to […]

Arrcus snaps up $50M for a software-based alternative to costly network router equipment by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The climate solution beneath your feet

February 9, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I’ve come across some pretty wild technologies aimed at fighting climate change. Hydrogen-powered planes, underwater mining robots, and nuclear fusion reactors—each could play a role in cutting down on greenhouse-gas emissions.  But there…

Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?

February 9, 2023
When Kyle Cornforth first walked into IDEO’s San Francisco offices in 2011, she felt she had entered a whole new world. At the time, Cornforth was a director at the Edible Schoolyard Project, a nonprofit that uses gardening and cooking in schools to teach and to provide nutritious food. She was there to meet with…

Egyptian health tech Yodawy raises $16M, backed by Delivery Hero Ventures

February 9, 2023

Without proper government-led public health initiatives, healthcare expenditures, including insurance and pharmaceutical drugs, can burden individuals and households. In recent years, private institutions have played a massive part in the considerable uptake of medical insurance and medicines and also in lowering the costs of getting them across Egypt, the largest producer of pharmaceuticals across the […]

Egyptian health tech Yodawy raises $16M, backed by Delivery Hero Ventures by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch