July 10, 2025

The Download: flaws in anti-AI protections for art, and an AI regulation vibe shift

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. This tool strips away anti-AI protections from digital art The news: A new technique called LightShed will make it harder for artists to use existing protective tools to stop their work from being…

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EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025

February 8, 2023

Zypp Electric, an Indian startup that offers an EV-as-a-service platform catering to e-commerce companies and gig workers, has received a $25 million investment led by Taiwan’s battery-swapping giant Gogoro. The cash from Gogoro is an extension of a strategic partnership between the two companies, and a signal of Gogoro’s continued commitment to the Indian market. […]

EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025 by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

How Telegram groups can be used by police to find protesters

February 8, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. First of all, I’m still processing the whole “Chinese spy balloon” saga, which, from start to finish, took over everyone’s brains for just about 72 hours and has been one of the weirdest recent events…

We were promised smaller nuclear reactors. Where are they?

February 8, 2023
For over a decade, we’ve heard that small reactors could be a big part of nuclear power’s future. Because of their size, small modular reactors (SMRs) could solve some of the major challenges of traditional nuclear power, making plants quicker and cheaper to build and safer to operate.   That future may have just gotten a…

Silvija Martincevic leaves Affirm to lead shift work management platform Deputy

February 7, 2023

Silvija Martincevic, former chief commercial officer of Affirm, one of the U.S.’s biggest buy now, pay later startups, is leaving to become CEO of shift work management platform Deputy. Based in Australia, Deputy is focused on expanding in the United States and other countries, and Martincevic will oversee its growth strategy. She will also take […]

Silvija Martincevic leaves Affirm to lead shift work management platform Deputy by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Biden to address children’s online safety at State of the Union

February 7, 2023

President Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday evening in the second State of the Union address of his term. Per a release from the White House, the president is expected to weigh in on children’s online safety issues, as well as data privacy. The briefing says that Biden will call on bipartisan lawmakers […]

Biden to address children’s online safety at State of the Union by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

‘Tracers in the Dark’ shows how cops go after crypto-criminals

February 7, 2023

“That was the only path through this darkness,” says U.S. prosecutor Zia Faruqui. “The darker the darknet gets, the way that you shine the light is following the money.” In Tracers in the Dark, Andy Greenberg, a senior writer at Wired, takes a historical look at what he calls Bitcoin’s “siren song: the promise of […]

‘Tracers in the Dark’ shows how cops go after crypto-criminals by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch