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The transportation stories that drove 2022

December 28, 2022

2022 was the kind of year that made us think, “What a time to be alive and reporting on transportation.” This year was absolutely dominated by conversations around the realities of bringing self-driving cars to market, the potential upheaval of the gig worker economy, micromobility dramas and, of course, all things Tesla. We took a […]

The transportation stories that drove 2022 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

US House bans TikTok on lawmakers’ official phones

December 28, 2022

The U.S. House of Representatives has ordered its staff and lawmakers to delete TikTok from any government-issued mobile devices due to “security issues” with the popular video-sharing app. The order to delete the app was issued by Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer of the House, whose office warned in August that the app represented […]

US House bans TikTok on lawmakers’ official phones by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

The newest crop found on the farm? Solar panels.

December 28, 2022
On a recent cool, sunny morning, Meg Caley could be found at Jack’s Solar Garden showing visitors a bed of kale plants. As executive director of Sprout City Farms, Caley has more than a decade of experience farming in unlikely urban spaces in the Denver area. Today, about an hour north of the city, she…

Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets

December 27, 2022

As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using […]

Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch