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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Driverless in Phoenix and GM takes its EV offensive beyond vehicles

October 17, 2022

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Driverless in Phoenix and GM takes its EV offensive beyond vehicles by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Inside effective altruism, where the far future counts a lot more more the present

October 17, 2022
Oregon 6th Con­gressional District candidate Carrick Flynn seemed to drop out of the sky. With a stint at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, a track record of voting in only two of the past 30 elections, and $11 million in support from a political action committee established by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, Flynn didn’t fit…

Why Cruise is making its own chips, and a lot more besides

October 17, 2022

Cruise never planned to make its own silicon. But in the quest to commercialize robotaxis — and make money doing it — those never planned pursuits can suddenly seem a lot more appealing. Cruise realized that the price of chips from suppliers was too high, the parts were too big and the reliability of the […]

Why Cruise is making its own chips, and a lot more besides by Roberto Baldwin originally published on TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: Play Store revamp, Google antitrust suit updates, BeReal’s real traction

October 15, 2022

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […]

This Week in Apps: Play Store revamp, Google antitrust suit updates, BeReal’s real traction by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale

October 14, 2022

Opeyemi Awoyemi, one of Nigeria’s well-known serial founders, is back with another outfit. It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Awoyemi choosing this route […]

Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Clear Capital lays off 27% of its global staff

October 14, 2022

Clear Capital, a real estate valuation technology company and firm, is laying off 27% of its staff months after freezing mass hiring, TechCrunch has learned from sources. A spokesperson for Clear Capital confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch but did not share the specific number of employees impacted. Last November, the company announced they had 1,400 […]

Clear Capital lays off 27% of its global staff by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

Touchlab to begin piloting its robotic skin sensors in a hospital setting

October 14, 2022

Manipulation and sensing have long been considered two key pillars for unlocking robotics’ potential. There’s a fair bit of overlap between the two, of course. As grippers have become a fundamental element of industrial robotics, these systems require the proper mechanisms for interacting with the world around them. Vision has long been a key to […]

Touchlab to begin piloting its robotic skin sensors in a hospital setting by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch