March 14, 2025

The Download: HIV prevention shots, and fixing a broken sex doll

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 annual shot might protect against HIV infections Every year, my colleagues and I put together a list of what we think are the top 10 breakthrough technologies of that year. When it…

Sono Motors has killed off its Sion EV in a pivot to solar tech business

February 24, 2023

Sono Motors is ending its long-awaited electric car program and instead pivoting to a business that aims to sell its solar vehicle technology to other companies. The German-based company, which went public in November 2022, announced Friday it is laying off 300 employees as a result of the change in business model. COO Thomas Hausch […]

Sono Motors has killed off its Sion EV in a pivot to solar tech business by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding the right LPs, ocean conservation, inside Uber’s pre-seed deck

February 24, 2023

Will your startup go public and grab a giant slice of your market, or is it a value-add that will be gobbled up by a hard-charging unicorn? “When you can’t quite make it to product-market fit, there’s a third choice that too many entrepreneurs, and their investors, overlook: selling out,” says Kittu Kolluri, founder and […]

TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding the right LPs, ocean conservation, inside Uber’s pre-seed deck by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Can AI really be protected from text-based attacks?

February 24, 2023

When Microsoft released Bing Chat, an AI-powered chatbot co-developed with OpenAI, it didn’t take long before users found creative ways to break it. Using carefully tailored inputs, users were able to get it to profess love, threaten harm, defend the Holocaust and invent conspiracy theories. Can AI ever be protected from these malicious prompts? What […]

Can AI really be protected from text-based attacks? by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Modernizing 911 calls with Michael Chime from Found

February 24, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Michael Chime, the co-founder and CEO of Prepared, a startup that allows 911 callers to stream video to emergency dispatchers. Michael discussed how a nearby tragedy in high school helped inspire the company, how the […]

Modernizing 911 calls with Michael Chime from Found by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch