March 18, 2025

When you might start speaking to robots

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Google made a somewhat surprising announcement. It launched a version of its AI model, Gemini, that can do things not just in the digital realm of chatbots and internet search…

Accel, Square Peg back Chronicle’s tool for presentations that won’t put you to sleep

February 21, 2023

You would expect the co-founder of a startup that improves on traditional slide presentations to hate tools like PowerPoint. But that’s not the case with Mayuresh Patole, the CEO of Chronicle. He says he loved PowerPoint and before becoming a founder, spent 10 years building presentations, including stints teaching university students how to make engaging […]

Accel, Square Peg back Chronicle’s tool for presentations that won’t put you to sleep by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

YC-backed HR-payroll provider Workpay raises $2.7M to scale in Africa

February 21, 2023

The HR payroll market across the world is expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% reaching a $14.31 billion valuation by the close of this decade, buoyed by the increased demand for payroll and other HR solutions. In emerging markets, the growing awareness of HR payroll tech solutions, and a spiking […]

YC-backed HR-payroll provider Workpay raises $2.7M to scale in Africa by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

1 Hot Tech Stock to Buy Before the End of February

February 21, 2023
Leading networking company Nokia (NOK) announced robust growth in the fiscal year 2022. Moreover, the company looks confident in its near-term performance. And given bullish analysts’ expectations, NOK might be…

Agtech startup Green Labs is the latest Korean startup to lay off employees 

February 21, 2023

Green Labs, a South Korean agtech startup that raised $140 million (170 billion won) Series C in January last year, is cutting a significant number of jobs. People familiar with the matter confirmed to TechCrunch earlier rumors by local media outlets that a workforce deduction would happen. Green Labs, which now has over 650 employees, […]

Agtech startup Green Labs is the latest Korean startup to lay off employees  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

How OpenAI is trying to make ChatGPT safer and less biased

February 21, 2023
Have you been threatened by an AI chatbot yet? Over the past week it seems like almost every news outlet has tried Microsoft’s Bing AI search and found that the chatbot makes up stupid and creepy stuff. It repeatedly told a New York Times tech columnist that it “loved” him, then claimed to be “offended” by…

She’s working to make German tech more inclusive

February 21, 2023
Nakeema Stefflbauer had only lived in Berlin for a couple of years when refugees from countries such as Syria and Iraq began arriving in Germany in great numbers in 2015. A native New Yorker who was familiar with Arabic and Middle Eastern culture from her travels in the area, Stefflbauer decided to volunteer to support…

How did China come to dominate the world of electric cars?

February 21, 2023
Tech Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more here. Before most people could realize the extent of what was happening, China became a world leader in making and buying EVs. And the momentum hasn’t slowed: In just the past…

These underwater cables can improve tsunami detection

February 21, 2023
The residents of Vanuatu, a clutch of islands in the South Pacific, are no strangers to flooding. The ocean floor around them is frequently shaken by tsunami-triggering earthquakes.  Some advance warning could give residents enough time to get to higher ground before tsunamis strike, saving lives. But the world’s 65 active deep-ocean buoys, which are…