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…

Zoom is adding new features to compete with Slack, Calendly, Google and Microsoft

March 28, 2023

Weeks after laying off 1,300 people (or 15% of the staff), Zoom is introducing new features to compete with numerous companies including Slack, Calendly, Google, and Microsoft. These features include AI-powered meeting summaries, prompt-based email responses, and whiteboard generation along with video “Huddles” and a meeting scheduler. The company wants you to shift more of […]

Zoom is adding new features to compete with Slack, Calendly, Google and Microsoft by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end

March 28, 2023

Last-mile robotics startup Neubility — which makes autonomous delivery robots that work without lidar — says that it plans bump its fleet up to 400  by the end of this year, up from the 50 it currently has in circulation. The goal is part of an ambitious plan that the Seoul-based startup has laid out […]

Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Cabify, the Madrid-based Uber rival, says it’s raised $110M in new funding

March 28, 2023

It’s 2023, and we’re years past the peak of monster fundraising for on-demand transportation and delivery startups locked in highly competitive races with each other to dominate urban consumer mobility. But with many of the biggest and most tenacious players still in the market, those rounds have not disappeared altogether. Today, Cabify — the Madrid-based platform […]

Cabify, the Madrid-based Uber rival, says it’s raised $110M in new funding by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe

March 28, 2023

German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year. The company, founded in 2018, is one of a handful of European startups looking to fill the gap in the launch market on that continent. There […]

Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Apple Music Classical is now available for download to everyone

March 28, 2023

Apple’s new app for classical music, Apple Music Classical, is available for download to everyone. The app is free for everyone, but you need an Apple Music subscription. Notably, it is not available in countries like China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan and Turkey. The company said that there are more than 5 million tracks available […]

Apple Music Classical is now available for download to everyone by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

What if we could just ask AI to be less biased?

March 28, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Think of a teacher. Close your eyes. What does that person look like? If you ask Stable Diffusion or DALL-E 2, two of the most popular AI image generators, it’s a white…