November 8, 2024

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US

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. Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch Tech companies have been funneling billions of dollars into quantum computers for years. The hope is that they’ll be a game changer for fields as diverse…

Alchemy, Ava Labs and BlockFi break down funding in a bear market at TC Sessions: Crypto

October 11, 2022

Bears hibernate during the coldest months, but there’s nowhere to hide from a bear market during a crypto winter. As the entire sector faces what looks to be a long stretch of uncertainty, young founders must find a way to keep the funds flowing. But how? This timely topic is why we’re thrilled that industry […]

Alchemy, Ava Labs and BlockFi break down funding in a bear market at TC Sessions: Crypto by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch

Wow, Booritos are on Booreal now

October 11, 2022

Private social networking app BeReal isn’t known for brand advertising, but early BeReal adopter Chipotle is looking to change that. The brand is celebrating its return of the Boorito, Chipotle’s first time doing the promo since 2019, by giving BeReal users the chance to win 52 free burritos for a year. For one day only, […]

Wow, Booritos are on Booreal now by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences

October 11, 2022

Life science businesses like big pharmaceutical companies have a singular set of needs when it comes to building applications. Their models and algorithms tend to be more sophisticated and data-intensive than most industries. Quantori, a Cambridge, MA startup, is building a Platform-as-a-Service tuned specifically to the needs of this vertical. The startup is attempting to […]

Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Viam rolls out a free beta of its cloud-based robotics tools

October 11, 2022

“What a lot of people tell me is ‘hardware is hard,’” Eliot Horowitz explains. “I have a really big problem with that statement.” The Viam Robotics CEO and MongoDB co-founder describes purchasing a Universal Robotics’ UR5 robot arm and programming it to play chess. “I don’t think hardware is hard. I think hardware is not […]

Viam rolls out a free beta of its cloud-based robotics tools by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Charli D’Amelio-endorsed fintech Step borrows $300M to bring crypto to teens

October 11, 2022

The last bull market created a new wave of investors as more and more people decided to make their first foray into the markets. Step, a digital banking service geared toward teens and young adults, is one of the many companies that set out to make money by serving those new investors. And although fates […]

Charli D’Amelio-endorsed fintech Step borrows $300M to bring crypto to teens by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: harmful AI, and a deadlier monkeypox variant

October 11, 2022
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. Who’s going to save us from bad AI? About damn time. That was the response from AI policy and ethics wonks to news last week that the White House’s science and technology advisory…