December 23, 2024

The Download: trustworthy humanoid robots, and Anduril’s latest project

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. Will we ever trust robots? The world might seem to be on the brink of a humanoid-robot heyday. New breakthroughs in artificial intelligence promise the type of capable, general-purpose robots previously seen only…

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

Innovation talk with Goldman Sachs TxB

October 14, 2022
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Luc Teboul, managing director and head of engineering—transaction banking at Goldman Sachs, talks to Kapol Tandon, business head—Americas at Infosys Finacle, about what differentiates their first ever cloud-native transaction banking platform, TxB, from that offered by incumbents. Click here to continue.

Brown-Forman CISO Sailaja Kotra-Turner talks about the cybersecurity war

October 14, 2022
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Brown-Forman’s global information security leader and CISO Sailaja Kotra-Turner shares her cybersecurity insights with Jeff Kavanaugh, chief learner at Infosys Knowledge Institute. Click here to continue.

An architecture for mature enterprise AI

October 14, 2022
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Enterprise AI has generally not scaled well or worked across business functions. It also struggles to react quickly enough to fast-changing markets. A reference architecture can help businesses scale AI that is more agile, holistic, and future-proof. Click here to continue.

Peacock experiments with interactive scenes to give fans a ‘Real Housewives’ deep dive

October 14, 2022

NBCUniversal’s Peacock is unveiling a new interactive video feature that will let Peacock Premium subscribers delve into extended clips, including extra footage and interviews, from within an episode of “The Real Housewives.” From October 14-16, BravoCon attendees will be able to preview the upcoming feature by watching an episode from season 2 of “The Real […]

Peacock experiments with interactive scenes to give fans a ‘Real Housewives’ deep dive by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Coroner’s report into UK schoolgirl’s suicide urges social media regulation

October 14, 2022

A ‘Prevention of Future Deaths’ report following a UK coroner’s inquest into the suicide of British schoolgirl, Molly Russell, who killed herself almost five years ago after viewing content on social media websites that promoted self harm, has recommended the government looks at requiring age verification on sign-up to social platforms to ensure the separation […]

Coroner’s report into UK schoolgirl’s suicide urges social media regulation by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

SurveyMonkey parent Momentive Global lays off 11% of workforce

October 14, 2022

Momentive Global, the parent of the web-survey portal SurveyMonkey, laid off 11% of its workforce this week. Multiple people across divisions including those handling the business development, customer support, recruitment and sales at the San Mateo, California-headquartered company have been impacted, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. “In an 8-K filed on October 13, we announced […]

SurveyMonkey parent Momentive Global lays off 11% of workforce by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch