More than 200 people have been treated with experimental CRISPR therapies

March 10, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. I’ve spent the last few days thinking about how, when, and if we should use gene-editing tools to change the human genome. These are huge questions, and very emotive ones—especially when it…

Meet the AI expert who says we should stop using AI so much

March 10, 2023
Meredith Broussard is unusually well placed to dissect the ongoing hype around AI. She’s a data scientist and associate professor at New York University, and she’s been one of the leading researchers in the field of algorithmic bias for years.  And though her own work leaves her buried in math problems, she’s spent the last…

Prosus in talks to sell Olx Autos business in India, other markets

March 10, 2023

Prosus is actively engaging with multiple players to explore sale of classified business Olx’s Autos unit in several markets including India and Indonesia, according to a source familiar with the matter. In a statement, the technology investor said pursuit of a global growth strategy for Olx’s automotive business “is no longer the right approach for […]

Prosus in talks to sell Olx Autos business in India, other markets by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Daily Crunch: Bach to the future – Forthcoming Apple Music Classical app will feature 5M tracks

March 9, 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello crunchers! Christine is off for a few days, which means you’re stuck with just me. Prepare for awful puns and worse jokes. Oh yes.  But before we start the pun-ishment, let’s […]

Daily Crunch: Bach to the future – Forthcoming Apple Music Classical app will feature 5M tracks by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch