Retirement and Travel: Planning Your Dream Adventure

March 7, 2023
It’s not until retirement that people can finally relax and plan the trips they’ve always wanted. Whether you’re about to retire or have already retired, what better way to celebrate…

Plus One raises $50M for its parcel robotics vision systems

March 7, 2023

Another industrial automation firm is bucking VC slowdown, as Plus One Robotics this morning announces a $50 million raise. The Series C brings the San Antonio-based firm’s total funding up to $94 million to date (including a $33 million Series B back in 2021). Scale Venture Partners led the round, which also features participation from […]

Plus One raises $50M for its parcel robotics vision systems by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Sonos replaces the One, adds a spatial audio speaker to lineup

March 7, 2023

The Sonos One wasn’t broken, but that doesn’t mean the company’s is above fixing it. Over two generations and a few variants, the compact speaker has become one of the company’s most popular. Really, it’s been a big win for a firm whose portfolio can give off a whiff of inaccessibility, compared to other connected […]

Sonos replaces the One, adds a spatial audio speaker to lineup by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Overhaul, which taps AI to secure physical supply chains, raises $73M in equity and debt

March 7, 2023

Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks. Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step, but costs — including transportation and raw materials costs — are rising thanks to inflation and other factors. Meanwhile, there’s a talent shortage, particularly in areas like logistics and operations management, and technical […]

Overhaul, which taps AI to secure physical supply chains, raises $73M in equity and debt by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders

March 7, 2023

Late last month, Artifact, a personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, opened to the public. The launch was a surprise to many consumers, who wondered why the team behind one of the world’s most iconic social apps would return to startups to focus on one of the toughest areas instead: news. It’s an ecosystem […]

The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft’s computer vision model will generate alt text for Reddit images

March 7, 2023

Two years ago, Microsoft announced Florence, an AI system that it pitched as a “complete rethinking” of modern computer vision models. Unlike most vision models at the time, Florence was both “unified” and “multimodal,” meaning it could (1) understand language as well as images and (2) handle a range of tasks rather than being limited […]

Microsoft’s computer vision model will generate alt text for Reddit images by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch