December 2, 2025

The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again

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. The State of AI: Welcome to the economic singularity —David Rotman and Richard Waters Any far-reaching new technology is always uneven in its adoption, but few have been more uneven than generative AI.…

African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi tops $300M valuation in new funding

May 19, 2023

Sabi, a Lagos-based B2B e-commerce startup providing digital commerce infrastructure to Africa’s informal economy, has raised $38 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $300 million, according to two people familiar with the matter, signaling revived investor interest in a B2B e-commerce market going through some reckoning. Frankfurt-based specialist fintech investor CommerzVentures, Stockholm-based […]

African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi tops $300M valuation in new funding by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

I just met the founders of a would-be longevity state

May 19, 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. What if I told you there’s a group of people who think death is morally bad—that we have a moral duty to find ways to slow or reverse aging? Who seek to…

Psst, Gary Marcus is happy to help regulate AI on behalf of the U.S. government

May 19, 2023

On Tuesday of this week, neuroscientist, founder and author Gary Marcus sat between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Christina Montgomery, who is IBM’s chief privacy trust officer, as all three testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for over three hours. The senators were largely focused on Altman because he runs one of the most powerful […]

Psst, Gary Marcus is happy to help regulate AI on behalf of the U.S. government by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Krafton to relaunch BGMI mobile game in India, a year after ban

May 19, 2023

South Korean giant Krafton said on Friday that it has secured the approval from the Indian authorities to resume operations of Battlegrounds Mobile India. It plans to relaunch the title in the South Asian market “soon.” The move follows New Delhi blocking the game last year, less than two years after banning Krafton’s marquee offering […]

Krafton to relaunch BGMI mobile game in India, a year after ban by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Big sauce wants your condiment data

May 18, 2023

As tech conglomerates and moneyed men call for AI dealers to pump their breaks, I believe another emergent technology, Heinz Remix, warrants close examination. At first, Heinz Remix simply appears to be a mix-n-match soda dispenser — for sauce. Yet, a great deal more is going on beneath the surface. This is about responsibility, in […]

Big sauce wants your condiment data by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Bird stock dips 11% on news of reverse stock split

May 18, 2023

Shared micromobility company Bird’s share price fell 10.8%, or about two cents, in after-hours trading after the company said it would issue a reverse stock split. The move is Bird’s attempt to get back into compliance with the New York Stock Exchange after it received a delisting notice for trading too low. The news comes […]

Bird stock dips 11% on news of reverse stock split by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch