On the Path To an Enhanced Pedagogy: Globalised Education In the Age Of Metaverse
With decreasing attention spans and increasing complexity across the disciplines studied, newer pedagogical methods are imperative
The Download: HIV prevention shots, and fixing a broken sex doll
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. This annual shot might protect against HIV infections Every year, my colleagues and I put together a list of what we think are the top 10 breakthrough technologies of that year. When it…
Twitter is going to show you more tweets from people you don’t follow
As new Twitter owner Elon Musk tinkers around with the social network’s feature set, more algorithmic recommendations are apparently on the way. Twitter’s support account tweeted about the change on Wednesday, noting that the platform was “expanding recommendations to all users.” This is of course under the guide of giving users the “best” content (Instagram […]
Twitter is going to show you more tweets from people you don’t follow by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
Indian agritech DeHaat tops $700 million valuation in $60 million funding
DeHaat, a startup that offers a wide-range of agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $60 million in a new funding round as it looks to deepen its penetration in the country and reach break-even profitability within two years. Sofina Ventures and Temasek co-led the Patna and Gurgaon-headquartered startup’s Series E funding, it said, […]
Indian agritech DeHaat tops $700 million valuation in $60 million funding by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
LastPass says it was breached — again
Password manager LassPass said it’s investigating a security incident after its systems were compromised for the second time this year. LastPass chief executive Karim Toubba said in a blog post that an “unauthorized party” recently gained access to some customers’ information stored in a third-party cloud service shared by LastPass and its parent company, GoTo. […]
LastPass says it was breached — again by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
SBF says journalists are good, actually
“I’ve had a bad month,” Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) said on stage. The crowd instantly broke out in laughter. The former CEO and founder of disgraced crypto exchange FTX, SBF’s month probably got worse today. In his first public interview since his company imploded, New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin didn’t go easy on him […]
SBF says journalists are good, actually by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
SBF claims massive ignorance on obvious conflicts in FTX downfall
“I didn’t ever try to commit fraud on anyone, I was shocked by what happened this month,” Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former chief executive of the fallen FTX, said at the New York Times’ annual DealBook summit in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin. One of the biggest questions around this debacle is […]
SBF claims massive ignorance on obvious conflicts in FTX downfall by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: Music fans revisit their year in music with Spotify Wrapped 2022
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Daily Crunch: Music fans revisit their year in music with Spotify Wrapped 2022 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Stability AI doubles down on AWS
Microsoft may have long had OpenAI as its trusty partner (after its sizable investment), but AWS today announced that Stability AI, one of the hottest new upstarts in the generative AI space and the company behind Stable Diffusion, is doubling down on its cloud, making it its “preferred cloud provider to build and scale its […]
Stability AI doubles down on AWS by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Musk at Twitter has ‘huge work’ ahead to comply with EU rules, warns bloc
European Union regulators have fired another warning shot at Elon Musk over his erratic piloting of Twitter since his takeover last month — saying he has “huge work” ahead if the social media site is to avoid falling foul of major new governance rules for digital services which entered into force earlier this month. Reminder: […]
Musk at Twitter has ‘huge work’ ahead to comply with EU rules, warns bloc by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
YouTube acknowledges its iOS app is crashing, says it’s working on a fix
YouTube’s mobile app on iOS devices is currently down for some users. The crashes began on Wednesday afternoon as thousands of iOS users reported the app would close shortly after opening it. Users also reported seeing a message on the app that said, “A serious error occurred.” TechCrunch tried to replicate the problem and experienced […]
YouTube acknowledges its iOS app is crashing, says it’s working on a fix by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch