The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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India’s mass rapid transit systems — or metro, as it’s known locally — rely on commuter smart cards that are vulnerable to exploitation and allow anyone to effectively travel for free. Security researcher Nikhil Kumar Singh discovered a bug impacting Delhi Metro’s smart card system. The researcher told TechCrunch that the bug exploits the top-up […]
India metro smart cards vulnerable to ‘free top-up’ bug by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation released its third-quarter earnings report after the bell Wednesday. The company closed out the quarter with about $1.2 billion in cash and short-term investments, which Aurora says will be enough to make it to commercial launch in mid-2024. Those statements were made just days after former competitor Argo AI […]
Aurora says it has enough cash to commercialize autonomous trucks in 2024 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Fisker is raising its manufacturing forecast two weeks before its first electric vehicle, the Ocean SUV, enters production. The automaker plans to produce 42,400 Ocean SUVs by the end of 2023, up from an initial forecast of 40,000, due to strong demand in the U.S. and Europe. The company said it has received 62,000 reservations […]
Fisker bumps up production for all-electric Ocean SUV by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Former Googlers raise more than $90M to scale alternative asset fintech startup by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Meta announced today that it is introducing a number of new creator updates across Instagram and Facebook. Most notably, the company revealed that creators on Instagram will soon be able to create their own NFTs and sell them directly to fans, both on and off Instagram. With this update, creators will have access to a […]
Instagram will soon allow select creators to make and sell NFTs directly in its app by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Google is adding its Lens image search right into its home page, letting users access the advanced image recognition tool directly from the search box. The search giant first announced Lens at I/O 2017 and has since integrated it into several of its services, including Google Photos, Chrome and more. Now, as first noted by […]
Google is integrating Lens directly into its search box by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch