February 22, 2025

US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts

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 […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Greener wants to help consumers and businesses be more sustainable

October 25, 2022

Many consumers and companies want to reduce their impact on the environment but may not know where to start or how to sustain the necessary changes. Tom Ferrier, the founder of Greener, an Australian cleantech startup, wants to help. He argues that sustainability and climate action doesn’t need to be complicated. His startup is geared […]

Greener wants to help consumers and businesses be more sustainable by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Perceptron: AI saving whales, steadying gaits and banishing traffic

October 25, 2022

Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron, aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and explain […]

Perceptron: AI saving whales, steadying gaits and banishing traffic by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Get a load o’ this guy! (There’s a new ghost dog Pokémon called Greavard)

October 25, 2022

I cannot feasibly write a new post on TechCrunch dot com every time a new Pokémon is announced. I did skip over Bellibolt, the electric frog Pokémon that generates power from its big belly. But you know what’s even better than the partner Pokémon of a VTuber gym leader? Greavard. So here we are, writing […]

Get a load o’ this guy! (There’s a new ghost dog Pokémon called Greavard) by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: eternal youth, and the hunt for new metals

October 25, 2022
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. How scientists want to make you young again A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made a remarkable discovery. When they added just four proteins to a skin…

RapidSOS, a big data platform for emergency first responders, raises $75M

October 25, 2022

Emergency response services have had a big boost of data thanks to advances in connected technology, with watches that can detect when their wearers are falling down and are experiencing trauma, cars that can pinpoint where their drivers are located, and home systems that can transmit important data about fires when you cannot just a […]

RapidSOS, a big data platform for emergency first responders, raises $75M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Shutterstock to integrate OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and launch fund for contributor artists

October 25, 2022

Stock image giant Shutterstock has announced a major push into AI generated imagery today in partnership with OpenAI, expanding on a strategic tie-up the pair announced last year. The partnership between Shutterstock and OpenAI will see the latter’s DALL-E 2 image-generating AI system integrating with Shutterstock content and made available to Shutterstock users worldwide — […]

Shutterstock to integrate OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and launch fund for contributor artists by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

AI chip startup Axelera lands $27M in capital to commercialize its hardware

October 25, 2022

Several years ago, Fabrizio Del Maffeo and a core team from Imec, a Belgium-based nanotechnology lab, teamed up with Evangelos Eleftheriou and a group of researchers at IBM Zurich Lab to develop a computer chip. Unlike conventional chips, theirs was destined for devices at the edge, particularly those running AI workloads, because Del Maffeo and […]

AI chip startup Axelera lands $27M in capital to commercialize its hardware by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

India fines Google $113 million, orders to permit third-party payments in Play Store

October 25, 2022

India’s antitrust watchdog has hit Google with $113 million fine for abusing the dominant position of its Google Play Store and ordered the firm to allow app developers to use third-party payments processing service for in-app purchases or for purchasing apps, the second such penalty on the Android-maker in just as many weeks in its […]

India fines Google $113 million, orders to permit third-party payments in Play Store by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Verdict on continuation of Meta’s prosecution in Kenya to be made early next year

October 25, 2022

A ruling on whether or not Meta has a case to answer in Kenya will be made early next year, following legal submissions tabled today by attorneys representing the social media giant and plaintiff Daniel Motaung. Motaung, a South African national is suing Meta and its main content moderation sub-contractor in Africa, Sama, for forced […]

Verdict on continuation of Meta’s prosecution in Kenya to be made early next year by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

How scientists want to make you young again

October 25, 2022
A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made a remarkable discovery. When they added just four proteins to a skin cell and waited about two weeks, some of the cells underwent an unexpected and astounding transformation: they became young again. They turned into stem cells almost identical to the kind…