The Download: harmful AI, and a deadlier monkeypox variant

October 11, 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. Who’s going to save us from bad AI? About damn time. That was the response from AI policy and ethics wonks to news last week that the White House’s science and technology advisory…

How to watch Meta Connect’s 2022 Keynote (hint: Facebook)

October 11, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg will make his impassioned pleas that the metaverse is a real thing and a valid Next Big Business for Meta (neé The Facebook) on Tuesday. The annual Meta Connect developer conference kicks off with a keynote starting at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT, which is followed immediately by a more technical […]

How to watch Meta Connect’s 2022 Keynote (hint: Facebook) by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Foxglove raises $16M to build dev infrastructure for robots

October 11, 2022

Foxglove, a startup building an infrastructure stack for robotics, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Eclipse with participation from Amplify Partners and angel investors including Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt. The proceeds bring Foxglove’s total raised to $18.7 million, which CEO Adrian Macneil says is being put […]

Foxglove raises $16M to build dev infrastructure for robots by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

NextView Ventures’ new $200 million fund comes with a slice of San Francisco

October 11, 2022

Adding on a partner is no joke. Well, at least if you want it to be equal. NextView Ventures announces today that it has raised a $200 million venture fund, its largest to date, split between an early stage vehicle, at $135 million, and opportunity vehicle, at $65 million. The fund also brings Stephanie Palmeri, […]

NextView Ventures’ new $200 million fund comes with a slice of San Francisco by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch