Tech giants form an industry group to help develop next-gen AI chip components

December 20, 2024

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May 30, 2024

Microsoft, Meta, Intel, AMD and others have formed a new group to design next-gen interconnects for AI accelerator hardware.

Ambani fires opening salvo in fintech battle, launches JioFinance app

May 30, 2024

With JioFinance, the Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani is making his boldest consumer-facing move yet into financial services.

Filing: Salesforce paid $419M to buy Spiff in Feb

May 30, 2024

Salespeople live and die by commissions, which typically form a big chunk of how they are paid, so it’s no surprise that Salesforce paid a premium to buy a platform to manage this for customers more easily. Several months ago, it acquired Spiff, to help companies build out and manage incentive-based compensation schemes. Salesforce’s 10-Q […]

YoLa Fresh, a GrubMarket for Morocco, digs up $7M to connect farmers with food sellers

May 30, 2024

YoLa Fresh works with over a thousand retailers across Morocco and records up to $1 million in gross merchandise volume.

Why bigger EVs aren’t always better

May 30, 2024

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. SUVs are taking over the world—larger vehicle models made up nearly half of new car sales globally in 2023, a new record for the segment. There are a lot of reasons to…

Instagram now lets teens limit interactions to their ‘Close Friends’ group to combat harassment

May 30, 2024

Instagram is expanding the scope of its “Limits” tool specifically for teenagers that would let them restrict unwanted interactions with people.

Archer, Kakao Mobility partner to bring electric air taxis to South Korea in 2026

May 30, 2024

Archer Aviation is partnering with ride-hailing and parking company Kakao Mobility to bring electric air taxi flights to South Korea starting in 2026, if the company can get its aircraft developed in time. The move to South Korea is part of an international strategy that will also see Archer commercially launch in the United Arab […]

The messy quest to replace drugs with electricity

May 30, 2024

In the early 2010s, electricity seemed poised for a hostile takeover of your doctor’s office. Research into how the nervous system controls the immune response was gaining traction. And that had opened the door to the possibility of hacking into the body’s circuitry and thereby controlling a host of chronic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma,…

Iyris makes fresh produce easier to grow in difficult climates, raises $16M

May 30, 2024

2023 was the hottest year on record, it doesn’t look like we’re cooling down anytime soon. Rising temperatures have made farming increasingly difficult in areas that were once prime agricultural resources where heat and drought have severely impacted crops. For most farmers who rely on traditional methods and lack access to high-tech greenhouses, the need […]

Exactly.ai secures $4M to help artists use AI to scale up their output

May 30, 2024

Exactly.ai says it uses generative AI to help artists retain legal ownership of their art while being able to reproduce their designs faster and at scale.

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