The U.S. Is About to Announce an Historic Discovery In Renewable Energy
After decades of experiments around the word, researchers in California have finally figured out how to create net energy gain, but there is still a long road ahead.
Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries
Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools to streamline complex and sensitive tasks. Conversational AI-driven interfaces are helping hospitals to track the location and delivery of a patient’s time-sensitive cancer drugs. Generative AI chatbots are helping insurance customers answer questions and solve problems. And agentic…
5 Things Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About Agriculture
Fail fast, fail often doesn’t work for farmers. Here are five agricultural realities funders and innovators need to understand.
HR platform Sequoia says hackers accessed customer SSNs and COVID-19 data
Benefits and payroll management company Sequoia says hackers accessed sensitive customer information, including their Social Security numbers and COVID-19 test results. According to Wired, which first broke the news of Sequoia’s breach last week, the incident impacted customers of Sequoia One, a professional employer organization (or PEO) that provides outsourced human resources and payroll services. […]
HR platform Sequoia says hackers accessed customer SSNs and COVID-19 data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Fortnite and MrBeast will give away $1 million in a pop-up game challenge
The world’s most popular YouTuber is taking over a corner of Fortnite and somebody will walk away with $1 million. Jimmy Donaldson, better known by the handle MrBeast, is partnering with Epic Games on something we haven’t seen the Fortnite-maker do before. The battle royale game will host something it’s calling “MrBeast’s Extreme Survival Challenge,” […]
Fortnite and MrBeast will give away $1 million in a pop-up game challenge by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
HBO/HBO Max and Netflix are top streamers among Golden Globe nominees
Nominations for the 2023 Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning, with HBO, HBO Max and Netflix tied for the lead in the TV category, getting 14 noms each. Major contenders include HBO’s “The White Lotus,” “House of the Dragon” and “Hacks” as well as Netflix’s “Wednesday,” “Ozark” and “The Crown.” While the two streaming […]
HBO/HBO Max and Netflix are top streamers among Golden Globe nominees by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Sydney-based Pathzero helps investors track their portfolios’ carbon emissions
Financial institutions are waiting for the SEC and other regulators to pass rules about how to disclose emissions from their portfolio companies. Until then, many are following the standard set by the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF). Pathzero helps them with a platform to exchange carbon information securely and analyze it. The Sydney, Australia-based […]
Sydney-based Pathzero helps investors track their portfolios’ carbon emissions by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Breakthrough fusion power announcement expected tomorrow. Here’s what it means
For decades, fusion power has been just around the corner. Is this the moment we’ve all been waiting for?
Breakthrough fusion power announcement expected tomorrow. Here’s what it means by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter launches Blue for Business, grants gold checkmarks to ‘corporate entities’
Alongside of the relaunch of Twitter Blue, Twitter’s controversial subscription service, Twitter has begun rolling out a new offering called Blue for Business that adds a gold checkmark to company accounts. On a support page, Twitter says Blue for Business, which is currently in testing, is intended to designate that a given Twitter account is […]
Twitter launches Blue for Business, grants gold checkmarks to ‘corporate entities’ by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
The viral AI avatar app Lensa undressed me—without my consent
When I tried the new viral AI avatar app Lensa, I was hoping to get results similar to some of my colleagues at MIT Technology Review. The digital retouching app was first launched in 2018 but has recently become wildly popular thanks to the addition of Magic Avatars, an AI-powered feature which generates digital portraits…