It’s Time to Prepare for the Algorithmic Workforce
Prepare for an era of working with bots, digital humans, holograms and algorithms as colleagues.
Why the US and Europe could lose the race for fusion energy
Fusion energy holds the potential to shift a geopolitical landscape that is currently configured around fossil fuels. Harnessing fusion will deliver the energy resilience, security, and abundance needed for all modern industrial and service sectors. But these benefits will be controlled by the nation that leads in both developing the complex supply chains required and…
Magic Eden exec sees NFT gaming like the ‘early days of mobile gaming’
The chief gaming officer at NFT marketplace Magic Eden sees the traditional and web gaming worlds coming together.
Magic Eden exec sees NFT gaming like the ‘early days of mobile gaming’ by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Bird tanks on word that a Canadian company is saving its bacon
Scooter company Bird is certainly down, but it’s not yet out. The five-year-old firm says that it and Bird Canada — a separate, private company that licenses Bird’s software and name — will merge “as soon as possible,” with an “estimated total of $32 million in new financing” from Bird Canada’s investors, “$4 million of […]
Bird tanks on word that a Canadian company is saving its bacon by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Irwin Lebow’s rosemary challah
In 1992, Irwin Lebow ’48, PhD ’51, submitted this recipe to Moment Magazine’s Ultimate Challah Contest. The judges named it the top recipe in the non-traditional challah category. Lebow called it a liberal adaptation of a recipe by Ruth Brooks in Food for Thought (Sisterhood of Temple Emunah, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1972). Moment called it “A…
Amazon adds free music videos, viral videos and more ad-supported content to Fire TV
Amazon has announced that Fire TV users in the U.S. can now watch tens of thousands of music videos from major and independent labels for free. No downloads, fees or subscriptions are required to watch the music videos. The ad-supported music videos will be available from artists on the Billboard Hot 100, including Taylor Swift, […]
Amazon adds free music videos, viral videos and more ad-supported content to Fire TV by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
TechCrunch+ roundup: Vanity metric dangers, planning for failure, Black founders survey
Relying on vanity metrics are like attending a Little League awards dinner: Everyone goes home a winner!
TechCrunch+ roundup: Vanity metric dangers, planning for failure, Black founders survey by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from re:collect
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca caught up with Alice Albrecht about her early-stage AI startup re:collect. Alice talked about why she founded the company that uses machine learning algorithms to help creatives brainstorm and recall information without breaking focus. She also talked about […]
Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from re:collect by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models
The next breakthrough to take the AI world by storm might be 3D model generators. This week, OpenAI open-sourced Point-E, a machine learning system that creates a 3D object given a text prompt. According to a paper published alongside the code base, Point-E can produce 3D models in 1 to 2 minutes on a single […]
OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
This VC is bullish about American dynamism – ‘the real one’
Solo GP Nichole Wischoff told TechCrunch that she is hoping to fund “American dynamism … the real one.
This VC is bullish about American dynamism – ‘the real one’ by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
Vercel makes it easier to collaborate on preview deployments
Vercel, the popular front-end development platform, now allows you to comment directly on preview deployments, using a highly visual commenting system that is similar to Figma’s. The company had been testing this feature since September and it’s now generally available to all users. As Vercel co-founder and CEO Guillermo Rauch told me, the idea here […]
Vercel makes it easier to collaborate on preview deployments by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch