Tesla Semi charging corridor project is still alive despite Biden admin funding snub

April 18, 2024

Tesla is pushing forward with a plan to build an electric big rig charging corridor stretching from Texas to California, despite being snubbed by a lucrative federal funding program that’s part of Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. But the original scope of the project could still change, TechCrunch has learned. The company had been seeking nearly […]

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Meta releases Llama 3, claims it’s among the best open models available

April 18, 2024

Meta has released the latest entry in its Llama series of open source generative AI models: Llama 3. Or, more accurately, the company has open sourced two models in its new Llama 3 family, with the rest to come at an unspecified future date. Meta describes the new models — Llama 3 8B, which contains 8 […]

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TechCrunch Minute: NASA needs your help to bring rocks back from Mars

April 18, 2024

NASA’s decision to scrap its $11 billion, 15-year mission to Mars to bring back samples could create a startup feeding frenzy, TechCrunch reports. Describing its plans as too slow, and too expensive, NASA is going back to the drawing board, with an eye on getting the space industry to help. Sure, you might worry that […]

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Uber, Nvidia-backed Serve Robotics hits public markets with $40M splash

April 18, 2024

Serve Robotics, the Uber and Nvidia-backed sidewalk robot delivery company, debuted publicly on the New York stock exchange Thursday, making it the latest startup to choose going public via a reverse merger as an alternative path to capital needed to fund growth. The company, which spun out of Uber’s acquisition of Postmates in 2021, hits […]

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