December 23, 2024

Forging the digital future

Dan Huttenlocher, SM ’84, PhD ’88, leads the way up to the eighth floor of Building 45, the recently completed headquarters of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “There’s an amazing view of the Great Dome here,” he says, pointing out a panoramic view of campus and the Boston skyline beyond. The floor features a…

Poor people need not apply for this dating app

February 16, 2024

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. I’m having one of those weeks where I’m just constantly, very slowly shaking my head at people. As I sat down to read all the stories […]

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Tech giants sign voluntary pledge to fight election-related deepfakes

February 16, 2024

Tech companies are pledging to fight election-related deepfakes as policymakers amp up pressure. Today at the Munich Security Conference, vendors including Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Adobe and IBM signed an accord signaling their intention to adopt a common framework for responding to AI-generated deepfakes intended to mislead voters. Thirteen other companies, including AI startups OpenAI, […]

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The hard tech renaissance accelerates as YC spotlights space, manufacturing and defense

February 16, 2024

Y Combinator is putting hard-tech in the spotlight. On Wednesday, the accelerator released an updated list of ideas it would like to see in applications — with categories like space, manufacturing and defense featured prominently. YC has backed plenty of hard-tech startups before. Launch companies Stoke Space and Relativity Space and satellite broadband provider Astranis, are […]

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4 Honest Truths That Will Make You a Better Boss

February 16, 2024
When the buck stops with you, you’ve got to be prepared for all that entails — both sucking up the losses and sharing the wins. There’s nothing you can physically do to train for this inevitability; rather, it’s a mental exercise of reframing that will maintain your balance as the boss.

San Francisco Giants replace Cruise self-driving car uniform patch with another GM brand

February 16, 2024

The San Francisco Giants said goodbye this week to a uniform patch that advertised Cruise and its robotaxis — the latest fallout for the GM self-driving subsidiary and its controversial presence in the city. The marketing partnership, which was announced in August 2023, will continue, but with another GM brand. For the 2024 baseball season, […]

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Faraday Future is danger of losing LA headquarters for failing to pay rent

February 16, 2024

Struggling EV startup Faraday Future owes the landlord of its Los Angeles headquarters nearly $1 million after missing the last two months’ rent, TechCrunch has learned. The landlord, Rexford Industrial, filed a previously unreported lawsuit against Faraday Future this week in Los Angeles Superior Court that accuses the startup of missing its January and February […]

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Faraday Future is danger of losing LA headquarters for failing to pay rent

February 16, 2024

Struggling EV startup Faraday Future owes the landlord of its Los Angeles headquarters nearly $1 million after missing the last two months’ rent, TechCrunch has learned. The landlord, Rexford Industrial, filed a previously unreported lawsuit against Faraday Future this week in Los Angeles Superior Court that accuses the startup of missing its January and February […]

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