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The Russian government is using a Twitter loophole to spread disinformation
( Poor buggers. The U.S. government uses everybody to spread disinformation. )
It’s 2022, so why is USB-C still so damn complicated?
The EU wants to make all salaries transparent — here are 3 pros and cons
Elon Musk’s appointment to Twitter’s board restricts his influence — for now
Tech Crunch
Discover how Samsung NEXT and Microsoft for Startups can help your business at TC Early Stage
2 days ago –
We’re just one week away from kicking off TechCrunch Early
Stage in San Francisco on April 14. Not only is this day-long summit the
ultimate educational resource for new or aspiring founders, it’s our
first live event since the Before Times. We’re stoked to see you and
provide access to industry ...
Better.com CTO transitioning to advisory role in wake of mass layoffs
2 days ago –
Diane Yu, CTO of Better.com, is transitioning from her position
as chief technology officer to an advisory role a day after the digital
mortgage lender announced a voluntary separation program to certain
employees, according to an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch. She
will remain an “advisor”...
Sequoia-backed SwooshTransfer raises millions of dollars to automate cross-border payments
2 days ago –
China’s export-oriented e-commerce has been flourishing over the
last few years as the world demands its electronics, fast fashion,
sporting gear and other everyday goods. While the country’s digital
exporters revel in the boom, they also face challenges. One of their
biggest pain points has been...
A newcomer to AI data labeling, Encord looks to ride a rising tidal wave
2 days ago –
Before you can even think about building an algorithm to read an
X-ray or interpret a blood smear, the machine has to know what’s what
in an image. All of the promise of AI in healthcare — an area that has
attracted $11.3 billion in private investment in 2021, can’t be realized
without carefully ...
Nissan’s first solid-state EV planned for 2028
2 days ago –
Nissan unveiled Friday a prototype production facility for
solid-state batteries, a critical step in the automaker’s bid to develop
and deliver an EV powered by the next-generation battery technology by
2028. The materials, design and manufacturing processes developed while
producing the prototyp...
The album you’ve been waiting 24 years for is dropping exclusively on a paid podcasting service
2 days ago –
At least you don’t have to spend $200 on a Stem Player to get
your hands on Black Star’s second album. And hey, with 24 years between
records, no one can accuse the duo of rushing “No Fear of Time,” unlike
other projects. After years of failed attempts to drive subscriptions
with album release ex...
Inside Mercedes’ plan to deliver hands-free driving to the masses
a day ago –
I’m sitting in the passenger seat of a special Mercedes Benz
S-Class on a blindingly bright California spring day, casually watching
an autonomous delivery robot roll through a crosswalk on its way to
deliver someone’s takeout meal in Santa Monica. The test driver next to
me chuckles as we’re abo...
Is social media (re)traumatizing you?
a day ago –
What happens when you’re out of content to scroll through and
react to on the internet? What’s there to keep you engaged whether the
content makes you angry, sad, happy or all of the above at once? What
can a company like Facebook, Google or Twitter do to keep their hooks in
so you keep coming ba...
Government action on tech innovation is good news for startups
a day ago –
By working together toward success, the Pentagon and Silicon
Valley are truly capable of anything, including defending the free world
against the worst existential threats.
Deep Science: Combining vision and language could be the key to more capable AI
2 hours ago –
Depending on the theory of intelligence to which you subscribe,
achieving “human-level” AI will require a system that can leverage
multiple modalities — e.g., sound, vision and text — to reason about the
world. For example, when shown an image of a toppled truck and a police
cruiser on a snowy fr...
Fintech Roundup: How going Fast and furious can ruin your startup
5 hours ago –
Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing
this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity
podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all
things startups! And if you want to have this hit your inbox directly
once it officially tu...
Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn
6 hours ago –
"It's important as an investor to be extremely humble, because
we're going to be wrong a lot. I have this phrase that I use all the
time: knowledge competes with imagination."
The Verge
Fiido X e-bike recalled due to risk of breaking in half
2 days ago –
The Fiido X e-bike is supposed to fold, not break in two. |
Photo: Javier (cib)
Fiido, maker of cheap direct-to-consumer electric bikes, has suspended
sales of its Fiido X and is preparing a recall after discovering a
fault that could cause the folding e-bike to break in two. Fiido
spokes...
3 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Snap is launching a new Snapchat lens that can help you learn American
Sign Language (ASL). It’s called ASL Alphabet Lens, and Snapchat is
launching it in partnership with SignAll, a company that has built
technology that can translate sign language...
The US government reportedly paid to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine
2 days ago –
The company often receives public assistance for its projects. |
Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge
Despite SpaceX implying that the US didn’t give money to send Starlink
terminals to Ukraine in March, a report from The Washington Post
reveals that the government actually paid millions of d...
Nissan plans to launch its first EV with a solid-state battery by 2028
2 days ago – | Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images
Nissan revealed a prototype production facility in Yokohama, Japan, on
Friday, where the company says it plans to manufacture solid-state
batteries for use in electric vehi...
Meta will no longer allow the sharing of ‘publicly available’ private home addresses
2 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Meta is following the Oversight Board’s recommendation to remove an
exception that permitted users to share a person’s residential address
as long as it’s “publicly available,” the Facebook parent company
announced in an updated post (via Engadget)....
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