Technology
Anything to do with Technology
Colin
@Colin -
almost 4 years ago
4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising
Fundraising is challenging, especially for deep tech founders who need to get investors excited about a complex technology, a complex sales cycle and a complex risk profile.
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Maureen
@Maureen -
4 months ago
You Won’t Believe What Car Headlights Have in Store
New technology and a drive toward electrified powertrains have converged to create a flashy new car-lighting landscape. What comes next could be an international light language..gif)
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
6 months ago
OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT
Days after former employees said the company was being too reckless with its technology, OpenAI released a research paper on a method for reverse engineering the workings of AI models.
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Zetta
@Zetta -
over 5 years ago
Cinvent to invest in Jaggaer
Cinvent to invest in JaggaerCinven has agreed to make a “significant” investment in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based Jaggaer, a provider of procurement software for large and medium-sized businesses. No financial terms were disclosed. Accel-KKR will maintain a...continued
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Alexandro
@Alexandro -
7 months ago
I've traveled over 10,000 miles on the open road — after technology failed me, I'll never make th...
After driving 10,000 miles around the US over the past few years, I've made travel mistakes and learned critical tech lessons the hard way.
3 minutes read
Hank
@Hank -
about 3 years ago
Hercules Technology (HTGC) Tops Q3 Earnings Estimates
Hercules Tech (HTGC) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 3.13% and -1.89%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the...
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Garnet
@Garnet -
over 5 years ago
Steve Singh stepping down as Docker CEO – TechCrunch
TechCrunch has learned that Docker CEO Steve Singh will be stepping down after two years at the helm, and former Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden will be taking over. An email announcement, went out this morning to Docker employees. People close to the company confirmed that ...continued
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Jarod
@Jarod -
over 2 years ago
Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul
Company also restricts use of custom neural voice technology owing to deepfake concernsMicrosoft is overhauling its artificial intelligence ethics policies and will no longer let companies use its technology to do things such as infer emotion, gender or age u…
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Elody
@Elody -
over 5 years ago
Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021 – TechCrunch
Following news from earlier this month that FedEx was dumping Amazon from its air cargo service, Amazon this morning announced the expansion of its own air delivery network, Amazon Air. The retailer says it’s leasing an additional fifteen Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft fro...continued
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Elaina
@Elaina -
over 1 year ago
Hip Hop’s Surprising, Never-Ending Evolutions
A sound. A culture. A people. Even now, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, what can’t hip hop do or be?
3 minutes read
Gregoria
@Gregoria -
over 4 years ago
Color is launching a high-capacity COVID-19 testing lab and will open-source its design and proto...
Genomics health technology startup Color is doing its part to address the global COVID-19 pandemic, and has detailed the steps it’s taking to support expansion of testing efforts in a new blog post and letter from CEO Othman Laraki on Tuesday. The efforts include developm...continued
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
about 1 year ago
A theoretical physicist says AI is just a ‘glorified tape recorder’ and people’s fears about it a...
Michio Kaku is the latest expert to shut down AI fears saying the technology is not humanlike at this point.
2 minutes read
Immanuel
@Immanuel -
over 1 year ago
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Performance Is a Virtual-Only Engagement
The Oscar-winning composer died earlier this year at 71, but you can watch him play his piano once again by slipping on a Magic Leap headset.
3 minutes read
Pablo
@Pablo -
over 2 years ago
Digital Technology Invaded Our Lives. Now Women May Pay For It.
In a post-Roe America, we’ll bear the costs of letting data collection undermine our liberty.
3 minutes read
Alexzander
@Alexzander -
about 3 years ago
Technology giant Olympus hit by BlackMatter ransomware
Olympus said in a brief statement Sunday that it is “currently investigating a potential cybersecurity incident” affecting its European, Middle East and Africa computer network. “Upon detection of suspicious activity, we immediately mobilized a specialized re…
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Josiah
@Josiah -
over 3 years ago
How Klaviyo used data and no-code to transform owned marketing
Email is the communication medium that refuses to die. “Eventually, every technology is trumped by something new and better. And I feel that email is ready to be trumped. But by what?” wrote the venture capitalist Fred Wilson in 2007. Three years later, he up…
3 minutes read
Liliane
@Liliane -
over 4 years ago
This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19
One little-known home and retail automation startup might seem like an unlikely candidate to help combat the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says its technology can do just that, even if it wasn’t the company’s original plan.Butlr, a spin-out of the MIT Media Lab, uses ...continued
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Moises
@Moises -
over 5 years ago
Invitae to buy VC-backed Jungla
Invitae to buy VC-backed JunglaInvitae Corporation has agreed to acquire Jungla, a provider of an AI-driven biotech firm, for about $50 million. Latham & Watkins advised Jungla on the transaction. Jungla is backed by Andreessen Horowitz.SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2019 /P...continued
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
over 5 years ago
‘This is Your Life in Silicon Valley’: Philz Coffee CEO Jacob Jaber on tech culture and Blue...
And trying to convince TechCrunch's Kate Clark why Philz is better than Starbucks Sunil Rajaraman 8 hours Welcome to this week’s transcribed edition of This is Your Life in Silicon Valley. We’re running...continued
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Bart
@Bart -
over 4 years ago
Scary Crash Video Is a Good Reminder That You Don't Actually Want a Hoverbike
Gif : Hoversurf Official ( YouTubeScience fiction makes flying cars and hoverbikes seem like the ultimate way to get around town, and one day they might be. But for now, the limits of technology mean you really want to avoid climbing aboard a flying bike, as this unfortun...continued
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Bobby
@Bobby -
7 months ago
Translation Tech Is Amazing, Except When It’s Not
We can hold surprisingly deep conversations across languages using simple apps on our phones. But even as these apps get a fresh boost from AI, they can still lead to some awkward moments.
3 minutes read
Jerrold
@Jerrold -
about 1 year ago
India’s IITs Are a Golden Ticket With a Dark Side
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a production line for global tech CEOs, but critics say they promote a toxic, discriminatory work culture.
3 minutes read
Moises
@Moises -
over 4 years ago
Amazon opens its first cashierless grocery store
Today Amazon is opening its first grocery store to pilot the use of the retailer’s cashierless “Just Walk Out” technology that has previously powered 25 Amazon Go convenience stores in a handful of major U.S. metros. Based in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, the new Amazon G...continued
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
about 1 year ago
Adult film star Riley Reid launches Clona.AI, a sexting chatbot platform
Adult film icon and media investor Riley Reid aims to bring the transformational capabilities of generative AI to adult entertainment with an online platform where users can chat with digital versions of content creators. But unlike other, scuzzier adult chat…
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Nelson
@Nelson -
over 5 years ago
With the Pocophone F2 around the corner, Poco lead leaves Xiaomi
Poco lead exits Xiaomi with Pocophone F2 launch nearWe still haven’t heard a word of official information about the supposedly-upcoming Xiaomi Pocophone F2, the follow-up to last year’s bonafide hit, the Pocophone F1. Today though, we did get a piece of somewhat-related n...continued
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