Bill Gates meets with President Xi Jinping in Beijing
Hot on the heels of Elon Musk’s visit to China earlier this month, the country welcomed another American tech billionaire. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, met President Xi Jinping on Friday in Beijing, China’s state media reported. Like Musk, this is
Read moreSocar’s ride-hailing platform Tada adds to growing list of tech layoffs
Seoul-based ride-hailing platform Tada, operated by Korean ride-sharing company Socar’s subsidiary VCNC, plans to let go of a portion of the company’s employees as part of a restructuring as it works to reduce costs, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Tada has not yet materialized how many staff it will lay
Read morePair programing? We peek under the hood of Duet, Google’s coding assistant. (Ep. 580)
On today’s episode, we chat with Marcos Grappeggia, the product manager for Duet, an AI-powered assistant that can help you craft code by suggesting snippets—even full functions—as you write. Grappeggia explains why he thinks tools like this will augment, but not replace, the human developers at work today. Episode notes:
Read moreLockBit claims ransomware attack on pharma giant Granules India
The Russia-linked ransomware group LockBit has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Indian pharmaceutical giant Granules India, and published portions of the data it allegedly stole. LockBit’s dark web leak site listed Granules India as one of its latest victims on Wednesday, according to a listing seen by TechCrunch. Granules
Read moreBeyond ChatGPT: The role of AI and ML in assessment and selection
Defining AI and ML When you think about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), what comes to mind? If it’s ChatGPT, AI-generated art, and autonomous pizza delivery, you’re not alone. These are just a few of the most buzzworthy developments in AI and ML from the past few years–and
Read moreLyft co-founder Logan Green retains board seat despite shareholder opposition
Logan Green, the co-founder and former CEO of ride-hailing platform Lyft, will remain on the company’s board despite opposition from some shareholders, according to preliminary results from the company’s annual shareholder meeting Thursday. The SOC Investment Group, an organization that says it holds corporations and leadership accountable for irresponsible and
Read moreVirgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks
After years of tests, space tourism line Virgin Galactic is finally beginning commercial spaceflight services at the end of the month, the company announced today. After these initial flights, they will move to monthly ones and start working through the ticket-holder backlog. Galactic 01 will, barring any delay, launch some
Read morePost, a publisher-focused Twitter alternative, launches on iOS
One of many buzzy apps competing to be “the next Twitter,” Post launched its iOS app on Thursday. Launched in beta just days after Elon Musk finalized his purchase of Twitter, Post wants to reinvent how people get their news on social media. When using the app, you can toggle
Read moreTwitter competitor Spill launches in beta on iOS
From a team of ex-Twitter employees, the new social platform Spill launched in an invite-only beta on the App Store. It’s been quite the year for Spill CEO Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell. This time last year, he was global head of social and editorial at Twitter, a company that had not
Read moreThe week in AI: Apple makes machine learning moves
Keeping up with an industry as fast moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own.
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