Winning a Gold medal is a lot like being a VC, according to Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner
Kristen Faulkner astonishing Olympic success of two gold medals stems from lessons learned from her former career as a venture capitalist, she says. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreUAW files federal labor charges against Trump, Musk for intimidating workers at X Spaces event
The United Auto Workers union said Tuesday that it filed federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The union alleges that Trump and Musk attempted to “threaten and intimidate workers” who engage in strikes after comments made during the now notorious X Spaces interview Monday evening. “They go
Read morePixel Watch 3 adds a life-saving ‘loss of pulse’ detection feature
With the introduction of the Pixel Watch 3 smartwatches, which now come in two sizes, Google is also introducing a new, potentially life-saving feature: loss of pulse detection. At the Made by Google 2024 event Tuesday, the company announced the watch’s added ability to sense this particular health emergency alongside
Read moreGoogle’s Made You Look uses Pixar characters to trick kids into smiling for the camera
Made You Look will be available on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold when it launches next month. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePixel phones get an AI-powered weather app
With the new app, users "won't have to scroll through a bunch of numbers to get a sense of the day's weather," according to Google. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMade by Google 2024: All of Google’s reveals, from the Pixel 9 lineup to Gemini AI’s addition to everything
Let's dive right into what the Google Pixel 9 lineup looks like, how Google's Gemini AI will be incorporated in the devices, and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEncord lands new cash to grow its data labeling tools for AI
Labeling and annotation platforms might not get the attention flashy new generative AI models do. But they’re essential. The data on which many models train must be labeled, or the models wouldn’t be able to interpret that data during the training process. Annotation is a vast undertaking, requiring thousands to
Read moreNavigating cities of code with Norris Numbers
Settling down in a new city (or codebase) is a marathon, not a sprint.
Read moreSingaporean investment app Syfe pulls in $27M to hasten growth in Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region has long been an important market for wealth management firms with the plethora of developing economies and a burgeoning retail investment market. But there’s still a huge market to capture: About 40% to 45% of personal financial assets in the region are held in cash and
Read moreMath’s base 32 versus Linux’s base 32
The convention in math for writing numbers in bases larger than 10 is to insert capital letters after 9, starting with A. So, for example, the digits in base 12 are 0, 1, 2, …, 9, A, and B. So if you’re familiar with math but not Linux, and you
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