Africa’s First Multilingual SLM Shrinks by 75%—A Triumph for Local AI Expertise
Africa’s first multilingual Small Language Model (SLM), InkubaLM, has just achieved a 75% reduction in size while maintaining performance, thanks to the brilliance of African AI expertise. In a continent where internet availability is only 33% and 70% of people use entry-level devices, lightweight AI is not a luxury but
Read moreIndian grocery startup KiranaPro was hacked and its servers deleted, CEO confirms
The company said the cyberattack destroyed its servers and customer data.
Read moreiOS 19: All the rumored changes Apple could be bringing to its new operating system
As Apple prepares to unveil iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 on Monday, several rumors have surfaced, including a potential new name for the operating system, an entirely new design inspired by the Vision Pro, and more. Here’s a roundup of the most notable features rumored to be coming to
Read moreOne week left to spotlight your brand with a Side Event at TechCrunch All Stage
Want to connect with 1,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders gathering in Boston for TechCrunch All Stage on July 15? Apply by June 10 to host a Side Event during “TC All Stage Week” (July 13-19) — and put your brand front and center. Whether you’re planning a workshop, cocktail
Read moreInside TechCrunch Sessions AI: Learn how Toyota and NLX use AI to parse millions of tech docs, with NLX CEO Andrei Papancea
We’re down to the final two days before TechCrunch Sessions: AI unites the broader AI community at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on Thursday, June 5! Expect a packed agenda with top speakers, expert panels, top-tier networking, and Side Events from our partners. One of our speakers is Andrei Papancea, CEO
Read moreOne company’s quest for the perfect charger
As the tech world has standardized on USB-C, charging your devices has become much simpler. But it's still not simple enough. Sure, most things plug into most other things, but now you have to worry about power and data throughput, making sure that everything works properly with everything else. That's
Read moreApproximation of Inverse, Inverse of Approximation
“The inverse of an approximation is an approximation of the inverse.” This statement is either obvious or really clever. Maybe both. Logs and exponents Let’s start with an example. For moderately small x, That means that near 1 (i.e. near 10 raised to a small number, The inverse of a
Read moreSpeedata, a chip startup competing with Nvidia, raises a $44M Series B
Speedata, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing an analytics processing unit (APU) designed to accelerate big data analytic and AI workloads, has raised a $44M Series B funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $114M. The Series B round was led by its existing investors, including Walden Catalyst Ventures, 83North,
Read moreAdobe launches beta version of its Photoshop app on Android
Android users can now download Photoshop for mobile. Adobe announced on Tuesday that it’s releasing the beta version of its Android Photoshop app, four months after the company launched its iPhone app. The app offers a similar set of editing tools as the desktop version, including layering and masking, but
Read moreStack Exchange knowledge is for everyone (and now available on Snowflake Marketplace)
Snowflake customers can now easily enrich their AI applications and agentic systems with some of the most trusted, highest-quality data available while respecting our community members who provide this content with proper attribution.
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