Google Translate takes on Duolingo with new language learning tools
Translate is also getting new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real-time with a person speaking a different language.
Read moreYouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature that boosts smaller creators launches globally
Viewers have the opportunity to hype up to three videos per week for a favorite creator. This gives the video points, which helps it gain traction on a new, ranked leaderboard.
Read moreHow one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change
Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.
Read moreMore on seed phrase words
Last week I wrote about how the English seed phrase words for crypto wallets, proposed in BIP39, are not ideal for memorization. This post gives a few more brief thoughts based on these words. Prefix uniqueness The BIP39 words have a nice property that I didn’t mention: the words are
Read moreEyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access
This vision care startup secures $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk.
Read moreFrontier buys $31M worth of antacids for the ocean
The deal will require Planetary to remove 115,000 metric tons of carbon by increasing the alkalinity of water flowing into the sea.
Read moreSpotify launches a messaging feature in a bid to become more social
Spotify said that messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and that Spotify proactively looks at messages to check if they break its rules.
Read moreSouth African law firm Rolls Out Legora AI in Landmark Partnership
Premier South African law firm Webber Wentzel has today announced a multi-faceted partnership with leading legal AI platform Legora. The Legora platform has been rolled out across the firm—and this marks just the start of a deeper, long-term collaboration. As part of the partnership, Legora will also serve as the
Read moreSvelte was built on “slinging code for the sheer love of it”
Rich Harris, creator of Svelte and software engineer at Vercel, joins Ryan on the show to dive into the evolution and future of web frameworks. They discuss the birth and growth of Svelte during the rise of mobile, the challenges of building robust and efficient web applications, how companies can
Read moreTesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show
Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
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