Announcing the AI Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
After a few years of being background noise, AI has suddenly become ubiquitous. From consumer apps to enterprise tools to medical devices, nearly everything claims to be “powered by AI” these days. But the technology’s unprecedented (and unregulated) rise prompts as many questions as it provides answers. Fortunately, you’re coming
Read moreThe Overflow #188: Recognition for individual contributors
Welcome to ISSUE #188 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: real talk on hallucinations, the cultural implications of workplace hugs, and a spotlight on digital privacy. From the blog Improving time to first byte:
Read moreHerMD opening new women’s health clinics following $18M extension
Women’s healthcare got another capital infusion today in HerMD, which announced $18 million in additional Series A funding, showing that this area continues to be of interest to investors. My colleague Dominic-Madori Davis reported earlier this year that women’s health companies raised about $1.16 billion in 2022. Though down from
Read moreCyber insurance audit: Painful necessity, or a valuable opportunity?
Ilia Sotnikov Contributor Share on Twitter Ilia Sotnikov is a security strategist and VP of user experience at Netwrix. Not that long ago, few companies even considered purchasing insurance to mitigate their financial exposure from a cyber incident, and for those that did, obtaining a policy was as easy as
Read moreModel 3 owners love their Teslas but increasingly not Elon Musk: survey
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Bloomberg’s latest survey of thousands of Model 3 owners presents a conflicted view of Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, suggesting that while owners are happy with their cars they’re souring on Musk himself. The survey, which asked 5,000 Model 3
Read morePollen is a professional development platform for tech workers, by tech workers
Meet Pollen, a new French startup that wants to provide a better way to learn new skills. Instead of working with full-time teachers, Pollen invites business executives and top performers in the tech industry so that they can host a class with a small group of people. Behind the scenes,
Read moreFormer Hulu exec is building a go-to remittance app for Indian expats
Foreign inward remittances to India have surged significantly in recent years as Indian diaspora expands globally. The past five years have seen a 30% increase, with remittances rising to $89.13 billion in 2021-22 from $69.13 billion in 2017-18, according to official government data. Naturally, a growing number of startups have
Read moreThe anatomy of a patent litigation target
Intellectual property (IP) protection can be a vital part of a company’s journey from young upstart to billion-dollar behemoth, safeguarding all its technologists’ hard work while adding to the company’s value for investors or would-be acquirers. But as we’ve seen countless times through the years, IP can also be weaponized.
Read moreAMD plans to invest $400 million in India by 2028
AMD plans to invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and set up its largest design center in the country’s southern city of Bengaluru as the chipmaker joins the growing list of firms that are backing the South Asian nation’s ambition of becoming a semiconductor manufacturing
Read moreBehind the scenes with the folks building OverflowAI (Ep. 594)
On today’s episode we chat with Ellen Brandenberger, our Director of Product Innovation, and Jody Bailey, our CTO, about the big changes Stack Overflow put in place to create OverflowAI and the research and thinking that went into the products and features we announced this week at WeAreDevelopers. Episode Notes
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