Gig workers get paid, Fidelity slashes Reddit’s valuation and AI conquers Minecraft
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week in tech. Hope the summer’s treating y’all well — it’s a balmy 90 degrees here in NYC! — and that some much-needed R&R is on the agenda. Speaking of “agenda,” mark your calendars for Disrupt,
Read MoreVector Fields and Fuel Consumption Wrapped in 3D
While poking into the connection between Poisson equations, vector fields, and specialized neural networks, I decided to create custom vector field visualizations and I would like to present a few of the practical applications of calculus. If you own a boat, airplane, or car, by the end of this post
Read MoreIs AI ever too much AI?
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, I explore how one VC is feeling about a big chunk of her portfolio pivot into
Read MoreDeal Dive: Doing venture math on the non-alcoholic spirits industry
Hangovers suck. Especially so for those who felt pressured to drink the alcohol that inevitably caused the hangover to begin with. Drinking is slowly starting to fall out of fad, especially among younger generations. According to 2022 Gallup polling, 60% of adult Americans drink alcohol. This is down from 65%
Read MorePowers of a 2×2 matrix in closed form
Here’s something I found surprising: the powers of a 2×2 matrix have a fairly simple closed form. Also, the derivation is only one page [1]. Let A be a 2×2 matrix with eigenvalues α and β. (3Blue1Brown made a nice jingle for finding the eigenvalues of a 2×2 matrix.) If α
Read MoreProductive productivity
I skimmed Automate Your Busywork the other day and realized I already have automated most of my busywork. I don’t have a lot of repetitive tasks to do, and I’ve written scripts to streamline most of the repetitive tasks I do have. The scripts that have been most useful are
Read MoreGary Vaynerchuk expects NFTs to expand beyond digital collectibles long term
Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news with some of the biggest names in crypto breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk, better known as Gary Vee.
Read MoreUsing BARD to Find GitHub Repos
BARD is rolling out some exciting new features which we can use to analyse our favourite sites, such as GitHub. Let's delve in!Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read MoreAn Overview of Large Language Models
An introduction to large language models, including vectorization, transformers, common nlp models, and considerations for designing apps with OpenAI tokens and PEFT.IntroductionWhat is a Language Model?The probability distribution over strings of words is called the language model. [1]For example, the knowledge that the word apple juice is more likely than apple juice concentrate
Read MoreTesla says all new Model 3s now qualify for full $7,500 tax credit
All new Tesla Model 3 vehicles will now qualify for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit, according to a change in Tesla’s website. The EV tax credits were mandated by Congress last August as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, with the goal of ending U.S. reliance on China for
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