Elon Musk tries to stick to spaceships
Elon Musk’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning seemed to get off to an awkward start, as reporter David Pogue asked the SpaceX CEO about his thoughts on his ally Donald Trump’s policies, including growing restrictions on international students. “I think we want to stick to the subject of the day,
Read MoreThousands of Netflix fans gather for Tudum
Netflix released a flurry of announcements and trailers around high-profile projects including “Squid Game,” “Wednesday,” and “Stranger Things 5” last night at its annual Tudum marketing event. While this year’s Tudum (made for the sound that plays when you open the app) was livestreamed for the first time on Netflix
Read MoreEarly AI investor Elad Gil finds his next big bet: AI-powered rollups
Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT, Gil had already written seed checks to startups like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. Now, as the early winners of the AI wave become clearer, the renowned “solo”
Read MoreGardener’s ellipse
There are several ways to define an ellipse. If you want to write software draw an ellipse, it’s most convenient to have a parametric form: This gives an ellipse centered at (h, k), with semi-major axis a, semi-minor axis b, and with the major axis rotated by an angle θ
Read MoreFitting a parabola to an ellipse and vice versa
The previous post discussed fitting an ellipse and a parabola to the same data. Both fit well, but the ellipse fit a little better. This will often be the case because an ellipse has one more degree of freedom than a parabola. There is one way to fit a parabola
Read MoreSam Altman biographer Keach Hagey explains why the OpenAI CEO was ‘born for this moment’
In “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future,” Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey examines our AI-obsessed moment through one of its key figures — Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. Hagey begins with Altman’s Midwest childhood, then takes readers through his career at
Read MoreDay 4 of TechCrunch Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — Flex your brain, score big on tickets
TechCrunch Sessions: AI hits UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5 — and today’s your shot at AI trivia glory and two tickets for the price of one. Answer a few brain-busting questions on artificial intelligence, and if you ace it, you might just find a special promo code waiting
Read MoreVideo game union announces first contract with Microsoft
Unionized quality assurance testers at video game holding company ZeniMax announced Friday that they have reached a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft, which acquired ZeniMax in 2021. This represents Microsoft’s first union contract in the United States. It’s been a little over two years since approximately 300 QA testers announced
Read More4 days to go: TechCrunch Sessions: AI is almost in session
Artificial intelligence has no shortage of visionaries—but the ones who matter are executing. In 4 days, TechCrunch Sessions: AI brings those builders, researchers, funders, and enthusiasts under one roof at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This isn’t a parade of AI hype or a string of over-edited keynotes. It’s a single
Read MoreTrump pulls Musk ally’s NASA Administrator nomination
Just one day after Elon Musk’s public departure from his role as a White House employee, the Trump Administration pulled its nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to become the new NASA Administrator. First reported earlier on Saturday by Semafor, citing anonymous sources, the move has been confirmed by White
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