Workers at a Maryland Apple store authorize strike
It’s been a busy weekend for union organizing efforts at U.S. Apple stores, with the union at one store voting to authorize a strike, while workers at another store voted against forming a union. Back in 2022, workers the Apple store in Towson, Maryland became organized the first formally recognized
Read MoreAlora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the ‘landfill economy’
Alora Baby is not just aiming to manufacture baby cribs in an environmentally friendly way but is attempting to overhaul the whole lifecycle of a product © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreGo on, let bots date other bots
Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd raised eyebrows this week with her comments about how AI might change the dating experience. During an onstage interview, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang brought up bots posing as real people, or real people falling in love with bots, as examples of how AI
Read MoreLogarithm approximation curiosity
I’ve written before about three simple approximations for logarithms, for base 10 log10(x) ≈ (x – 1)/(x + 1) base e, loge(x) ≈ 2(x – 1)/(x + 1) and base 2 log2(x) ≈ 3(x – 1)/(x + 1). These can be used to mentally approximate logarithms to moderate accuracy, accurate
Read MoreWhy Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is so misguided
Welcome to Week in Review: TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. This week Apple unveiled new iPad models at its Let Loose event, including a new 13-inch display for the iPad Air, as well as Tandem OLED and a new M4 chip for the iPad Pro. But its ad
Read MoreU.K. agency releases tools to test AI model safety
The U.K. Safety Institute, the U.K.’s recently established AI safety body, has released a toolset designed to “strengthen AI safety” by making it easier for industry, research organizations and academia to develop AI evaluations. Called Inspect, the toolset — which is available under an open source license, specifically an MIT
Read MoreIterated Mersenne primes
A Mersenne number is a number of the form 2k − 1. A Mersenne prime is a Mersenne number which is also a prime. It turns out that if 2k − 1 is prime then k must be prime, so Mersenne numbers have the form 2p − 1 is prime.
Read MoreAt the AI Film Festival, humanity triumphed over tech
AI startup Runway's second annual AI Film Festival showcased movies that incorporated AI tech in some fashion, from backgrounds to animations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreWomen in AI: Rachel Coldicutt researches how technology impacts society
Rachel Coldicutt is the founder of Careful Industries, which researches the social impact technology has on society. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreSAP’s chief sustainability officer isn’t interested in getting your company to do the right thing
SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Sophia Mendelsohn wants to incentivize companies to be green because it's profitable, not just because it's right. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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