Maju Kuruvilla is out as CEO of one-click checkout company Bolt
Maju Kuruvilla is no longer CEO of one-click checkout company Bolt. He is replaced by Justin Grooms, Bolt’s global head of sales, who is now interim CEO, according to Grooms’ LinkedIn profile. Kuruvilla didn’t have much to say about the change but did confirm it both on LinkedIn and X,
Read MoreFisker trading suspended by NYSE
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Read MoreElon Musk has fully bought into the ‘great replacement’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For months, Elon Musk has been dropping decidedly unsubtle hints that he believes in the great replacement, a conspiracy theory that liberal elites are “importing” immigrants into the United States, Europe, and Australia to wage political and biological warfare against white people. In
Read MoreA judge just killed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against an anti-hate research org
A federal judge sided against Elon Musk today, dismissing a lawsuit brought by Musk and X that targeted a nonprofit that researches online hate. X sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) last year, accusing the group of spreading misleading claims after it published a series of unflattering reports
Read MoreLarge language models can help home robots recover from errors without human help
There are countless reasons why home robots have found little success post-Roomba. Pricing, practicality, form factor and mapping have all contributed to failure after failure. Even when some or all of those are addressed, there remains the question of what happens when a system makes an inevitable mistake. This has
Read MoreQuick Tip: How to Align Column Rows with CSS Subgrid
In this quick tip, we'll look at how to use the subgrid feature of CSS Grid to align the content of boxes that sit side by side. Continue reading Quick Tip: How to Align Column Rows with CSS Subgrid on SitePoint.
Read MoreCan you hear me now? AI-coustics to fight noisy audio with generative AI
Noisy recordings of interviews and speeches are the bane of audio engineers’ existence. But one German startup hopes to fix that with a unique technical approach that uses generative AI to enhance the clarity of voices in video. Today, AI-coustics emerged from stealth with a €1.9 million in funding. According to
Read MoreLondon regtech GSS raises $47M to help banks screen for global sanctions
Global Screening Services (GSS), a London-based regulatory compliance platform that helps financial institutions meet their global sanctions obligations, has raised $47 million in a round of funding. The raise comes amid a spike in economic sanctions, with the U.S. issuing trade-restrictions and asset-blocking against states including Russia, China, Iran, and
Read MoreChris’ Corner: Real World CSS
I enjoyed Lee Robinson’s take on How I’m Writing CSS in 2024. Rather than jump right into tools and syntax, it starts with the user: What does a great experience look like loading stylesheets when visiting a website? Stylesheets should load as fast as possible (small file sizes) Stylesheets should
Read MoreBoston Side Events line up at Early Stage with Techstars, Women in Tech, Harvard and more
Get ready to amplify your Early Stage 2024 experience with the electrifying lineup of Side Events taking Boston by storm during the week of April 22–28. As the countdown to TechCrunch Early Stage begins, we’re thrilled to share our Side Events lineup to foster meaningful connections within the vibrant Boston
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