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LThe constant use of resources such as virtual data rooms and shared labs makes it easier for biotech startups to grow. This is good news. We need more companies to tackle cancer from new angles, such as early detection using AI. And one of these days he may become a trillion dollar company. — anna Expanding early cancer detection Latest from Y Combinator request for startings (RFS) is worth reading. That's not just because it's been a while since the incubator shared an idea or category that its partners would like to see more people working on. As my colleague…
Last Monday, I discovered Boston-based indie musician Walter the Producer. His music isn't on any of the playlists I follow, and he has less than 150,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. If I hadn't searched for his songs on Shazam when I was at a brewery in Phoenix, 3,000 miles from home, I probably wouldn't have found him. Finding new music has become a kind of game. Producer Walter also makes fun of this. His Spotify artist profile simply says, “If you make me a gatekeeper, I'll hunt you down.” Artists with deep pockets have always had an advantage over independent…
To give female academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved and overdue spotlight time, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. Start. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. Irene Solaiman began her career in AI as a researcher and public policy manager at OpenAI, where she led a new approach to the release of GPT-2, ChatGPT's predecessor. She joined Hugging Face as head of global policy after nearly a…
centered on AI As it's a well-deserved and overdue time for female academics and others in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. As a reader, if you see a name we missed and think it should be on the list, please email us. I will try to add more. Here are the key players you should know about. Gender gap in…
for many organizations 2023 was a tough year economically, with some companies struggling to raise funds and cutting staff to survive. Meanwhile, ransomware and extortion gangs had a record year of revenue, according to recent reports. If you look at the current state of ransomware, that's not surprising. Over the past year, hackers have continued to evolve their tactics to become more sneaky and extreme in an attempt to pressure victims into paying increasingly exorbitant ransom demands. This escalation of tactics, and the fact that governments stopped short of banning ransom payments, made 2023 the most lucrative year for ransomware…
About a year ago, Alphabet's growth-stage venture arm, Capital G, named partner Laela Sturdy as its new head, just as the division's founder, David Loewy, stepped down. Few were surprised by Sturdy's promotion to the post. She joined Google in her marketing role in 2007 and was pulled into many departments over the next few years, and in 2013 she was hired by Rowley when CapitalG was launched. Ta. Lowry told CNBC in 2021, Laella's name came up a lot when it came to figuring out who the stars were within Google. ” Of course, for many investors, the past…
Managing your social presence can be difficult these days. It's even harder for those experimenting with the new wave of Twitter-like services, such as Mastodon, Nostr, and Bluesky. Because staying active requires a lot of duplicate posting on different networks. Thankfully, developers are starting to address our need for cross-posting tools. In addition to scheduling services like Fedica and Postpone, there's a new app, Nootti, that lets you post to Mastodon, Nostr, and Bluesky from one interface. While we're still waiting for the release of a multi-service social networking and news tracker like Tapestry, Nootti's iOS app lets you share…
The global video game industry makes more money each year than movies and music combined. But that doesn't mean the sector has been immune to the macroeconomic impacts of the past few years. Gaming companies are implementing large-scale layoffs, and venture funding in the sector will reach a five-year low in 2023. But venture capitalists are optimistic that things will improve this year. Gaming startups raised $2 billion last year, according to a report from video game-focused VC Convoy Ventures. The total amount for 2023 was significantly lower than $9.9 billion in 2021 and $6.7 billion in 2022. Many venture…
Threads, Meta's Twitter-like service and competitor to X, may be distancing itself from politics, but that means it's not trying to tackle the misinformation spreading on social media, especially in the run-up to national elections. isn't it. Following user reports of fact checks being discovered on the network, the company confirmed that it is working with fact-checking organizations to combat false information circulating on Threads, but at this time We haven't fully deployed direct fact-checking of Threads content. Meta announced in December that fact-checking partners will be able to directly review and rate false content on threads in early 2024.…
In a little while Mobile World Congress 2024 will bring around 85,000 participants to Fira de Barcelona over the course of one week (February 26-29). Over the past few years, this show has become arguably the most important mobile event of the year. Mobile phone manufacturers, carriers, and various other technology vendors, journalists, and analysts come together to discuss what's going to happen to the industry next year. Like other major in-person events, the past few years have been eventful for MWC. Attendance for the 2019 show reached 109,000, which wasn't close to CES's numbers (it reached about 175,000 that…