Early Meta employee sues for sexual harassment, gender discrimination
One of Meta’s earliest employees is suing the company for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit filed this week in...
SoftBank could soon buy Renee James’ Ampere chip company for about $6.5B
Ampere, the semiconductor business founded by former Intel exec Renee James, is reportedly on the cusp of selling itself to SoftBank — the latest...
Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its...
Boston Dynamics Wednesday announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to its electric Atlas humanoid robot. The tie-up is with the Robotics...
Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50
AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits,...
Bench burned through $135 million before shutting down
A clearer picture of Bench’s downfall is emerging thanks to newly-released bankruptcy filings.
The records show that the Canada-based startup, which ironically enough offered cloud...
As GLP1s boom, dietician startups Berry Street, Fay each nab $50M rounds
For decades, the US healthcare system has struggled to address the diet-related chronic illnesses affecting nearly half of all adults.
That changed in recent years...
XOi raises $230M, acquires Specifx to expand its tech for field service technicians
Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology....
The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way
Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments — including agencies responsible for managing data on...
Paragon spyware used to target citizens across Europe, says Italian government
The Italian government said in a press release on Wednesday that a spyware campaign revealed by WhatsApp, and carried out with spyware made by...
Why IQ is a poor test for AI
During a recent press appearance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that he’s observed the “IQ” of AI rapidly improve over the past several years.
“Very...