To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more … Read more
The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, Jan. 30, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google cut several hundred jobs across the company late Wednesday night as it continues to push for efficiency and focus on its “biggest product priorities,” a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. The layoffs will impact employees within Google’s hardware … Read more
Screenshot: Teenage Engineering Teenage Engineering, the Swedish electronics firm, is known for its beautiful but pricey products—the bulk of which amount to functionalist art. Need a $1600 aluminum desk? TE’s got you covered. How about a $2,000 set of singing, wooden dolls? Again, the company is there to serve. We also wouldn’t have the Nothing … Read more
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The new PlayStation 5 hasn’t come out yet — it doesn’t even have a specific release date — but a few YouTubers have gotten their hands on it, including Dave Lee from the Dave2D channel. Lee posted his teardown of the console yesterday, and if you’ve been curious about how that detachable disc drive works, … Read more
If there’s one area where most engineering teams are not making the most of AI, it’s team management. Figuring out how to better manage engineers is often approached like more of an art than a science. Over the decades, engineering management has undoubtedly become more agile and data-driven, with automated data gathering improving performance. But … Read more
Charging points at an underground car park in England. The number of EVs on our roads is increasing. Peter Titmuss/UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Driving is changing. Today, hybrids and pure electric vehicles are a common sight around the world, and the overall size and heft of cars — whether they’re fully … Read more
Few VCs are experts in machine learning or building deep learning frameworks, but most of them are pretty good with unit economics. Which is why they’re laser-focused on generative AI’s tech stack. Whether it’s infrastructure, middleware, applications or something else, investors are looking for founders who can dig defensible moats and dominate. Full TechCrunch+ articles … Read more
The CEO of Swedish-Swiss multinational industrial and engineering group ABB mentioned he has been “disillusioned” by the state of the Chinese language market, including he expects circumstances will show difficult for the remainder of the 12 months. “China isn’t actually growing as we hoped at first of the 12 months,” mentioned Bjorn Rosengren, CEO of … Read more
[Music] Gideon Lichfield: Lauren, have you ever ever met somebody with an concept that appears utterly on the market, after which while you speak to them they persuade you it is really completely cheap, after which a short while later you end up considering it is nonetheless outlandish, however you really cannot clarify why. Lauren … Read more