Google Wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ So Its Machines Won’t Kill You… Hopefully
On Thursday, Google announced a new “Robot Constitution” that will govern the AI that runs its upcoming army of intelligent machines. Based on Isaac Asimov’s “Three...
The global venture capital market is not done retreating yet
The situation has been worsening, and if this continued weakness persists in 2024, we could start to see global VC investment retreat to prior norms. ©...
The MCU Has Reupdated Its Daredevil Canon Relationship to ‘It’s Complicated’
It feels like Daredevil has been fighting to be recognized as part of the wider Marvel universe since it first began nearly a decade ago—a fight...
Is Your iPhone Touch Screen Not Working? Try These Fixes
Has your iPhone’s touchscreen stopped responding to touch? Everything from dirt to poorly installed screen protectors can interfere with normal touchscreen operation. Here are some simple...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 5, 2024
Today’s Featured Book Deals $3.99 Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson’s Creek by Thea Glassman Get This Deal $2.99 The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker Get...
Photo Privacy on Linux: How to Strip Metadata With exiftool
Did you know that pictures you snap with your smartphone may include sensitive information? Posting them as-is on social media or elsewhere can be risky to...
Nabla raises another $24 million for its AI assistant for doctors that automatically writes clinical notes
Paris-based startup Nabla just announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round led by Cathay Innovation, with participation from ZEBOX Ventures —...
Are megafunds squeezing out small VCs and distorting the seed market?
This is our Friday show, and today, Mary Ann Azevedo and Alex Wilhelm took on the week’s biggest tech, startup and venture capital news. © 2023...
Pitch Deck Teardown: Pepper Bio’s $6.5M seed deck
This week, we are taking a closer look at Pepper Bio’s seed pitch deck that landed the company $6.5 million. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved....
On Microsoft’s Radius, and building bridges between infra, dev and ops
First, a story. When I returned to being a software industry analyst in 2015 or thereabouts, I had a fair amount of imposter syndrome. I thought,...
