23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse

23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product –  was one driver. So was news last year that hackers stole ancest…Read More

Governor Newsom on California AI bill SB 1047: ‘I can’t solve for everything’

California Governor Gavin Newsom said there are 38 bills on his desk that would create laws around artificial intelligence on Tuesday, but one looms larger than all of them: SB 1047, California’s bill that tries to prevent AI systems from causing catastrophes. For the f…Read More

Al Gore roasts corporations and politicians, comparing their climate crisis promises to ‘New Year’s resolutions’

Al Gore has enjoyed a very successful career, including as a U.S. senator, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential nominee, and even Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2007 for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.…Read More

Intuitive Machines lands $4.8B NASA contract to build Earth-Moon communications infrastructure

NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with Earth to phone home.  The space agency is looking to change that with its developing Near Space Network, and it’s wi…Read More

Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats

Discord will now offer audio and video calls that even the company won’t be able to listen in on.
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IBM acquires Kubernetes cost optimization startup Kubecost

IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi, Rakuten and GitLab monitor and optimize their Kubernetes clusters with a focus on efficiency and, ultimately, cost. Today’s announcement follows IBM’s $4.3 billion…Read More

Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals

A joint pilot by Apian, Alphabet’s drone company Wing, and the U.K.’s NHS will see drones used to fly urgent blood samples between two hospitals in London. 
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The cybersecurity labor gap now stands at 4M+ open jobs. Intezer has raised $33M for AI tools to plug it

When it comes to talent shortages in tech, cybersecurity is one of the biggest and most urgent that needs filling. Malicious attacks are on the rise, and the techniques being used to worm into networks are also scaling up. Yet the World…Read More

How Google and Yahoo’s shift to stricter email standards proved a windfall for this Armenian startup

EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million in a Series A round.
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Flink, the quick commerce startup, raises another $150M at a valuation of just under $1B

Flink, the quick commerce startup out of Berlin that was an acquisition target first of Gorillas, then Getir, and then Amazon, and then Gopuff, today made a move that spells out how it plans to go forth on its own. The company has confirmed a fresh fundraise…Read More

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO sees Slack as more than a place to chat with your…Read More