​[[{“value”:” What’s the next big thing in enterprise automation? If you ask the tech giants, it’s agents — driven by generative AI. There’s no universally accepted definition of agent, but these days the term is used to describe generative AI-powered tools that can perform complex tasks through human-like interactions across software and web platforms. For example, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” The LigerBots, Newton’s dual-high-school FIRST Robotics team, traveled to Houston April 17-20 to compete in the FIRST World Championship — an international competition that caps the FIRST robotics competition season. This was the first time in six years that the LigerBots had qualified for “the Worlds” — joining 600 other teams from 58 countries. The LigerBots qualified for the FIRST Championship by exceling in…

​[[{“value”:” Last week, the U.K. announced its largest ever military support package for Ukraine. The bill brings the U.K.’s total support for this financial year to £3 billion — not quite the $50 billion the U.S. pledged recently, but still substantial. But while most of those funds will be spent on very traditional military hardware, a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering & Science (MITES) provides transformative experiences to bolster confidence, create lifelong community, and build foundations in STEM for highly motivated students in Grades 7-12 from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds in Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence. More than 100 MITES students will be presenting their final projects on May 4, 10AM-3PM, at the Stata Center (MIT…

​[[{“value”:” MassBay Community College will hold its Student STEM Expo on Wednesday, May 8, 1PM-2PM in the Wellesley Hills campus cafeteria (50 Oakland Street, Wellesley Hills), and virtually May 6 – 10. Students will showcase their STEM work to the MassBay community, local STEM professionals, and the general public. Online visitors can watch prerecorded videos from individual students and student teams. Viewers…

​[[{“value”:” Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering this week’s noteworthy happenings in tech. TikTok’s fate in the U.S. looks uncertain after President Joe Biden signed a bill that included a deadline for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to divest itself of TikTok within nine months or face a ban on distributing it […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok — for real this time. After so many false starts and stops, some creator economy founders and their clients are rolling their eyes. They’ve been through this before. “I think two years ago, this would have been devastating,” Karat Financial co-founder and co-CEO […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” “When an investor passes on you, they will not tell you the real reason,” said Tom Blomfield, group partner at Y Combinator. “At seed stage, frankly, no one knows what’s going to fucking happen. The future is so uncertain. All they’re judging is the perceived quality of the founder. When they pass, what they’re thinking […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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