Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.
Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?
Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystemthan the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once […]
Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
Nothing’s new on-device dictation tool supports over 100 languages.
DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost “closed the gap” with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.
Taking Trips Alone
[[{“value”:” When people study abroad, they usually have a list of cities and countries they want to visit. But sometimes your interests don’t align with your friends, and you’re faced with a decision: spend a lot of money on a place you are unsure about, or stay behind and figure something out on your own. Instead of staying at home,…
Putting the right technology into the right hands
[[{“value”:” Putting the right technology into the right hands Published: By providing technology and learning programmes to under-resourced schools in South Africa, iSchoolAfrica Education Trust is empowering learners and teachers alike. Founder and Director Michelle Lissoos tells us how the organisation is working to ensure all learners can access meaningful, inclusive learning opportunities. What motivated you to set up iSchoolAfrica?…
Wakeboarding Definitely Seemed Easier Online
[[{“value”:” Before school started, my friend Emma and I set a goal: to try a completely new sport, one where we knew we wouldn’t easily have the chance to experience back home in the U.S. While exploring the welcome week stations at the University of Sydney (USYD) Welcome Fest, the Wakeboarding team’s sign immediately caught our attention. Rather than trying…
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon’s homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.
In Pursuit of the Future in Nature for a Sustainable World
[[{“value”:” CC-BY, provided by author In Pursuit of the Future in Nature for a Sustainable World The rapid depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution, the increasing scarcity of energy resources, inadequacies in waste management, and climate change are among the most important problems facing the world. Developing awareness of these problems at an early age is critical for a…
When Technology Meets Nature: Growing Smart Green Spaces at School
[[{“value”:” CC-BY, provided by the author When Technology Meets Nature: Growing Smart Green Spaces at School What happens when students step outside the classroom and begin learning with their hands in the soil, sensors in their hands, and data on their screens? At Primary School “Strasho Pindjur” in Negotino, North Macedonia, the Erasmus+ project Smart Green Spaces turned this…