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Armis buys Otorio for $120M to beef up cybersecurity in physical spaces

Armis buys Otorio for $120M to beef up cybersecurity in physical spaces

​[[{“value”:” More consolidation is playing out in the security industry as platform players scoop up technology to give them deeper expertise in growing business areas. On Thursday, Armis, a $4.2 billion specialist in cyber exposure management, said it would be acquiring Otorio, a specialist in securing industrial and physical environments.  Terms of the deal are not […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

How Uber’s new product chief is gearing up for robotaxis

How Uber’s new product chief is gearing up for robotaxis

​[[{“value”:” Uber executive Sachin Kansal has a reputation for dogfooding — the tactic of using one’s own products and services to root out problems and make improvements. As he ascended Uber’s executive ladder over the past eight years, Kansal ratcheted up 700 trips delivering food or people to their destinations. Lengthy reports, often dozens of pages […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

How to Integrate STEM into Your Gifted & Talented Program

How to Integrate STEM into Your Gifted & Talented Program

​[[{“value”:” Post by Lauren Kelly Posted: March 9, 2025 Are you looking to elevate your Gifted and Talented program with exciting, hands-on STEM learning? My journey into STEM education started during my student teaching experience, and since then, I’ve discovered how perfectly STEM and GT can work together to ignite student passion and creativity. In this post, I’ll share key…

Faireez raises $7.5M for AI-powered hotel-style housekeeping for condo owners

Faireez raises $7.5M for AI-powered hotel-style housekeeping for condo owners

​[[{“value”:” Faireez, which aims to bring “5-star hotel-style housekeeping” to multifamily buildings, is emerging from stealth with $7.5 million in seed funding, the startup told TechCrunch exclusively. Founded in 2023, New York-based Faireez’s goal is to make the cleaning services it offers as customized as possible. It offers a subscription model where each building is assigned […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Reddit adds new tools to help users contribute and connect across its platform

Reddit adds new tools to help users contribute and connect across its platform

​[[{“value”:” Reddit announced on Thursday it’s introducing a set of new tools to make it easier for users to participate on its platform. The features are designed to help users find communities, ensure their posts don’t break any rules, and understand how to contribute across the social network. Combined, the features are meant to enhance the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Google DeepMind, Cohere, and Twelve Labs explain how founders can build with their AI models at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

​[[{“value”:” There seems to be a new, more impressive AI model every week. Given the rapid pace, how can founders best position themselves to build on top of this technology? At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley, we’ll host a panel on “How Founders Can Build on Existing Foundational Models” […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

NC STEM e-Update (March 6, 2025)

​[[{“value”:” Twice a month the NC STEM Center publishes an e-update on what’s happening in STEM education throughout North Carolina, and their latest edition is now available. View NC STEM e-Update in your browser by clicking here. Not receiving an e-update? Opt-in and subscribe at the NC STEM Center and get your personalized copy sent directly to your email inbox….

Anthropic submits AI policy recommendations to the White House

​[[{“value”:” A day after quietly removing Biden-era AI policy commitments from its website, Anthropic submitted recommendations to the White House for a national AI policy that the company says “better prepare[s] America to capture the economic benefits” of AI. The company’s suggestions include preserving the AI Safety Institute established under the Biden Administration, directing NIST to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

A year later, OpenAI still hasn’t released its voice cloning tool

​[[{“value”:” Late last March, OpenAI announced a “small-scale preview” of an AI service, Voice Engine, that the company claimed could clone a person’s voice with just 15 seconds of speech. Roughly a year later, the tool remains in preview, and OpenAI has given no indication as to when it might launch — or whether it’ll launch […] © 2024 TechCrunch….