[[{“value”:” Let’s combine Math and STEM with collecting data. Students will use data to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range after completing each task! This is all about cup stacking! Now, you know this is true >>> If you give a group of students a stack of cups, they will immediately take them apart and start building pyramids. #right…
Women in AI: Catherine Breslin helps companies develop AI strategies
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Why NASA is betting on a 36-pixel camera
[[{“value”:” NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is making strides in astronomy with its 122-megapixel primarily infrared photos taken 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. Impressive stuff. The space agency’s newest sky-peeper takes a different approach, however, performing groundbreaking space science with 36 pixels. That’s not a typo — 36 pixels, not 36 megapixels. The X-ray Imaging […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs
[[{“value”:” The appetite for alternative clouds has never been bigger. Case in point: CoreWeave, the GPU infrastructure provider that began life as a cryptocurrency mining operation, this week raised $1.1 billion in new funding from investors, including Coatue, Fidelity and Altimeter Capital. The round brings its valuation to $19 billion post-money and its total raised to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
The rabbit r1 shipped half-baked, but that’s kind of the point
[[{“value”:” I finally received the rabbit r1 (the company insists on this lowercase styling) I’ve been writing about since its debut at CES in January. And I was able to tell within about 30 seconds of turning it on that it was shipped a couple months too soon — but honestly … that’s fine? This AI […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Google lays off workers, Tesla cans its Supercharger team and UnitedHealthcare reveals security lapses
[[{“value”:” Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week that was in tech. This edition’s a tad bittersweet for me — it’ll be my last (for a while, anyway). Soon, I’ll be shifting my attention to a new AI-focused newsletter, which I’m super thrilled about. Stay tuned! Now, on with […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Human composting and timber marketplaces: Talking “industrial” VC with investor Dayna Grayson
[[{“value”:” While the venture world is abuzz over generative AI, Dayna Grayson, a longtime venture capitalist who five years ago co-founded her own firm, Construct Capital, has been focused on comparatively boring software that can transform industrial sectors. Her mission doesn’t exclude AI, but it also doesn’t depend on it. Construct recently led a seed-stage round, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Women in AI: Tara Chklovski is teaching the next generation of AI innovators
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Farewell, dunks? Threads launches quote controls for all users
[[{“value”:” Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. This builds on a feature that already allows Threads users to limit who can reply to their posts (competing services like X and Bluesky offer similar reply controls). Threads outlined its plans for quote controls last month, and last night Adam Mosseri […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Deal Dive: Amae Health is building an in-person approach to mental healthcare in an increasingly digital space
[[{“value”:” While many recent mental health-focused startups are digital first, Amae Health focuses on the importance of in-person care. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]