​[[{“value”:” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes involving its misuse, including 13 that were fatal and “many more involving serious injuries.” At the same time, NHTSA is opening a new investigation to evaluate whether the Autopilot recall fix that Tesla implemented […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Ultra-fast fashion e-commerce giant Shein will be subject to an additional layer of governance rules targeted at very large online platforms (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission announced Friday. Shein had reported passing an average of 45 million monthly users in the region — which is the threshold for the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Global Founders Capital, the Berlin-based early-stage VC firm with close ties to the German startup factory Rocket Internet, is going to become the venture arm of Rocket Internet. The VC previously raised two $1 billion funds and, just a few years ago, its name appeared in dozens of deals per year. But then, things quietened […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Young people in Britain aren’t bad at learning languages – but the school system doesn’t make it easy for them Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email Following the recent publication of Dr Caroline Payant’s article about the importance of plurilingualism in language education, we are republishing this article by Dr Abigail Parrish, lecturer in…

​[[{“value”:” xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source close to the deal. The deal — which would give investors one quarter of the company — is expected to close in the next few weeks unless the terms […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Goldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than its core food delivery business, as per the bank’s sum-of-the-parts analysis. The investment bank estimates Blinkit’s implied value at 119 Indian rupees per share ($1.43) or about $13 billion, while Zomato’s food […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban the use of most noncompete agreements on Tuesday. This ruling means companies can’t require employees who aren’t senior executives to wait a set amount of time before joining a competitor or launching their own company in the same category. While the FTC’s ruling will impact industries like […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Norwest Venture Partners, a 65-year-old firm backed solely by Wells Fargo, has raised its 17th fund at $3 billion. That’s a noteworthy number, given that NVP last raised the same amount in December 2021. That was the peak of the venture boom, and at that time, the firm said it increased its capital pool by […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

​[[{“value”:” Space and defense startup True Anomaly has laid off around 25% of its workforce and cancelled its summer internship program, TechCrunch has learned. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]  

​[[{“value”:” The next presentation in Broad Institute’s Broad Discovery Series of free, public lectures will be on May 21, 6PM-7PM at the Broad Institute Auditorium + Lobby (415 Main Street, Cambridge). The topic will be Moving from “hit-or-miss” toward a brighter future for psychiatric diagnosis and care. Scientists from the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research will join peers and family members…