Google fires top AI ethics researcher Margaret Mitchell – TechCrunch
Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of the company’s ethical AI team. Mitchell announced the news …
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Miami edtech startup Nearpod acquired by Renaissance – TechCrunch
Nearpod, the Miami-based edtech company, is being acquired by Renaissance Holding Corp., a group that develops education technology. While Nearpod …
Podimo, the podcast and short form audio subscription service, picks up €11.2M in new funding – TechCrunch
Podimo, the Copenhagen-founded subscription service for short form audio stories and podcasts, has raised an additional €11.2 million in funding. …
8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem – TechCrunch
In the realm of European startup ecosystems, Sweden — largely Stockholm — ranks very close to the behemoths of London, …
Gillmor Gang: Preboarding – TechCrunch
The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare, Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Saturday, …
Anthony Levandowski closes his Church of AI – TechCrunch
The first church of artificial intelligence has shut its conceptual doors. Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer who avoided an …
TikTok parent ByteDance joins patent troll protection group LOT Network – TechCrunch
LOT Network, the non-profit that helps businesses of all sizes and across industries defend themselves against patent trolls by creating …
Yext brings more answers to its site search by processing unstructured data – TechCrunch
Yext Answers allows businesses to provide a better search experience on their own websites — but as the name implies, …
Glassdoor now lets you filter company ratings by demographics – TechCrunch
Despite efforts from companies to create equitable environments, it’s clear that employees of a certain demographics, like Black women, sometimes …
For the first time the US DOT is carving out budget for climate and environmental justice projects – TechCrunch
As part of the grant-making associated with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America program, the agency will …