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A creation story told through immersive technology
Multimedia artist Jackson 2bears reimagines the Haudenosaunee longhouse and creation story.
iPadOS 18 Cheat Sheet: Beta, Release Date, New Features Including Calculator
This is a complete guide for Apple's iPadOS, which includes iPadOS 18's supported devices, release dates and key features such as Calculator.
Apple iOS 18 Cheat Sheet: Release Date, RCS Integration and More
iOS 18 includes artificial intelligence features, new apps and much more. Learn how registered developers can install the iOS 18 beta.
Apple’s Siri Cheat Sheet: How to Use Siri and its Apple Intelligence Capabilities for Business
During WWDC 2024, Siri was given its largest overhaul since it was introduced back in 2011. Learn how to make the most of all the new features, including Apple Intelligence.
LinkedIn leans on AI to do the work of job hunting
LinkedIn is launching new AI tools to help you look for jobs, write cover letters and job applications, personalize learning, and a new search experience. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Symposium highlights scale of mental health crisis and novel methods of diagnosis and treatment
Co-hosted by the McGovern Institute, MIT Open Learning, and others, the symposium stressed emerging technologies in advancing understanding of mental health and neurological conditions.
AI better detects prostate cancer on MRI than radiologists
AI detects prostate cancer more often than radiologists. Additionally, AI triggers false alarms half as often. This was a large-scale study where an international team transparently evaluated and compared AI with radiologist assessments and clinical outcomes.
UK Trails Behind Europe in Technical Skills Proficiency, Coursera Report Finds
The U.K. is the 25th most technically proficient country in Europe, with Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands taking the top three places.
Researchers use large language models to help robots navigate
The method uses language-based inputs instead of costly visual data to direct a robot through a multistep navigation task.
FTC Chair Lina Khan shares how the agency is looking at AI
With dozens of antitrust cases and close to a hundred on the consumer protection side, the agency is now turning to innovative tactics to help it fight fraud, particularly in the AI space. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Linq raises $6.6M to use AI to make research easier for financial analysts
When generative AI tools started making waves in late 2022 after the launch of ChatGPT, the finance industry was one of the first to recognize these tools’ potential for speeding up the data-gathering and research process. Speed, after all, is vital when you’re advising investors who need to respond quickly to market changes. Now a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Making climate models relevant for local decision-makers
A new downscaling method leverages machine learning to speed up climate model simulations at finer resolutions, making them usable on local levels.
New algorithm discovers language just by watching videos
DenseAV, developed at MIT, learns to parse and understand the meaning of language just by watching videos of people talking, with potential applications in multimedia search, language learning, and robotics.
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision.
The VC queen of portfolio PR, Masha Bucher, has raised her largest fund yet: $150M
Five years ago, Day One Ventures had $11 million under management, and Bucher and her team have grown that to just over $450 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
New computer vision method helps speed up screening of electronic materials
The technique characterizes a material’s electronic properties 85 times faster than conventional methods.
How Urvashi Barooah broke into venture after everyone told her she couldn’t
When Urvashi Barooah applied to MBA programs in 2015, she focused her applications around her dream of becoming a venture capitalist. She got rejected from every school, and was told she was being unrealistic about her prospects in the venture industry, but she didn’t let that deter her. Now, eight years later, Barooah, 33, is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
WWDC: Apple Intelligence Brings Generative AI to Mail, Messaging and More
Siri will use generative AI to navigate your phone and check your calendar. It can reach out to ChatGPT for help.
Advanced AI-based techniques scale-up solving complex combinatorial optimization problems
A framework based on advanced AI techniques can solve complex, computationally intensive problems faster and in a more more scalable way than state-of-the-art methods, according to a new study.
Apple WWDC Keynote: iOS 18, iPad OS 18 and macOS Sequoia Coming In Fall
At WWDC 2024, Apple showed how MacOS Sequoia will let you control your iPhone from your laptop for a quick productivity boost.
