Downloads of social network UpScrolled soar after TikTok’s US acquisition
TikTok’s U.S. ownership change last week has some users looking for alternative platforms. One app that has been gaining traction is UpScrolled. This is a social network that promises to be impartial on political agendas. The app is currently ranked 12th overall and 2nd in the social networking category in Apple’s App Store. UpScrolled blends […]
Anthropic releases interactive Claude app that includes Slack and other workplace tools
Thanks to a new feature announced by Anthropic on Monday, Claude users will be able to invoke interactive apps within the chatbot interface. In keeping with Anthropic’s enterprise focus, most of the launch apps are workplace tools such as Slack, Canva, Figma, Box, and Clay, with Salesforce coming soon. In either case, the app enables […]
Tech workers call on CEOs to speak out against ICE after Alex Preti murder
More than 450 technologists from companies including Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter demanding their CEOs call the White House and remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from U.S. cities. “In recent months, Trump has sent federal agents into our cities to criminalize us, our neighbors, friends, colleagues, and families,” […]
Microsoft unveils powerful new chip for AI inference
Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest chip, the Maia 200. The company describes it as a silicon flagship product designed to scale AI inference. The 200 follows the company’s Maia 100, released in 2023, and is technologically equipped to run powerful AI models faster and more efficiently, the company said. Maia has over […]
SpaceX plans first test of upgraded Starship rocket for mid-March
The delayed first test of SpaceX’s improved Starship rocket is scheduled for mid-March, according to a post on social media site X from CEO Elon Musk. This third version of Starship, or V3, is bigger and more powerful. Importantly, the company plans to use Starship V3 to launch its next generation Starlink satellites. This allows […]
Apple’s new AirTags are louder and easier to find over long distances
Apple announced the next version of AirTag on Monday. It has longer Bluetooth range, a larger speaker, and improved and more accurate search capabilities. The latter is powered by Apple’s second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, which is also found in iPhone 17 devices, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Series 11, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. With Precision […]
Nvidia’s new AI weather model probably predicted this storm was coming weeks in advance
In the run-up to the winter storm currently hitting much of the United States, weather forecasts in some areas have changed across the board, and snowfall forecasts have fluctuated wildly. Nvidia couldn’t have released a new Earth-2 weather forecast model at a better time. Or perhaps the company knew something we didn’t, given how accurate […]
Synthesia reaches $4 billion valuation, allowing employees to withdraw cash
Synthesia, a British startup with an AI platform that helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised $200 million in a Series E round, giving it a $4 billion valuation, up from $2.1 billion just a year ago. Unlike some other AI startups that are still far from turning a profit, Synthesia has found a […]
This founder beat firefighting and is now building an AI goldmine
Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, is an unlikely person to disrupt an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. His company manufactures fire extinguishing nozzles. Specifically, a nozzle that can extinguish fires up to three times faster than previous products while saving 67% water. But Sethi speaks matter-of-factly about his accomplishments, focusing […]
Humans& believes coordination is the next frontier in AI, and we’re building models to prove it
Although AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, they still act like helpful assistants for one user at a time. They aren’t designed to manage the heavy lifting of real collaboration, like coordinating people with competing priorities, tracking decisions over time, and keeping teams aligned over time. Humans&, […]