FPGA startup Rapid Silicon lands $15M to bring its first chip to market

2 years ago

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), or integrated circuits sold off-the-shelf, are a hot topic in tech. Because they’re relatively affordable…

VALL-E’s quickie voice deepfakes should worry you, if you weren’t worried already

2 years ago

The emergence in the last week of a particularly effective voice synthesis machine learning model called VALL-E has prompted a…

Robot or fauxbot?

2 years ago

This is my week of debriefs. CES has a way of hurling you into the new year, kicking and screaming,…

Career Karma’s latest layoff underscores edtech’s new challenge

2 years ago

Learning navigation platform Career Karma has laid off another 22 people across its global and domestic workforce, less than five…

Web3 could help fashion become more sustainable

2 years ago

Actually, there is one industry that could use web3, and that industry is fashion. Hear us out. Fashion is one…

TikTok fined in France for manipulative cookie consent flow

2 years ago

TikTok is the latest tech giant to be schooled by France’s data protection watchdog for breaking rules on cookie consent.…

HBO Max’s ad-free monthly subscription is increasing by $1

2 years ago

HBO Max is raising the price of its ad-free monthly subscription in the U.S. from $14.99 to $15.99 plus applicable…

Virgin Orbit says issue with rocket’s second stage led to mission failure

2 years ago

Virgin Orbit, the unconventional rocket company founded by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, said its mission failure earlier this week was…

The Logic School wants to teach tech workers activism

2 years ago

Product folks and engineers know what they are doing, and by and large, they — and the companies they work…

TikTok launches a Talent Manager Portal so managers can negotiate brand deals for clients

2 years ago

TikTok is making it easier for brands to work with its “megastar” creators with an update to its Creator Marketplace…