Journals

Alec Russell / Financial Times: A look at the impact of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine’s tech center Kharkiv; of the 511 tech companies in the city before February 2022, 500 are still operating  —  Ukraine’s entrepreneurs and engineers show how… Read More »A look at the impact of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine’s tech center Kharkiv; of the 511 tech companies in the city before February 2022, 500 are still operating (Alec Russell/Financial Times)

Christine Chung / New York Times: How the expansion of facial recognition tech at US airports is transforming the way travelers move through them, from checking a bag to boarding the plane  —  Biometric technology is expanding at airports across… Read More »How the expansion of facial recognition tech at US airports is transforming the way travelers move through them, from checking a bag to boarding the plane (Christine Chung/New York Times)

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Q&A with Laela Sturdy, the head of Alphabet’s growth stage venture arm CapitalG, about its decision-making process, AI strategy, Stripe’s valuation, and more  —  Almost a year ago, Alphabet’s growth stage venture arm, CapitalG, named partner… Read More »Q&A with Laela Sturdy, the head of Alphabet’s growth stage venture arm CapitalG, about its decision-making process, AI strategy, Stripe’s valuation, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Matt Barnum / Wall Street Journal: Hands-on with Khan Academy’s ChatGPT-powered AI tutoring bot Khanmigo, which frequently makes basic arithmetic errors, as Khan Academy works to improve accuracy  —  Khanmigo, a ChatGPT-powered bot, made frequent calculation errors during a Journal… Read More »Hands-on with Khan Academy’s ChatGPT-powered AI tutoring bot Khanmigo, which frequently makes basic arithmetic errors, as Khan Academy works to improve accuracy (Matt Barnum/Wall Street Journal)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple Store sources: Vision Pro returns are between average and above average compared to other products; in-store demo conversion rate is as high as 10% to 15%  —  The Apple Vision Pro has now been available… Read More »Apple Store sources: Vision Pro returns are between average and above average compared to other products; in-store demo conversion rate is as high as 10% to 15% (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple around €500M for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify  —  Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust… Read More »Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple around €500M for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Richard Nieva / Forbes: A look at Nvidia’s AI startup investments through Nventures and its corporate development team, deals that come with intangibles, like access to research teams  —  The trillion-dollar chipmaker has done over two dozen deals, through its… Read More »A look at Nvidia’s AI startup investments through Nventures and its corporate development team, deals that come with intangibles, like access to research teams (Richard Nieva/Forbes)

Steven Levy / Wired: An interview with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, co-founders of conversational AI startup Sierra, on using several AI models at once, building AI agents, and more  —  Sierra hopes every company will use its empathetic AI… Read More »An interview with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, co-founders of conversational AI startup Sierra, on using several AI models at once, building AI agents, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)

Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk says his companies “have probably done more to undermine Russia than anything” and calls accusations that he is a Vladimir Putin apologist “absurd”  —  Billionaire maintains his companies are doing the most… Read More »Elon Musk says his companies “have probably done more to undermine Russia than anything” and calls accusations that he is a Vladimir Putin apologist “absurd” (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

Can Emir / Interesting Engineering: Amsterdam-based Monumental, which is developing AI-powered bricklaying robots, emerges from stealth and raised $25M co-led by Plural and Hummingbird  —  Screenshots of the robot while building the wall.  —  Monumental  —  By subscribing, you agree… Read More »Amsterdam-based Monumental, which is developing AI-powered bricklaying robots, emerges from stealth and raised $25M co-led by Plural and Hummingbird (Can Emir/Interesting Engineering)