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Google Search can now help you solve geometry, physics and calculus problems

Google updated its search engine and Lens tool with new features to help you visualize and solve problems in more difficult subjects like geometry, physics, trigonometry and calculus. The update allows you to type an equation into the Search bar … Continue reading

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5 work from home gifts for remote workers in 2023

Working from home has its pros and cons. You can drink coffee in your pajama bottoms, but you have to resist the ever-present allure of your bed. As TechCrunch’s brand marketer (who works from home), I juggle a lot of … Continue reading

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LinkedIn, now at 1B users, turns on OpenAI-powered reading and writing tools

It was only a couple of weeks ago that LinkedIn was having a moment as a social platform, with business types gravitating to it as a stable and safer alternative to the unpredictability of the newly-named “X”. But don’t get … Continue reading

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Buy now, pay later platform Tabby nabs $200M in Series D funding at $1.5B valuation

The past year and a half have witnessed multiple startups facing valuation cuts as funding from VCs waned in an environment of rising interest rates. In this context, fintechs, especially buy now, pay later companies serving Western customers, including Affirm, … Continue reading

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Who’s going (and who’s not) to the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park?

Ahead of the AI Safety Summit starting tomorrow morning taking place outside of London in Bletchley Park, today, the U.K. government has confirmed more details about who is actually going to be attending the event. The list’s publication comes after … Continue reading

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WeWork reportedly on the verge of filing bankruptcy, stock plummets

WeWork is on the verge of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. If WeWork does indeed file, it shouldn’t come as a shock to close followers of the flexible … Continue reading

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FAA completes SpaceX Starship safety review as environmental assessment remains ongoing

The Federal Aviation Administration has finished a key portion of the launch license review for SpaceX’s Starship, bringing the company one step closer to a second launch. Regulators said Tuesday that they completed a safety review focused on how a … Continue reading

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What not to do when getting your grocery startup off the ground with Abhi Ramesh from Misfits Market

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Abhi Ramesh, the founder and CEO at Misfits Market, the e-commerce site where customers can buy ugly or off-looking produce, … Continue reading

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TC+ Roundup: What happened to the Adobe-Figma deal?

It’s been over a year since Adobe announced that it intended to buy Figma for $20 billion, yet the two companies are still separate entities. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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DeepMind’s latest AlphaFold model is more useful for drug discovery

Nearly five years ago, DeepMind, one of Google’s more prolific AI-centered research labs, debuted AlphaFold, an AI system that can accurately predict the structures of many proteins inside the human body. Since then, DeepMind has improved on the system, releasing … Continue reading

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