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A new paper from researchers at Swiss university EPFL suggests that between 33% and 46% of distributed crowd workers on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service appear to have “cheated” when performing a particular task assigned to them, as they used tools … Continue reading →

You.com CEO Richard Socher may not be a household name, but if you travel in AI circles, chances are you know who he is. Beginning in 2014 when he wrote his influential doctoral thesis about natural language processing, he has … Continue reading →

Mojocare investors have found “financial irregularities” at the health and wellness startup and are move to scale down its operations, they said in a statement Sunday. The move follows the Bengaluru-headquartered Mojocare, backed by Peak XV, B Capital and Chiratae … Continue reading →

Hi, lovely people, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that highlights the top news in tech over the past week (or so). If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Blackstone last August was looking to put $2 billion toward lending to startups and tech companies, according to The Information. But venture debt lenders remain skeptical that the asset class’s small checks are worth it for asset managers and their … Continue reading →

Meta will soon officially permit users as young as 10 to use its Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets — if their parents say it’s okay, anyway. In a blog post, the tech giant says that there’s “a vast … Continue reading →

Nikola Corp. is laying off 270 employees, or about 23% of its workforce, and restricting its electric truck efforts to North America as it seeks to preserve cash. The company said Friday it will lay off 150 workers who were … Continue reading →

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday afternoon. The event horizon for when we can expect to end up in (literal) hot water when it comes to climate has come a lot … Continue reading →

NASA has announced Space Act agreements with seven private space companies in the hopes of spurring tech developments the government may invest in down the line, from space stations to human transport and robotics. While no money is changing hands, … Continue reading →