Meta, hell-bent on catching up to rivals in the generative AI space, is spending billions on its own AI efforts. A portion of those billions is going toward recruiting AI researchers. But an…
Tech Crunch – eBay enters trading card commercial agreement with Collectors, acquires Goldin
As eBay continues to invest in the trading card space, the e-commerce company announced Wednesday three significant commercial transactions with Collectors, the parent company of PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), the third-party authentication…
Tech Crunch – A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions
Today on Equity, we dig into Multiverse’s acquisition of Searchlight, Guesty’s massive Series F, Monad Labs, and Cyera’s megaround. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read…
Tech Crunch – Turkish startup ikas attracts $20M for its e-commerce platform designed for small businesses
E-commerce’s field remains vast and fertile, and further evidence of this has surfaced in the form of one of the largest fundraises by a startup in Turkey. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights…
Texas Monthly – No, Texans Don’t Need to Panic About Bird Flu—Yet
After a Panhandle man tested positive for a “highly pathogenic avian influenza”—a.k.a. bird flu—last week, it’s understandable for Texans to foster concerns about the potential onset of another pandemic. But federal and state…
Texas Monthly – This Southeast Texas Joint Offers Alligator Sausage and Meat-Loaded Sides
Eric and Jessica Mouton didn’t jump into the barbecue business hastily. The process to launch Mout’s Barbeque (pronounced like “moots”), in Winnie, started three years before its opening in August. The couple…
Tech Crunch – Muscle tissue harvested from mice cells move ‘biohybrid’ robots
Sometimes nature provides the best blueprints for building effective robots. It can also provide the best material. Billions of years of nature selection has built some pretty impressive machinery, so you can’t…
Tech Crunch – Collaborative Robotics is prioritizing ‘human problem solving’ over humanoid forms
Humanoids have sucked a lot of the air out of the room. It is, after all, a lot easier to generate press for robots that look and move like humans. Ultimately, however,…
Tech Crunch – Buffet is tackling the loneliness epidemic by connecting people in the real world
The new app aims to address the loneliness epidemic by helping users meet new people by quickly matching them with a person and a place to meet up. © 2024 TechCrunch. All…
Tech Crunch – Roku’s high-end $899+ Pro Series TVs are now available
Announced earlier this year, Roku revealed today that its Pro Series TVs, the lineup of high-end televisions, are now available for purchase in the U.S. Starting today, Roku Pro Series TVs are…