Last October, a research paper published by a Google data scientist, the CTO of Databricks Matei Zaharia and UC Berkeley professor Pieter Abbeel posited a way to allow GenAI models — i.e….
Tech Crunch – Why Sequoia is funding open source developers via a new equity-free fellowship
Sequoia Capital plans to fund up to three open source software developers annually, as a continuation of a program it debuted last year. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm announced the Sequoia…
Tech Crunch – Scribe raises $25M Series B to automate internal knowledge capture
Back in the 90s, the notion of knowledge management was born, the idea that there is corporate memory locked inside employees, who know the ins and outs of various systems. The problem…
Texas Monthly – Scenes From a Decades-Long Identity Crisis
“Do you know that guy?”The question came from above and behind me, as I walked down Center Drive in Corpus Christi on my way to the Lamar Park Pharmacy. I was an…
Texas Monthly – The Oil Industry Keeps Getting Younger
Permian Basin oil grows older and older every day—300 million years and counting. But the Texans aiming to pull that liquid gold up out of the ground? Their ages are headed the…
Texas Monthly – Two Industry Veterans Open One of the Rio Grande Valley’s Newest and Best Taquerias
Last year, night after night, Jaime Elizondo and Navin Chatlani stared at each other across the street. Elizondo was working at the second location of his Tejano barbecue joint, Smoke Crafters, a…
El Paso Matters – Texas and Biden administration lawyers face off in court over new law making illegal border crossing a state crime
By Uriel Garcia/The Texas Tribune Lawyers for the Biden administration and Texas will face off Thursday in a federal court in Austin to argue whether a new state law that would allow…
Tech Crunch – TikTok launches a ‘reimagined’ app for the Apple Vision Pro
TikTok has launched a native and “reimagined” app on the Apple Vision Pro, the company announced on Thursday. The Vision Pro launched on February 2 and already has over 1,000 apps specifically…
Tech Crunch – Audience Choice vote closes for Early Stage 2024 today
Today is the electrifying conclusion for TechCrunch Early Stage Audience voting! We’ve meticulously sifted through a plethora of applications from seasoned founders and luminaries in the startup sphere, all vying for the…
Tech Crunch – Celadyne coats membranes with nanoparticles to make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient
The material could drastically improve the durability of existing fuel cell designs while also improving the efficiency of hydrogen production by 15%-20%. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….