General Motors and long-time partner Honda have ended plans to build millions of affordable and smaller electric vehicles as the automakers come to terms with high interest rates and battery costs coupled…
KTSM News – Coronado HS marching band advances to state championships
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — EPISD’s Coronado High School marching band has secured a spot in the UIL Class 6A state marching band competition, the district said in a press release. Photo…
Tech Crunch – AI titans throw a (tiny) bone to AI safety researchers
The Frontier Model Forum, an industry body focused on studying “frontier” AI models along the lines of GPT-4 and ChatGPT, today announced that it’ll pledge $10 million toward a new fund to…
Tech Crunch – Viso eyes no-code for the future of computer vision and scores funding to scale
Computer vision has become commonplace across innumerable industries, but the methods of creating and controlling these visual AI models aren’t so easy. Viso is building a low/no-code end-to-end platform that lets companies…
Tech Crunch – Chkk helps keep complex Kubernetes environments up and running
As Kubernetes is being deployed for ever more mission critical workloads, keeping clusters up and running has become increasingly important for DevOps teams. Chkk, an early stage startup, launched out of stealth…
Tech Crunch – As publishers block AI web crawlers, Direqt is building AI chatbots for the media industry
A number of news and media publishers are already blocking AI web crawlers from accessing their sites, worried about the impact on traffic when all their work is swept up into AI…
Tech Crunch – Amazon’s eero Max 7 mesh wifi router offers amazing speeds and few (if any) compromises
Amazon’s eero acquisition continues to bear fruit, and the latest off the vine is the eero Max 7, by far the company’s most advanced router yet, and the most capable when it…
Tech Crunch – Google announces tools to help users fact check images
The use of context images and videos on social media has led to dangerous misinformation distribution. Google is announcing to provide more contextual information about an image to prevent false information from…
Tech Crunch – The House Fund aims to invest a fresh $115M in Berkeley-affiliated startups
The House Fund, the pre-seed and early stage venture capital fund focused on UC Berkeley startups, specifically AI startups, today announced that it’s closed its third tranche — Fund III — at…
Tech Crunch – Cisco announces several new AI tools to enhance Webex experience
Cisco introduced several AI-focused tools today at the Webex One customer conference designed to improve performance and provide a level of automation around meeting-related tasks. The company has been running a large…