Google’s long-promised, next-gen generative AI model, Gemini, has arrived. Sort of. The version of Gemini launching this week, Gemini Pro, is essentially a lightweight offshoot of a more powerful, capable Gemini model…
Tech Crunch – Google announces the Cloud TPU v5p, its most powerful AI accelerator yet
Google today announced the launch of its new Gemini large language model (LLM) and with that, the company also launched its new Cloud TPU v5p, an updated version of its Cloud TPU…
Tech Crunch – Pixel 8 Pro becomes the first smartphone powered by Google’s new AI model, Gemini
The Pixel 8 Pro will now become the first Android smartphone to be powered by Google’s next-generation AI model, Gemini, starting today, the company announced. Gemini Nano, a version of the model…
Tech Crunch – Liquid AI, a new MIT spinoff, wants to build an entirely new type of AI
An MIT spinoff co-founded by robotics luminary Daniela Rus aims to build general-purpose AI systems powered by a relatively new type of AI model called a liquid neural network. The spinoff, aptly…
El Paso Matters – El Paso schools reimagine education through collaborative program
After conducting a survey, administrators at Carroll T. Welch Elementary School in the Clint Independent School District found that about a quarter of its students felt they did not “fit in” at…
Texas Monthly – Texas Is Bursting With Independent Books
If you were intrigued by Texas Monthly‘s recent story about Conroe’s Defiance Press & Publishing, you might want to check out the works of some of Texas’s other independent publishers. Houston’s Arte…
Texas Monthly – The Amazing Birria of the Great Mexican City You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Mercado Juárez isn’t a traditional Mexican municipal market. The building on the outskirts of Aguascalientes doesn’t display bluish-gray bulbs of huitlacoche on the cob. There aren’t any chile vendors or butchers calling…
Texas Monthly – A Wild Trip Into the World of Far-right Novels
In Texas, freedom of speech has recently been sidelined by a new liberty: freedom from speech. Novels are being pulled off the shelves of school libraries in suburban Houston; the Legislature is…
Tech Crunch – Why layoffs happen in December, and how to handle them compassionately
With a compassionate approach, companies can ensure that they help their employees find new beginnings rather than just marking an end. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read…
Tech Crunch – OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data
A developer platform for the…sky? That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space observational data more accessible via a software platform and global telescope network….