June 7, 20210CommentsProfile of Lynne Parker, the founding director of White House OSTP’s National AI Initiative Office, tasked with boosting AI research and guiding AI regulation (Matt O’brien/Associated Press)
June 7, 20210CommentsYC-backed Ziina raises $7.5M seed led by Avenir Growth Capital and Class 5 Global
June 7, 20210CommentsChina blocks cryptocurrency Weibo accounts in ‘judgment day’ for bitcoin (Reuters)
June 7, 20210CommentsAn insider’s look at how YouTube tackled its 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings (Shishir Mehrotra/Coda)
June 7, 20210CommentsApple paid millions to settle a woman’s claims that, after sending her iPhone to Apple for repair, technicians uploaded her nude photos to her Facebook account (James Titcomb/Telegraph)
June 7, 20210CommentsChip factories use a lot of water, but AZ attracts them with an established chip ecosystem, seismic stability, and pro-business stance, despite its arid climate (Sam Shead/CNBC)
June 6, 20210CommentsThe chief supply chain officer at Flex, the world’s 3rd-largest electronics manufacturer, says the global chip shortage will likely last until mid- to late-2022 (Harry Dempsey/Financial Times)
June 6, 20210CommentsGoogle’s Gradient Ventures leads $8.2M Series A for Vault Platform’s misconduct reporting SaaS
June 6, 20210CommentsResearcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content (Kim Lyons/The Verge)