Margaret Mitchell was the co-leader of a group investigating ethics in AI, alongside Timnit Gebru, who said she was fired in December.
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Read MoreThe UK Is the Latest Country to Tighten the Screws on Uber
The country’s highest court ruled that the 25 drivers who filed a lawsuit should be considered workers and entitled to minimum wage and vacations.
Read MoreIronclad’s Jason Boehmig: The objective of pricing is to become less wrong over time
In 2017, Ironclad founder and CEO Jason Boehmig was looking to raise a Series A. As a former lawyer, Boehmig had a specific process for fundraising and an ultimate goal of finding the right investors for his company. Part of Boehmig’s process was to ask people in the San Francisco Bay Area about their favorite […]
Read MoreL.L.Bean’s Extra-Warm Bean Boots Are $140 Off Right Now
The limited-edition, Gore-Tex lined, insulated version of the classic duck boot is $129 at the moment.
Read MoreStorm Delays for Vaccines, Expanded Sequencing, and More News
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
Read MoreBlock Party’s Tracy Chou will join us at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice on March 3
Tracy Chou’s resume is impressive. She interned at RocketFuel, Google and Facebook before becoming a software engineer at Quora and Pinterest. She is also a major advocate for diversity within the tech industry, launching Project Include in 2016. Now, she’s the founder and CEO of Block Party, a platform aimed at making people feel safer […]
Read MoreWith $20M A round, Promise brings financial flexibility to outdated government and utility payment systems
The last year has been one of financial hardship for billions, and among the specific hardships is the elementary one of paying for utilities, taxes and other government fees — the systems for which are rarely set up for easy or flexible payment. Promise aims to change that by integrating with official payment systems and […]
Read MoreComcast is yet again delaying its data cap rollout to 12 states, this time until 2022
If you live in one of the last states where Comcast hasn’t rolled out its data caps, you’re getting another reprieve: the company has announced that it’s now pushing back the rollout to some time in 2022 (via Ars Technica). The 1.2TB data caps, which incur extra charges if users go over them, were originally slated to roll out in March but were then delayed until July. Comcast hasn’t said specifically when next year the rollout would occur. “We are providing them with more time to become familiar with the…
Read More3 strategies for elevating brand authority in 2021
Providing real value through content is an excellent way to build authority in the short and long term. The key is figuring out the best route for your investment.
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