Leah Ellis, a former battery researcher for Tesla, took an unconventional path after earning her doctorate. Instead of pursuing a lucrative job in the battery materials industry, she applied for and received a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. With this opportunity, Ellis chose to work with renowned material sciences professor Yet-Ming Chiang at the Massachusetts Institute …
Dustin Moskovitz, the co-founder and CEO of Asana, has rewritten the typical playbook for successful tech founders. Instead of gradually selling off ownership as the business grows, Moskovitz took Asana public through a direct listing in 2020, maintaining a significant ownership stake of about 36%. Since then, he has gone on a buying spree, acquiring …
During a meeting with senior officials and CEOs of American and Indian companies in the East Room of the White House, US President Joe Biden had a conversation with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 23, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft CEOs had an opportunity to engage …
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 23: XBOX CEO Phil Spencer arrives at federal court on June 23, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Top executives from Microsoft and Activision/Blizzard will be testifying during a five day hearing against the FTC to determine the fate of a $68.7B merger of the two companies. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty …
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on December 20, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta has announced its decision to block access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada. This comes after the Canadian federal government passed the Online News Act, also known …
An Array Revolutionizing Neuroscience Source: Precision Neuroscience The moment was fleeting, and Craig Mermel almost missed it. He found himself in a bustling operating room in West Virginia, eagerly awaiting the placement of Precision Neuroscience’s neural implant system onto a conscious patient’s brain. Mermel, the president and chief product officer of Precision, momentarily glanced away, …
During the Unity 25 spaceflight on May 25, 2023, carrier aircraft VMS Eve released spacecraft VSS Unity before firing its rocket engine, marking the successful mission of Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic has successfully raised $300 million through an “at the market” offering of common stock, as revealed in a securities filing on Thursday. …
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are revolutionizing the financial services industry, but they also pose a significant risk of discrimination. Whether it’s facial recognition systems that misidentify Black people and minorities or voice recognition software that fails to recognize distinct accents, AI has a long way to go in addressing discrimination. This problem becomes even more …
The capital of Vilnius in Lithuania is set to become the new tech capital of the Baltics with the construction of a massive tech campus, inspired by renowned British renovation projects like the Battersea Power Station and the Tate Modern art gallery. The project, undertaken by Lithuanian infrastructure firm Tech Zity, will span 55,000 square …
Amazon’s cloud unit is dedicating $100 million to establish a center aimed at assisting companies in leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI). This move comes following the success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, which has gained significant traction in recent months. While the investment may seem modest for a company with $64 billion in cash and substantial …