Episodes

  • Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime

    Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime
    Feb 7 2025
    Modern Synthesis’s fibers can be manipulated in ways that simple plant fibers cannot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • CodeSignal wants you to practice soft skills with its AI-powered guide

    CodeSignal wants you to practice soft skills with its AI-powered guide
    Feb 6 2025
    Both startups and big tech companies have aggressively used AI to help developers write code or learn programming better. People have used chatbots to prepare for different scenarios in life, like interviews. Tech assessment platform CodeSignal, which introduced a learning platform for technical subjects with AI assistants last year, launched soft skill courses on its platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes

    Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes
    Feb 6 2025
    On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way Upfront Ventures partner Nick Kim expected. He’d just led a $9.5 million seed round for OurSky, a software platform for space observational data, and was eager to see what its telescope partner PlaneWave Instruments could do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Opera launches a mindfulness-focused browser with break reminders and soundscapes

    Opera launches a mindfulness-focused browser with break reminders and soundscapes
    Feb 5 2025
    Norway-based browser maker Opera on Tuesday launched a new browser called “Opera Air,” which focuses on mental well-being and mindfulness with features like break reminders, breathing exercises, soundscapes, and binaural beats for better focus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others

    Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others
    Feb 5 2025
    People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? That’s the ethos behind Hero, an all-in-one productivity app with an AI assistant (of course!). The iOS app was developed by former Meta employees Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU

    AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU
    Feb 4 2025
    As of Sunday in the European Union, the bloc’s regulators can ban the use of AI systems they deem to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm. February 2 is the first compliance deadline for the EU’s AI Act, the comprehensive AI regulatory framework that the European Parliament finally approved last March after years of development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Apple CEO says DeepSeek shows ‘innovation that drives efficiency’

    Apple CEO says DeepSeek shows ‘innovation that drives efficiency’
    Feb 4 2025
    Apple CEO Tim Cook said DeepSeek’s AI models represent “innovation that drives efficiency” on an earnings call on Thursday while fielding questions from analysts about the iPhone maker’s ambitions around AI. “In general, I think innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with spyware

    WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with spyware
    Feb 3 2025
    The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins