With an explosion of weather and climate data that the last generation of tools can’t handle, is AI the future of forecasting? Research certainly suggests so, and a newly funded startup called Brightband is taking a shot at turning machine learning forecast models into both a business and open source standard. Today’s weather prediction and […]
23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse
23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $ 3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product – was one driver. So was news last year that hackers stole ancestry data on […]
Detroit Lions' Aidan Hutchinson sees silver lining in loss to Buccaneers
The Detroit Lions haven’t gotten off to the start they hoped they would ahead of a year in which the team has Super Bowl aspirations. But Lions star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson is taking the glass-half-full approach. Detroit narrowly beat the Los Angeles Rams in overtime in Week 1 before suffering its first loss of […]
Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X
A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joining in the previous two days. It’s also number one on the free iPhone app chart in Brazil today, ranking just ahead […]
Uber cozies up to more AV companies, Canoo loses another founder and Waymo sees potential in teen riders
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The EV industry sure is rough and tumble these days. And it’s affecting every company, from the legacy automakers like Ford to the upstarts. Take Polestar, for […]