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In Brief

Apple is reportedly partnering with LG to launch a smart lock, thermostat, and doorbell | TechCrunch

Apple is working on a new ecosystem of smart home devices via a partnership with LG, Bloomberg has...

Startups

Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product | TechCrunch

Melius, an AI platform for generating ad campaigns, images, and videos, announced on Tuesday that it raised a...

Health

A Deadly Mold That Attacks the Brain Is on the Rise, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

Unlike most other fungal infections, Cladophialophora bantiana seems to prefer going after the brain.

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Startups

Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet | TechCrunch

When self-taught coder Sigil Wen was 17, he moved to Silicon Valley and lived in an AI hacker...

Health

Flatulence Filter

Back when we worked in an office, trying to pass gas discretely when there were people around was...

AI

How AI decision models could change content moderation | TechCrunch

As decision models spread across the industry, a company called Musubi has a new idea for how to...

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In Brief

AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO | TechCrunch

Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation, marking what could...

Space & Spaceflight

New Rocket Engine to Get Us to Mars with 20% Greater Efficiency

That’s a picture of XCOR Aerospace’s new liquid methane and liquid oxygen powered engine, a prototype of what...

Physics & Chemistry

A Quantum Bubble Could End Reality as We Know It. Here’s Why It (Probably) Won’t

The strange rules of quantum mechanics could spell the end of our universe. But they might also spare...

Physics & Chemistry

Nvidia Helping Modders Port PhysX Engine to ATI Radeon

Remember those modders from NGOHQ who were swolling out ATI’s Radeon graphics cards with Nvidia’s PhysX physics engine?...