When it comes to Chinese AI labs using distillation techniques to extract knowledge from frontier model makers, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is hoping regulators stay out of it. In fact, he thinks U.S. AI labs should perhaps play the same game. “I would do nothing,” he told CNBC in an interview earlier this week. … Read more
Keith Rabois has spent most of his 13-year career in venture capital associated with Khosla Ventures’ longtime home in Menlo Park, California. But that’s changing. Speaking Thursday night at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in New York’s West Village, Rabois confirmed that Khosla Ventures is opening its first-ever office outside Sand Hill Road. The new outpost will … Read more
You might not need one at all. Ahmadiliandy/Shutterstock If you’re looking to get the most out of your laptop, chances are good that the baseline number of included ports isn’t enough to get the job done. One of the easiest ways to remedy this is to get a docking station. However, many of … Read more
Cloud-based automation services such as Zapier and Make let you connect different services together to automate tasks without having to build everything from scratch. If you’d rather not have all your personal automations running in the cloud, n8n gives you a different option. Cloud automation comes with several issues Privacy and reliability are out of … Read more
When I see my colleagues writing about Android Auto, I get a sense of FOMO because my car simply doesn’t support it. In fact, I’ve never used it — I’ve only experienced it as a passenger in cars with more advanced capabilities than my own. This has left my smartphone as the only display I … Read more
When was the last time you thought about the devices that run your home network? You might have some devices that are officially too old to be using in 2025. While your networking gear might still “work,” that doesn’t mean you should still be using it. Here are seven networking devices that you should seriously … Read more
Dmytro Skrypnykov/Getty Images Smartphones have become an essential part of daily life; for some people it’s the last thing they touch before going to bed and the first thing they hold in the morning. How healthy that habit is is up for discussion, but what’s definitely not up for discussion is how necessary … Read more
Credit: Pankil Shah / Android Authority For years, the best Android launcher wasn’t much of a debate — Nova Launcher had it locked down. But ever since its acquisition, that’s changed, and a lot of us have been left launcher-hopping. I’d been in that same boat, and while Niagara and Lawnchair both came close, neither … Read more
Fusion power is getting back to its roots. As fusion startups keep chasing their ultimate goal — putting electrons on the grid — many are also now embracing, or returning to, the defense applications that laid the foundation for the industry. The sector emerged decades ago when physicists looked for more constructive uses of the … Read more
Windows 11 and its native apps don’t have the best reputation. Microsoft has packed the system with all kinds of features, making it feel increasingly bloated. Having to put up with features you don’t want is bad enough, but the real problem starts when apps consume valuable RAM in the background without your knowledge. Some … Read more