India Quotient, a seed-to-early-stage venture capital fund, has successfully raised $129 million for its fifth fund. The firm also announced the elevation of Kanika Agarrwal and Sahil Makkar to partner roles, strengthening its leadership team. Known for early investments in…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received a total pay package of 96.5 million for the 2025 financial year, according to a proxy filing by the company. This is a 22% hike from last year’s $79.1 million.
At the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, surrounded by the tech giants Google, Apple, and Microsoft, sits the historic NASA Ames Research Center. Its rich history includes a grab bag of fascinating scientific research involving massive wind tunnels, experimental…
Embryologists are the scientists behind the scenes of in vitro fertilization who oversee the development and selection of embryos, prepare them for transfer, and maintain the lab environment. They’ve been a critical part of IVF for decades, but their job…
It’s late August in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, and people are filling a large hall at one of Africa’s biggest gatherings of minds in AI and machine learning. The room is draped in white curtains, and a giant screen blinks with…
Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman This science fiction book series confronted me with existential questions like “Are we alone in the universe?” and “Do I actually like LitRPG??” (LitRPG—which stands for “literary role-playing game”—is a relatively new genre that…
Every Monday, more than a hundred members of Giovanni Traverso’s Laboratory for Translational Engineering (L4TE) fill a large classroom at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for their weekly lab meeting. With a social hour, food for everyone, and updates across disciplines…
When it comes to artificial intelligence, MIT and IBM were there at the beginning: laying foundational work and creating some of the first programs — AI predecessors — and theorizing how machine “intelligence” might come to be. Today, collaborations like…
Apple Inc. launched a significant legal challenge against the EU’s Digital Markets Act, arguing the antitrust rules impose “hugely onerous and intrusive burdens” on its rights. The iPhone maker contends the DMA’s interoperability mandates and App Store regulations threaten user…
OpenAI is enlisting over 100 former investment bankers to train its AI on financial modeling through a secretive project codenamed Mercury. These contractors, paid $150 per hour, are building models for various transactions to automate entry-level tasks, aiming to make…