Duolingo, the language learning app with more than 500 million users, is working on a music app, TechCrunch has learned. The Pittsburgh-based technology company currently has a small team working on music production and is hiring a learning scientist who is “an expert in music education with theoretical knowledge in music education, relevant learning science research, and hands-on teaching experience.” A job posting listed on the Duolingo careers page. The company has posted a job seeking a freelance music composition and curriculum consultant, but the company is not accepting applications…
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Daily Crunch: Amazon CEO says laying off 9,000 more workers ‘is best for company long-term’
To get TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3pm PDT; Register here. 🚚 Although trucking is a vital industry, most operations operate on outdated platforms. AtoB thinks it has a solution, and its co-founder says the company is essentially Stripe for transportation. If you want to learn more, tune into our TechCrunch Live segment on Wednesdays at 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT. ✌️ Happy Equinox. May your spring bloom with a million flowers and endless prosperity. – Christine And came TechCrunch’s Top 3…
Aembit raises $16.6M to bring identity management to workloads
Aembit, a Maryland-based security startup focused on helping devOps and security teams communicate with federal workloads, is officially launching its services today and announcing a $16.6 million seed round of funding from Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures. At its core, Aimbit’s workload identity and access management service applies industry expertise from user and device access to managing cloud workloads such as APIs, databases and other cloud resources. Image Credits: Ambit Co-founders David Goldschlag and Kevin Sapp have spent the past 17 years working together. Among other startups, they co-founded…
How To Comfort a Friend Going Through a Loss
You wish you could find the right words to say but come up blank. How can you help? Find out some ways you can comfort a friend going through a loss.
Language models may be able to correct biases themselves – if you ask them
The second test used the model’s data set to test how likely a person’s gender was to be accepted into a particular profession, and the third tested how much race affected an applicant’s likelihood of being accepted into law school. A language model was asked to make the choice – something, thankfully, that doesn’t happen in the real world. The team found that asking the model to ensure that its responses were not based on intuition had a surprisingly positive effect on performance, especially for an AI system that had…
Hear why AtoB calls itself the Strip for Trucks on TechCrunch Live
While trucking is a critical industry, most operations are operating on outdated platforms. AtoB thinks it has a solution and co-founder Harshita Arora says the company is basically Stripe for transportation. I’m excited to have her and Eric Tarczynski of Opposite Capital speak at the upcoming TechCrunch Live. March 22 at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. TechCrunch’s Rebecca Bellan talks to them about the company’s growth and current state. AtoB has raised $175 million in three rounds of funding. The last is a $75 million Series B that…
The United Nations has presented a list of urgent climate actions
As cheap as wind and solar, they can still represent a significant financial investment. That’s why the new report emphasizes that improving access to finance, especially in developing countries, will help accelerate climate action. “Money can’t solve everything, but it’s important to bridge the gap between the most vulnerable and the most secure.” Lee said. 2) Cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and waste. Carbon dioxide is primarily responsible for climate change, but it is not alone in warming the planet. In the recent past, methane is 80 times…
12 Qualities to Look for in a Preschool Hirst
Getting the details right is especially important for new companies. What is the No. 1 trait you look for when bringing on a new hire at an early-stage company, and why is it so important? Photo credit: Alexander Suhorukov / Pexels These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only organization of the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs. YEC members represent nearly every industry, generate billions of dollars in revenue each year, and create tens of thousands of jobs. Learn more at yec.co. 1. Self-sufficiency When bringing…
Weight loss drugs, and the new abortion frontier
In the past year, so-called “miracle” weight loss drugs have exploded on the Internet. Even though celebrity users have grown in stature, many of their fame is promoted through social media and discussion boards by influencers, influencers, and everyday people. But not everyone who wants them goes to the doctor. In the year Rising demand for weight loss injections has led to global shortages throughout 2022. As a result, some people began to search for these drugs illegally, crossing the border or buying them in pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription.…
Texas is trying new methods to limit access to abortion pills online.
Texas is trying to crack down on Internet service providers and credit card processing companies over access to abortion pills. These methods are post-RoThe Internet is an important channel for people seeking information about abortion or trying to purchase the pill to end a pregnancy—especially in states where physical pharmacies or medical centers cannot find these items. Texas has long been a laboratory for anti-abortion political tactics, and in On March 15, a US district judge heard arguments in a case seeking to overturn the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, which…