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“[BYD’s] disclosures show a serious lack of transparency on human rights diligence in its battery supply chains,” said Amnesty’s Callamard. “Other low-scoring firms, such as Hyundai and Mitsubishi, lack the necessary depth and information about implementation across key human rights due diligence areas.” “The commitments these companies report on are often vague and provide little … Read more
Sequoia says no exits, no problem. The Silicon Valley titan of venture marked up the value of its 2020 Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture XVII fund by 24.6% in June, at the end of a 12-month period, according to PitchBook, which ran analysis on data from the Regents of the University of California’s endowment. Sequoia’s markup … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) claims to have narrowed the gap between closed-source and open-sourced post-training with the release of its new model training family, Tülu 3, bringing the argument that open-source models will thrive … Read more
Remember in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic when live audio was suddenly everywhere? The trend was made popular by the briefly Clubhouse before seemingly every other online platform copied the feature for themselves. Since then, live audio has become mostly a footnote to a weird time when we were all stuck at home at … Read more
If you’re struggling to find a gift for someone who seems to have it all, or if learning a new language is on your list of New Year’s resolutions for 2025, you’ll want to check out this Black Friday deal from Babbel, one of our favorite language-learning apps. Babbel is offering its lifetime subscription for … Read more
A few years ago, Games Workshop finally begun taking some unprecedented steps to update the models of one of Warhammer 40,000‘s most popular factions: the ranks of the Aeldari, the lithe, elven aliens who have been part of the tabletop game for nearly 40 years. But even with those significant updates, the line of Aeldari models … Read more
Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your definition of “rotate”). This gives us the night-day sequence and the yearly cycle of the seasons. The moon’s … Read more
Illumen Capital is doubling down on its support for fund managers and founders from underrepresented communities. The firm is an impact fund of funds that has previously supported ways to address racial bias in investing. Yesterday, the firm, founded by Daryn Dodson, announced the raise of a $32.75 million “Catalyst Fund “to once again support … Read more
Amazon is doubling its investment in Anthropic. The e-commerce giant will provide Anthropic with an additional $4 billion in funding on top of the $4 billion it committed last year. Although Amazon remains a minority investor, Anthropic has agreed to make Amazon Web Services (AWS) its “primary cloud and training partner.” Before today’s announcement, The … Read more
Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving this year or love to grill, a meat thermometer is a must to ensure your food is cooked thoroughly. With Black Friday on the horizon, Amazon is dishing out a ton of major discounts, including a whopping 56% off GoveeLife’s Wi-Fi-enabled, multipronged meat thermometer when you clip the on-page coupon. As … Read more