Block subsidiary secures FDIC approval for Cash App Borrow loans
Block Inc. said its Square Financial Services industrial bank subsidiary received approval from the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to begin offering consumer loans directly through its Cash App Borrow…
Steve Blank Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Mike Brown…
Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics: Unleashing Embodied AI with Zero-Shot Control and Enhanced Spatial Reasoning
Google DeepMind has shattered conventional boundaries in robotics AI with the unveiling of Gemini Robotics, a suite of models built upon the formidable foundation of Gemini 2.0. This isn’t just…
Abolition of NHSE sends shock waves across digital health sector
The government’s announcement that NHS England will be abolished has sent shock waves across the digital health community. Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said on 13 March 2025 that the…
Kerry Washington invests in wedding marketplace Cheersy
Kerry Washington is expanding her angel investment portfolio, serving as lead investor in the pre-seed round of the wedding marketplace Cheersy. Cheersy, which was founded in 2024 by Amy Shack…
User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models | MIT News
The neural network artificial intelligence models used in applications like medical image processing and speech recognition perform operations on hugely complex data structures that require an enormous amount of computation…
Northumbria Healthcare acquires software provider Health Call
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has acquired the business of Health Call Solutions Limited to increase its range of software products and improve healthcare for patients. The trust will acquire…
Steve Blank Apple Vision Pro – Tech in the Search of a Market
A version of this article previously appeared in Fortune. If you haven’t been paying attention Apple has started shipping its Apple Vision Pro, its take on a headset that combines…
MMR1-Math-v0-7B Model and MMR1-Math-RL-Data-v0 Dataset Released: New State of the Art Benchmark in Efficient Multimodal Mathematical Reasoning with Minimal Data
Advancements in multimodal large language models have enhanced AI’s ability to interpret and reason about complex visual and textual information. Despite these improvements, the field faces persistent challenges, especially in…
Movers and Shakers news roundup
This Movers and Shakers roundup focuses solely on departures and appointments at NHS England, following government announcements that NHSE will be brought into the Department of Health and Social Care…