Countdown to TechCrunch All Stage: Last Chance for Discounts

Recently, some people have been spreading conspiracy theories suggesting that a cloud-seeding startup was responsible for the heavy floods in Texas. However, scientists have clarified that this is not true. Cloud seeding is a technique used to encourage rainfall, but it cannot be directly linked to the extreme weather events that occurred. The operations took place days before the storm hit,...

Figma, a popular design tool, is making significant progress towards a major initial public offering (IPO) that could bring in $1.5 billion. This means the company is preparing to sell its shares to the public for the first time, which is often seen as a big milestone for a business. The financial numbers surrounding this move are quite strong, indicating that Figma is in a solid position as it...

Kobo, a popular name in e-readers, is currently offering great discounts on two of its top models. The Kobo Elipsa 2E, which competes with the Kindle Scribe, is now priced at $349.99, saving you $50. You can find this deal at Rakuten Kobo and Target. Additionally, the Kobo Libra Colour is available for $209.99, a $20 discount, at Amazon, Target, and Rakuten Kobo. These special prices are...

Should Moira manage her $400,000 RRSP investments on her own?A traditional portfolio of 60 per cent stocks and 40 per cent bonds might be expected to return a little over five per cent before fees and a little under four per cent after fees going forward, write Julie Cazzin and John De Goey. Photo by Micheile/Unsplash/Postmedia filesArticle contentQ. My plan is to retire at age 60. I am now 55....

Fine-tuning LLMs with user-level differential privacy The machine learning community has consistently found that while modern machine learning (ML) models are powerful, they often need to be fine-tuned on domain-specific data to maximize performance. This can be problematic or even impossible, as informative data is often...