How tech companies got access to our tax data
The tax companies shared the data through tracking pixels, which are used for advertising purposes, an investigative congressional report revealed on Wednesday....
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This company plans to transplant gene-edited pig hearts into babies next year
The team at eGenesis is using CRISPR to address this risk. “You can use CRISPR-Cas9 to inactivate the 50 to...
Transforming business begins with IT
Laurel: That’s a great point about the partnership with Infosys, and in general, how you actually bring the data and...
The Download: a new Turing test, and working with ChatGPT
—Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI and a venture partner at Greylock, a venture capital firm....
Mustafa Suleyman: My new Turing test would see if AI can make $1 million
But there’s now a problem: the Turing test has almost been passed—it arguably already has been. The latest generation of...
Exxon Makes “Green” Move With $5 Billion Purchase Of Denbury
Washington DC, USAGettyKey Takeaways Exxon Mobil will be purchasing specialist oil and gas producer Denbury for $5 billion The key...
Revived, implanted, and analyzed—the personal stories at the heart of cutting-edge biotech
We can also use cells from dead people to make babies. Who should get to decide how and when that...
ChatGPT can turn bad writers into better ones
Shakked Noy and Whitney Zhang recruited 453 marketers, data analysts, and college-educated professionals and got each of them to complete...
Judge Rules Against FTC In Microsoft Activision Case, But They’ve Already Filed An Appeal
(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey Takeaways A U.S. Judge has ruled that...
The Download: cleaning up shipping, and Elon Musk’s new AI startup
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Elon Musk has unveiled...
How common chemicals could help clean up global shipping
I’ve actually got boats on the mind because there was just big news in global shipping from the International Maritime...
It’s Amazon Prime Day Again – Here’s How The Stock Market Reacted
(Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey Takeaways Amazon Prime Day is here again,...
The Download: Bill Gates isn’t scared of AI, and net-zero shipping goals
Bill Gates just joined the chorus of big names in tech who have weighed in on the question of risks...
The US-China chip war is still escalating
4. Five people were arrested by the Hong Kong police for involvement in creating an online shopping app to map...
Bill Gates isn’t too scared about AI
The billionaire business magnate and philanthropist made his case in a post on his personal blog GatesNotes today. “I want...
The UN just set a net-zero goal for shipping. Here’s how that could work.
The next two milestones, at 2040 and 2050, could be harder to hit. Efficiency improvements and operational measures won’t be...
The Download: AI weather forecasting, and Threads is thriving
The big storyChina’s path to modernization has, for centuries, gone through my hometown June 2021 For generations, politicians and intellectuals...
Meta Stock Gains On Successful Threads Launch As Twitter Struggles
Photo Illustration by Onur Dogman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey Takeaways Meta stock had a turbulent 2022,...
Weather forecasting is having an AI moment
Big Tech’s arrival on the weather forecasting scene is not purely based on scientific curiosity, reckons Oliver Fuhrer, the head...
Building a world-class platform for software engineers
A 2021 poll conducted by Haystack Analytics found 83% of developers were suffering burnout, driven by increasing demands on their...