The rise of the tech ethics congregation
Sarah Husain, who’d worked on Twitter’s Trust and Safety team until it was eliminated by Elon Musk, told me at...
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Inflation Battle Not Over As A Potential Recession Still Looms Over Markets – Forbes AI Newsletter August 12th
China News Service via Getty ImagesTL;DR Both the CPI and PPI inflation figures have come in this week, with CPI...
Why Did Cathie Wood Sell Tesla Stock – And Should You Be Doing The Same?
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Key takeaways ARK Invest sold around 76,000 Tesla shares last...
The Download: corporate presentations, and carbon removal funding
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Survivors say there was no warning...
AI isn’t great at decoding human emotions. So why are regulators targeting the tech?
In addition to proposing the theory of evolution, Darwin studied the expressions and emotions of people and animals. He debated...
What happened to the microfinance organization Kiva?
Another key concern, strikers told me, is Kiva US, a separate program that offers zero-interest loans to small businesses domestically....
U.S. Jobless Claims Hit Highest Level In Weeks As CPI Expectations Surprise On The Upside
(Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKey takeaways Jobless claims rose for the fourth week in a row, but continuing claims...
Why is it so hard to create new types of pain relievers?
Opioid use disorder is a particularly difficult disease to treat. But we do have safe and effective medications. These drugs...
The US just invested more than $1 billion in carbon removal
The first recipients will include Occidental Petroleum’s proposed carbon-removal project in Kleberg County, Texas, dubbed the South Texas DAC Hub,...
Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation
Before PowerPoint, and long before digital projectors, 35-millimeter film slides were king. Bigger, clearer, and less expensive to produce than...
Human-plus-AI solutions mitigate security threats
This greatly expanded attack surface can spell bad news for companies that aren’t properly equipped to defend themselves against cybersecurity...
The Download: medical ethics, and AI watermarks
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Ukraine is unleashing regular drone attacks...
ESPN Penn Entertainment Deal Is Disney’s First Move Into Sports Betting
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey Takeaways ESPN and Penn Entertainment have entered into a multi-year...
Inside MIT’s nuclear reactor laboratory
MIT’s research reactor was built in the 1950s, and its purpose has shifted over the decades. At various points, it’s...
Who gets to decide who receives experimental medical treatments?
Just last year, a woman received a CRISPR treatment designed to lower her levels of cholesterol—a therapy that directly edited...
Merging physical and digital tools to build resilient supply chains
Supply-chain traceability: Produce grower Ocean Mist Farms encodes traceability data, such as which crew picked the produce, the farm location,...
Why watermarking AI-generated content won’t guarantee trust online
Further complicating matters, watermarking is often used as a “catch-all” term for the general act of providing content disclosures, even...
The Download: the promise of stem cell treatments, and China’s screen time crackdown
When covid-19 began to spread, countries closed businesses and told people to stay home. Many thought that would be enough...
Novavax Earnings Call Reveals Surprise Profit, But Stocks Still Slide
(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey takeaways Novavax surprised on the upside with...
After 25 years of hype, embryonic stem cells are still waiting for their moment
“If awards were given for the most intriguing, controversial, and hush-hush of scientific pursuits,” I wrote, “the search for the...
