Is Inflation Slowing Down?
Key Takeaways Inflation is heading back down since reaching 9.1% in mid-2022 - the highest it’s been in over 40...
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How to hack a smart fridge
I’ve been speaking to people who work in a field called IoT forensics, which is essentially about snooping around these...
U.S. Jobs Report Defies Expectations With More Jobs And Lower Unemployment For April
Key takeaways 253,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in April, smashing forecasts of 180,000 Wages were up...
New Economic Data Suggests A Recession Is Getting Closer, But Q1 Earnings Season Starts Strong – Forbes AI Newsletter April 29th
TL;DR A pretty big week for economic data, as GDP slowed again, consumer confidence slumped but housing prices unexpectedly increased...
The Download: fetal brain surgery, and a White House AI summit
1 The White House is trying to persuade AI firms to be more ethicalGood luck with that. (NYT $)+ Everyone...
Brain surgery on a fetus
Her parents signed up for a clinical trial of an in-utero surgical treatment to see if doctors could intervene before...
Doctors have performed brain surgery on a fetus in one of the first operations of its kind
Her parents signed up for a clinical trial of an in-utero surgical treatment to see if doctors could intervene before...
Fed Unanimously Decides To Raise Interest Rates For Tenth Time, But Hints Tightening Is Ending
Key takeaways The Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.25% as anticipated The decision comes amid a turbulent week for...
The Download: in conversation with Geoffrey Hinton, and the future of solar geoengineering
Deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton announced on Monday that he was stepping down from his role as an AI researcher...
The inside scoop on solar geoengineering
That’s how I’ve felt watching the news about solar geoengineering unfold over the past several months. Thanks to a few...
Video: Geoffrey Hinton talks about the “existential threat” of AI
Deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton announced on Monday that he was stepping down from his role as a Google AI...
Banking Sector Faces Tough Times As Morgan Stanley Becomes Latest To Announce Mass Layoffs
Key takeaways Morgan Stanley has announced 3,000 job roles will be cut in second round of layoffs Bank of America,...
The Download: recycling wind turbine blades, and safeguarding AI
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The White House is pressuring AI...
Stocks Vs. Bonds: Which Is The Better Investment?
Key takeaways The stock market has performed well in 2023, with the S&P 500 up 9% so far Bond yields...
The Download: Geoffrey Hinton’s AI fears, and decoding our thoughts
Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneer of deep learning who helped develop some of the most important techniques at the heart...
How chemists could give new life to old wind turbine blades
This is the first time that researchers have been able to break down a reinforced epoxy material to recover both...
We need to bring consent to AI
And oh boy did he have a lot to say. “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things...
Geoffrey Hinton tells us why he’s now scared of the tech he helped build
It took until the 2010s for the power of neural networks trained via backpropagation to truly make an impact. Working...
Brain scans can translate a person’s thoughts into words
The researchers also showed the participants short Pixar videos that didn’t contain any dialogue, and recorded their brain responses in...
Undercover in the metaverse
The second aspect of preparation is related to mental health. Not all players behave the way you want them to...
