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It’s official: Better.com is going public
By Mary Ann Azevedo | |
We didn’t think we’d see the day. Digital mortgage lender
Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, Has a Hopeful Plan for Keeping Future AI Friendly
By Steven Levy | |
That sounded to me like he was anthropomorphizing those artificial
Russia launches Luna-25 mission in race to moon’s South pole
Comment on this storyCommentRussia launched a spacecraft Friday that is
Only a few hours left to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
By Lauren Simonds | |
You have just mere hours left to save a bundle
Hip Hop 2073: A Vision of the Future, 50 Years From Now
Many talented artists are represented: a rapper with Trisomy-21 named
Sam Bankman-Fried Sent to Jail After Judge Revokes Bail
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX,
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail revoked ahead of October trial
By Jacquelyn Melinek | |
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange
Next slide please: A brief history of the corporate presentation
By Claire L. Evans | |
Before PowerPoint, and long before digital projectors, 35-millimeter film slides
GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
By Lily Hay Newman | |
You’ve heard the advice for years: Turn on two-factor authentication
Tips to save money for a back-to-school computer
By Shira Ovide | |
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The MOVEit mass hacks hold a valuable lesson for the software industry
By Carly Page | |
It’s time to move it and protect against the next
The US just invested more than $1 billion to kick-start the carbon-removal market
By James Temple | |
The first recipients will include Occidental Petroleum’s proposed carbon-removal project
Marvel’s VFX Workers Have Moved to Unionize—and It’s a Huge Deal for Hollywood
By Angela Watercutter | |
One of the many knock-on effects of Marvel making post-credit
X, formerly Twitter, lowers requirements for its ad-revenue sharing program
By Ivan Mehta | |
Elon Musk–owned social network X, formerly Twitter, said late Thursday
Why is it so hard to create new types of pain relievers?
By Cassandra Willyard | |
Opioid use disorder is a particularly difficult disease to treat.
Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued
By Andy Greenberg | |
In working with Rauch, the MBTA had created a vulnerability
Robotaxis are now allowed in San Francisco, whether locals want it or not
Comment on this storyCommentSAN FRANCISCO — California regulators voted Thursday
5 growth lessons we learned while scaling from $2M to $3M ARR
By Walter Thompson | |
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC
Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley | WIRED
By Andrew Kersley | |
In the summer of 2016, teenagers Anastasia Georgievskaya and Ivan
Driverless Taxis Can Expand San Francisco Services, Regulators Say
By Yiwen Lu | |
California regulators agreed on Thursday to the expansion of driverless
Cruise and Waymo win robotaxi expansions in San Francisco
By Rebecca Bellan | |
In a win for the autonomous vehicle industry, California regulators
Who gets to decide who receives experimental medical treatments?
By Jessica Hamzelou | |
Just last year, a woman received a CRISPR treatment designed
Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis Can Now Work the Streets of San Francisco 24/7
By Aarian Marshall | |
California today cleared all-day paid robotaxi service in San Francisco—with
Wisk and Archer Will Collaborate on Air Taxis and End Legal Fight
By Niraj Chokshi | |
Two rivals in the race to mass-produce an all-electric aircraft
Hidden forces and sliding screens trick the senses to make VR feel more real
By Devin Coldewey | |
The next big thing in VR might not be higher
Inside MIT’s nuclear reactor laboratory
By Casey Crownhart | |
MIT’s research reactor was built in the 1950s, and its
The 21 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now
Max (previously HBO Max) might be one of the greatest
Amid Sextortion’s Rise, Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps
By Tripp Mickle | |
Almost weekly, Brian Levine, a computer scientist at the University
UK cybersecurity giant NCC Group is making more layoffs
By Carly Page | |
U.K. cybersecurity giant NCC Group has confirmed it’s making more
Human-plus-AI solutions mitigate security threats
This greatly expanded attack surface can spell bad news for
Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data
By Will Knight | |
Zoom, the company that normalized attending business meetings in your
Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War
By Steven Lee Myers | |
Facing a tsunami of disinformation about the treatment of Muslims
What technology you need in an emergency kit during natural disasters
By Heather Kelly | |
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Jeli is bringing generative AI to incident report analysis
By Ron Miller | |
When a major system incident occurs, there is a ton
The Download: medical ethics, and AI watermarks
By Charlotte Jee | |
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides
Here Come the Robotaxis | WIRED
By Lauren Goode, Michael Calore | |
Tech companies have been touting self-driving cars as the future
Dozens of Children Die in Hot Cars Each Year. Back-Seat Sensors Could Save Them.
By Michael Levenson | |
Ever since Tyler Cestia left his son Thomas in his
How to make Slack less annoying and more productive for work
By Danielle Abril | |
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VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries
By Mike Butcher | |
We’ve seen the rise of no-code and low-code platforms being
A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets
By Matt Burgess | |
Plenty of people tried to access the system. Over the
Twitter fined for failing to turn over Trump’s data in Jan. 6 probe
By Rachel Weiner | |
Comment on this storyCommentThe social media company Twitter was forced
SAEKI’s “microfactories” help large manufacturing scale up
By Catherine Shu | |
The architecture, engineering and construction industries involve giant concrete molds
China is escalating its war on kids’ screen time
By Zeyi Yang | |
(One important caveat I should note: Jeremy Daum, a senior
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
By Andy Greenberg | |
In September last year, a scandal blew up the world
Disney’s Hotstar loses 12.5 million subscribers in a quarter amid cricket shortfall
By Manish Singh | |
Disney+ Hotstar lost nearly a fourth of its customer base,
The Download: the promise of stem cell treatments, and China’s screen time crackdown
By Charlotte Jee | |
When covid-19 began to spread, countries closed businesses and told
Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating
By Lily Hay Newman | |
Internet-of-things devices have been plagued by security issues and unfixed
San Francisco Officials Hesitant to Expand Driverless Car Services
By Yiwen Lu | |
Over the past year or so, a jarring sight has
Anthropic launches improved version of its entry-level LLM
By Kyle Wiggers | |
Anthropic, the AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI execs, has released
Why watermarking AI-generated content won’t guarantee trust online
By Claire Leibowicz | |
Further complicating matters, watermarking is often used as a “catch-all”
The Twitch-Fueled Catastrophe of Kai Cenat’s New York City Giveaway
By Will Bedingfield | |
In aerial footage, a crowd throngs a bus, hurling chairs
Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump’s Twitter Account
By Alan Feuer | |
Prosecutors working for Jack Smith, the special counsel who has
App Store payment rules won’t change as Apple’s battle with Epic Games heads to Supreme Court
By Sarah Perez | |
Apple’s current App Store rules will continue to stand, as
Merging physical and digital tools to build resilient supply chains
Supply-chain traceability: Produce grower Ocean Mist Farms encodes traceability data,
The Weird Way That Human Waste Is Killing Corals
By Matt Simon | |
“Even with a severe heat wave in 2015, 20 percent
Google’s AI ambassador walks a fine line between hype and doom
By Gerrit De Vynck | |
James Manyika is one of Google's top artificial intelligence ambassadors.
Slack gets interface makeover with a more unified approach including dedicated DMs
By Ron Miller | |
Like most software, Slack developed over time adding a slew
After 25 years of hype, embryonic stem cells still don’t cure for anything
By Antonio Regalado | |
“If awards were given for the most intriguing, controversial, and
The All-American Myth of the TikTok Spy
By Yangyang Cheng | |
To continue operating in the US under ByteDance ownership, TikTok
This Is a Reminder That You’re Probably Oversharing on Venmo
By Brian X. Chen | |
There’s an app for snooping on your friends, family and
Pretiosum Ventures hits first close on its second fund to back infrastructure startups
By Mike Butcher | |
London-based Pretiosum Ventures has reached the first close of what
What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security
By Julie Charnet | |
A former Department of Homeland Security adviser and a doctor,
Even Zoom wants employees back in office
By Niha Masih | |
Comment on this storyCommentVideo communications company Zoom became a mainstay
Made Renovation promises “tech-enabled” remodels; customers describe “absolute nightmare”
By Connie Loizos | |
Last year, Jonas Heineman was overseeing a  team of commercial
Glowforge Aura Review: An Easy to Use Laser Cutter
By Eric Ravenscraft | |
Designs are made of vector images and different colors are
BlueJeans folds | TechCrunch
By Harri Weber | |
Verizon dropped hundreds of millions on BlueJeans at the height
Why Is It So Hard for Scholars to Launch Startups?
By Mureji Fatunde | |
It’s important to decide both what to count and how
Zoom knots itself a legal tangle over use of customer data for training AI models
By Natasha Lomas | |
Three years ago Zoom settled with the FTC over a
The 19 Best Movies on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now
As the birthplace of prestige TV shows like The Sopranos and The
Four ways to stop that one ad you see repeatedly in streaming video
By Shira Ovide | |
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Lyft wants to kill surge pricing
By Rebecca Bellan | |
Lyft has been cutting fares in order to secure more
New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
By Lily Hay Newman | |
Intel is releasing fixes for a processor vulnerability that affects
Firefly debuts Elytra orbital transfer vehicle line, with first mission planned for 2024
By Aria Alamalhodaei | |
Firefly Aerospace debuted a line of orbital vehicles called Elytra
The Mystery Genes That Are Keeping You Alive | WIRED
By Roger Highfield | |
When it came to the substantial number that were unknown,
The Download: political AI models, and a wrongful arrest
By Charlotte Jee | |
How they did it: The team asked language models where
17 Best Mattresses Tested and Reviewed By Experts (2023)
There are a few mattresses we tested that don't stand
AI ‘red teams’ race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT
By Will Oremus | |
Comment on this storyCommentIn a windowless conference room at Howard
Spotify expands its AI-powered DJ feature globally
By Paul Sawers | |
Spotify is expanding its AI-powered “DJ” to dozens of markets
Why it’s impossible to build an unbiased AI language model
By Melissa Heikkilä | |
An unbiased, purely fact-based AI chatbot is a cute idea,
AI Can Give You an NPC That Remembers. It Could Also Get Your Favorite Artist Fired
By Fernanda Seavon | |
AI’s presence in the gaming industry has evolved from a
Paramount+ tops 61 million subscribers after Showtime merger
By Ivan Mehta | |
Paramount said that it added 700,000 subscribers to Paramount+ in
Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics
By Max G. Levy | |
Next, Parker wondered how general this effect is. Most antipsychotics
Apple Music adds a new algorithmic station to let users discover new music
By Ivan Mehta | |
Apple Music has added a new algorithmic radio station to
Pumpables Genie Advanced Review (2023): The Best Portable Pump
By Nena Farrell | |
When I heard the words “portable pump,” I imagined something
AI is fueling eating disorders with ‘thinspo’ pictures and dangerous advice
By Geoffrey A. Fowler | |
Disturbing fake images and dangerous chatbot advice: New research shows
Meatable sinks its teeth into $35M to accelerate launch of its cultivated pork products
By Christine Hall | |
Venture capital funding to the cultivated meat industry has largely
The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge
By Jeff Kosseff | |
The Supreme Court receives more than 7,000 requests to review
Meet with Samsung Next and other pivotal partners at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
By Lauren Simonds | |
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, which runs September 19–21 in San Francisco,
Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself
By Lily Hay Newman | |
For most people, the idea of using artificial intelligence tools
Authors are losing their patience with AI, part 349235
By Amanda Silberling | |
On Monday morning, numerous writers woke up to learn that
AI language models are rife with political biases
By Melissa Heikkilä | |
The researchers asked language models where they stand on various
The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes
By Kim Zetter | |
When Russian troops seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power
Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit
By David McCabe | |
Amazon is scheduled to meet with members of the Federal
Fusion ignition hits another milestone: More power
By Tim De Chant | |
It wasn’t a fluke: Researchers at a Department of Energy
The Download: Worldcoin under investigation, and food’s complex climate future
By Charlotte Jee | |
It’s a project that claims to use cryptocurrency to distribute
8 Best Robot Vacuums (2023): Mops, Budget Vacs, Great Mapping
By Adrienne So | |
No other product I’ve tested has advanced as quickly as
Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.
By David Yaffe-Bellany | |
One evening last month, a crowd of cryptocurrency enthusiasts gathered
Porcha Woodruff, arrested after false facial recognition, sues Detroit
By Kelly Kasulis Cho | |
Comment on this storyCommentPorcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant and
One Model lands $41M to bring data science-powered insights to HR
By Kyle Wiggers | |
One Model, a platform that uses AI to help employers
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