Who’s afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems. The number of high-profile names that have now made public pronouncements or signed open letters warning of the catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence is striking. Hundreds of scientists, business leaders, and policymakers have spoken up, from deep […]
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Filings: FTX paid $121.8M in legal, consulting, and financial services fees between February 1 and April 30, as some former clients push to reboot the exchange (Frank Chaparro/The Block)
Frank Chaparro / The Block:Filings: FTX paid $121.8M in legal, consulting, and financial services fees between February 1 and April 30, as some former clients push to reboot the exchange — – FTX’s bankruptcy estate paid $121.8 million in legal, consulting and financial services fees and expenses between February 1 […]
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Fujifilm Instax SQ40 review
The Fujifilm Instax SQ40 fuses the retro charm of the Instax Mini 40 and the larger square-format film of the Instax SQ1.
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Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads, and its DAUs growing 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing (Megan Graham/Wall Street Journal)
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads, and its DAUs growing 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing — The language-learning app now relies more on memes—helping it climb to 20 million daily active […]
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Police got called to an overcrowded presentation on “rejuvenation” technology
It’s not every day that police storm through the doors of a scientific session and eject half the audience. But that is what occurred on Friday at the Boston Convention and Exhbition Center during a round of scientific presentations featuring Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a specialist in “rejuvenation” technology at […]
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How architects are using AI to design workplaces, office buildings, and spaces that cater to workers’ individual needs, as more companies adopt a hybrid model (Farah Nayeri/New York Times)
Farah Nayeri / New York Times:How architects are using AI to design workplaces, office buildings, and spaces that cater to workers’ individual needs, as more companies adopt a hybrid model — With more hybrid workers and new office needs, firms like Zaha Hadid Architects are turning to artificial intelligence for […]
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Qobuz review
There’s so much that sets it apart – transparency regarding streaming quality, purchases and rentals, no MP3 catalog – Qobuz might be just the music service for audiophiles.
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The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips
US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military.
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The Download: waiting at the US border, and seaweed’s carbon capture shortcomings
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The new US border wall is an app Keisy Plaza, 39, left her home in Colombia seven months ago. She walked a 62-mile stretch of dense mountainous rainforest […]
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Report: ByteDance ordered ~$1B worth of Nvidia GPUs for 2023 so far, which amounts to ~100K units, including A100s ordered before US chip export controls (Francisco Pires/Tom’s Hardware)
Francisco Pires / Tom’s Hardware:Report: ByteDance ordered ~$1B worth of Nvidia GPUs for 2023 so far, which amounts to ~100K units, including A100s ordered before US chip export controls — Chinese companies are frantically pre-ordering GPUs before government sanctions fully kick in — Chinese tech giants ByteDance …