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Judges could be manipulated by Wikipedia articles, MIT study warns
Large language models can’t plan, even if they write fancy essays
Why wind turbines are not as green as you think
Stanford AI experts call BS on claims that Google’s LaMDA chatbot is sentient
Hino’s workplace culture resulted in 20 years of carbon emissions lies
( Meanwhile, carbon emissions are not a thing. Nor is CO2 a pollutant - you exhale it as a condition of existence. )
The best of Eurobike 2022: Killer D-locks, snow trikes, and futuristic ebikes
Can AI design better streets for pedestrians? You be the judge
Tech Crunch
- Get ready for an HBO Max – Discovery+ mashup app in 2023 2 days ago – The headline of Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings call was something a lot of people were anxious about: HBO Max and Discovery+ are merging into a new service. The company will roll out this new offering — which doesn’t have a name yet — for U.S.-based consumers in the summer of 2023, with LatAm ...
- Beacon Power Services raises $2.7M to improve electricity access for sub-Saharan African cities 3 days ago – Sub-Saharan Africa’s share of the global population without access to electricity stood at 77% in 2020, according to reports. Also, the average daily electricity supply in some of Africa’s largest cities is less than 12 hours. As a result, individuals and businesses find other options and substit...
- Armed with $19.5M, LiveEO plots a big data course between satellite geospatial information and industry 3 days ago – When it comes to geospatial and mapping data and how they are leveraged by organizations, satellites continue to play a critical role when it comes to sourcing raw information. Getting that raw data into a state that can be usable by enterprises, however, is a different story. Today, a Berlin-ba...
- TikTok and Bootstrapping and Convoy.com 2 days ago – TechCrunch is more than just a site with words. We’re also building a growing stable of podcasts focused on the most critical topics relating to the startup and venture capital worlds. To help you find the right show for your interests, we’ve compiled our audio output from the week. Embedded belo...
- Twitter denies Musk’s countersuit claims with a lot of snark 2 days ago – Twitter has filed a legal response denying Elon Musk’s counterclaims about the company he’s supposed to acquire — a deal he’s trying to exit by claiming Twitter fraudulently misrepresented the number of fake accounts on the platform. The 127-page document sees Twitter refuting Musk’s various clai...
- Robinhood’s hangover, YC’s reduction and Uber’s return to form 2 days ago – Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann got together with Maggie this week for our weekly roundup show, and per usual, there was a lot to talk about, including the fact that...
- Twitter fixes security bug that exposed at least 5.4 million accounts 2 days ago – Twitter says it has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed threat actors to compile information of 5.4 million Twitter accounts, which were listed for sale on a known cybercrime forum. The vulnerability allowed anyone to enter a phone number or an email address of a known user and learn if i...
- The party’s over: Tips for tracking and reporting monthly startup expenses and revenue 2 days ago – With more VC funds wanting to see where every dollar is spent, it is essential CEOs understand how to accurately track and report monthly expenses and revenue.
- Adtech giant Criteo faces $65M fine in France for GDPR consent breaches 2 days ago – In the latest blow to the creepy ‘tracking-ads’ complex, French adtech giant Criteo has been found in breach of European Union data protection regulation and hit with a €60 million sanction (~$65 million) by the country’s national privacy watchdog in a preliminary decision following a multi-year ...
- Streaming royalties are broken, Rashida Tlaib thinks Congress can fix them 2 days ago – There’s never been an easy time to be a musician, but for many in and around the industry, the 21st century has presented one calamity after another for those hoping to make a living through music. The turn of the century saw record labels implode at a staggering rate, and it would be some time […]
- Online-only home solar seller bags $23M, pledging ‘dramatically lower prices’ 2 days ago – Project Solar doesn’t make solar panels, nor does it employ crews to plop them on roofs, but the startup argues it can shake up the residential solar business by steering clear of sales reps and automating parts of the ordering, design and installation process. Backed by $23 million in fresh Seri...
- 2 days ago – Astra CEO Chris Kemp told investors Thursday that the company will be no longer launch payloads with its current lightweight vehicle, Rocket 3, and will instead re-manifest all launches on a considerably larger rocket that’s still under development. It’s a big change for the company, which has op...
- The cybersecurity funding bubble hasn’t burst — but it’s starting to deflate 5 hours ago – Despite a slowdown in financing and an apparent over-investment in certain cybersecurity subsectors, investors don’t expect doom and gloom for the cybersecurity market going forward.
- Why not all VCs are ready to embrace AI-powered investment tools 5 hours ago – By 2025, three-quarters of VCs could use AI to guide their investments. But we're a far cry from that number today.
- Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A 7 hours ago – Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous […]
The Verge
- Amazon to acquire Roomba robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion 2 days ago – Image: iRobot Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire iRobot, makers of Roomba robot vacuums. The deal is valued at approximately $1.7 billion, and Amazon will acquire iRobot for $61 per share in an all-cash transaction. “Customers love iRobot products — and I’m excited to work with the...
- 3 days ago – Photo by Zach Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images A jury has ordered conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The decision followed a trial that saw Jones and his counsel break courtroom protoco...
- Monkeypox 2022: everything you need to know 2 days ago – Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images It’s not COVID-19 all over again Continue reading…
- Instagram will soon test ultra-tall photos to match its full-screen reels 2 days ago – Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram might have halted its controversial redesign, but that doesn’t mean the company plans to stop focusing on full-screen content. During his weekly Ask Me Anything today, CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed that Instagram will begin testing ultra-tall...
- 2 days ago – Bibi gave birth to a baby hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in August 2022. | Image: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without tel...
- Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 review: a little laptop for light work a day ago – The Go 2 is the rare, premium sub-compact laptop left Continue reading…
- 2 days ago – Intel had an incredibly rough quarter, unexpectedly losing half a billion dollars due to a PC purchasing slump, and yesterday seemed like more bad news — a report from TrendForce about manufacturing delays sparked rumors that Intel’s next big flagship processor Meteor Lake would be delayed until ...
- Hackers might have figured out your secret Twitter accounts 16 minutes ago – Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A security vulnerability on Twitter allowed a bad actor to find out the account names associated with certain email addresses and phone numbers (and yes, that could include your secret celebrity stan accounts), Twitter confirmed on Friday. Twitter i...
- 9 hours ago – The new Eve Motion Sensor is speedy and stable as long as you keep Bluetooth at bay Continue reading…
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