Monthly Archives: March 2023

Hackers steal gun owners’ data from firearm auction website

Hackers breached a website that allows people to buy and sell guns, exposing the identities of its users, TechCrunch has learned. The breach exposed reams of sensitive personal data for more than 550,000 users, including customers’ full names, home addresses, … Continue reading

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Tesla’s plan to slash silicon carbide use sends some chipmakers’ shares down

Tesla plans to slash use of silicon carbide transistors 75%, powertrain engineering leader Colin Campbell told investors Wednesday.

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U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks

Musk has said his brain implant company, Neuralink, will make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and eventually turn people into cyborgs. But the firm still struggles to secure clinical-trial approval for the relatively modest goal of helping disabled people … Continue reading

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Salesforce is having its best day since 2020 after blowout earnings report

Salesforce beat estimates on Wednesday, and activist investor Elliott Management was complimentary after the company showed margin improvement.

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Neuralink human testing has reportedly received one FDA rejection already

Neuralink’s ambition to provide a brain-computer interface orders of magnitude better than what’s out there now has hit headwinds with the FDA, Reuters reports. The agency reportedly rejected the company’s application to begin human testing last year, a somewhat expected … Continue reading

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Instagram starts testing its age verification tools in more countries

Meta announced today that it has started testing its age verification tools on Instagram in more countries, including Canada and Mexico. Last June, the social media app began testing new options for users to verify their age using one of … Continue reading

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The Rise of Photonics in Computing: Next Big Thing for DeepTech VCs

What if there was no lag in anything that you clicked on your PC, laptop, phone, or your smartwatch? Such low latency that the human brain does not even notice it. That would be the flow of information and processing … Continue reading

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The Mystery Vehicle at the Heart of Tesla’s New Master Plan

Elon Musk says a new Tesla will rewire the company and help save the world, but he won’t tell investors what it is.

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US Technological Dominance Is Not What It Used to Be

The US still leads the world in artificial intelligence, but there are signs it is losing its edge to China in other areas of advanced computing.

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Microsoft, Kimbal Musk, NBA’s Russell Westbrook invest in Brooklyn-based climate tech company BlocPower

Brooklyn-based climate tech company BlocPower raised $155 million from investors including Microsoft, Kimbal Musk, and NBA player Russell Westbrook.

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