Monthly Archives: June 2023

Irish government criticized over proposed law-change that would ‘muzzle’ Big Tech critics

An 11th hour amendment to the Government of Ireland’s Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 will serve to “muzzle” people looking to speak out about how Big Tech and public bodies are misusing their data. That’s according to … Continue reading

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Apple reportedly plans new Apple Watch Ultra with iPhone 15 this fall

Apple’s year-ahead product roadmap includes refreshes of the iPad Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, even as it prepares to ship its Vision Pro headset.

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Bitcoin is up 12% this month — even though barely anybody is trading it

Bitcoin’s price has rallied sharply this month — but not for reasons you might think.

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Meet the 33-year-old Canadian chemist and the renowned MIT professor who are building the ‘electric vehicle of cement making’

Sublime Systems is scaling up a green cement. The founding team includes a first-time CEO and an MIT professor who is on his sixth clean-tech company.

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Warner Bros. needs to stop copying Disney and let its superheroes fly solo

James Gunn and Warner Bros. have their work cut out for them as they reboot their approach to superheroes like Batman and Superman.

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Legacy media companies enter dark times as failures mount and Netflix rises again

This year was supposed to be a rebound for legacy media companies such as Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. But it’s been a rough ride so far.

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The 2024 Silverado EV WT impresses with a 450-mile range and outstanding towing

I hope you like gray. The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Work Truck is, well, a work truck. Besides the impressive Ultima EV powertrain, there’s nothing spectacular about this truck. The seats have manual adjustments; the LCD control screens are small … Continue reading

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Unveiling the Significance of the Customer Journey

When it comes to digital marketing, grasping the concept of the customer journey takes on a major significance. At its core, a customer journey is an intricate path that an individual embarks upon when interacting with a brand over time. … Continue reading

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT

Demis Hassabis says the company is working on a system called Gemini that will draw on techniques that powered AlphaGo to a historic victory over a Go champion in 2016.

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Databricks picks up MosaicML, an OpenAI competitor, for $1.3B

Investors aren’t the only ones who want to get their hands on hot tech companies in the field of AI: it’s also likely to spur a big wave of M&A, too: today, Databricks announced that it would pay $1.3 billion … Continue reading

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