Category Archives: Business

A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own

Two ex-Facebook employees founded the nonprofit Integrity Institute to clean up tech platforms. Now it’s reeling amid fights on Slack and one founder’s resignation after an external HR investigation.

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How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.

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Anduril Is Building Out the Pentagon’s Dream of Deadly Drone Swarms

The US military aims to maintain its dominance by building autonomous attack drones that collaborate with humans and overwhelm defenses in swarms.

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WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?!

Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into pink pineapples so you don’t have to.

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Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly

“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws.

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Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen

The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual.

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Pocket-Sized AI Models Could Unlock a New Era of Computing

Research at Microsoft shows it’s possible to make AI models small enough to run on phones or laptops without major compromises to their smarts. The technique could open up new use cases for AI.

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US Sues to Break Up Ticketmaster and Live Nation, Alleging Monopoly Abuse

The US government has filed an antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for allegedly abusing their dominance in the ticketing market to extinguish healthy competition.

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Drivers Are Rising Up Against Uber’s ‘Opaque’ Pay System

In London, Uber drivers are protesting a new payment system that they say makes it impossible to understand the algorithms that decide how much they get paid.

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Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack—Despite New Keyless Tech

Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution for “relay attacks” that are used to steal cars in seconds. But researchers found Teslas equipped with it are as vulnerable as ever.

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