Category Archives: Business

Silicon Valley Will Still Need A Bank

Whether SVB is rescued by regulators or snapped up by a competitor, the tech industry’s finance needs are still specific enough that not just anyone can meet them.

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A Face Recognition Site Crawled the Web for Dead People’s Photos

PimEyes appears to have scraped a major ancestry website for photos, without permission. Experts fear they could be used to identify living relatives.

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The Silicon Valley Bank Contagion Is Just Beginning

The collapse of SVB isn’t just a tech industry problem—as the rest of the world is about to find out.

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Helium’s IoT-Crypto Network Is Barely Hanging On in Lebanon

People in the country hoped to earn a steady payout from Wi-Fi hot spots. But many are left holding useless hardware.

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Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone

Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the company’s tweets. Researchers say that’s too much for too little data.

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How to Start an AI Panic

The Center for Humane Technology stoked conversation about the dangers of social media. Now it’s warning that artificial intelligence is as dangerous as nuclear weapons.

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Get Ready to Meet the ChatGPT Clones

The technology behind OpenAI’s viral chatbot is set to become widely replicated, unleashing a tidal wave of bots.

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WhatsApp Has Started a Fight With the UK About Encryption

The head of the messaging app says a new law will undermine privacy. The government says it’s about protecting children.

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Yes, ChatGPT Is Coming for Your Office Job

White-collar workers may soon face the AI disruption everyone’s been panicking about. But the news may be better than you think.

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The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies.

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