Category Archives: Business

Elon Musk’s New Twitter Superpower Is Dangerous

Musk has given himself an even bigger bullhorn to annoy users and spread disinformation on the platform.

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Supersize Electric Cars Are Pushing Road Safety to the Limit

The immense weight of the electric Hummer prompted a crash test expert to stage a bizarre experiment—and wonder if EVs will make roads more dangerous.

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The Scramble to Save Twitter’s Research From Elon Musk

Fearing the company’s new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then rushed to publish them online.

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Audiobook Narrators Fear Spotify Used Their Voices to Train AI

After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files.

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Didi’s Revival Shows China Can’t Live Without Big Tech

The government has used fines, bans, and golden shares to control tech companies. Now it needs them to drive economic growth.

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Bitcoin Investors Are Plotting a Major Coup

A group of activist shareholders at the world’s largest bitcoin investment trust claim they lost billions as the market tanked. Now they want to take control.

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Confusion Spirals in Crypto as the US Cracks Down

The Securities and Exchange Commission launched enforcement actions against some of the industry’s major players, raising questions over crypto’s future.

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Twitter’s API Crackdown Will Hit More Than Just Bots

By shutting off its free API, the social network will stop researchers from getting access to crucial data to track hate speech and disinformation.

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Eric Schmidt Is Building the Perfect AI War-Fighting Machine

The former Google CEO is on a mission to rewire the US military with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to take on China. Will it make the world safer?

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India’s Government Wants Total Control of the Internet

The Modi administration keeps giving itself new powers, and Big Tech keeps giving in.

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