Category Archives: Business

How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun

It’ll take over the world. It won’t subjugate humans. For Meta’s chief AI scientist, both things are true.

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Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff

Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app’s giveaways—but have questions about its future.

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America’s Big AI Safety Plan Faces a Budget Crunch

NIST, the US agency Joe Biden tasked with curbing the risks of AI, lacks the necessary resources. Lawmakers are concerned it could be forced to rely on private companies developing the technology.

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The Race to Fill Crypto’s FTX-Shaped Hole

When crypto exchange FTX collapsed, it left behind a hole in the market. From Backpack to OPNX, faces new and old are vying to fill it.

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Apple’s Tight Grip on iMessage Spurs Fresh Calls for an Antitrust Probe

More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more.

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Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird

Bird was once valued at more than $2 billion—now it has filed for bankruptcy. This is the untold story of the contractors who risked it all to try to make the micromobility dream a reality.

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Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat

As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing “ejiao,” which is made with donkey skin.

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New York’s Airbnb Ban Is Causing a Christmas Crunch

Hotel prices and tourism numbers are up as New York City goes through its first holiday season with new rules that ban nearly all Airbnbs and other short-term rentals.

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What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home

Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people’s homes. But who’s really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night?

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The Obscure Google Deal That Defines America’s Broken Privacy Protections

Google’s doomed social network Buzz led US regulators to force Google and Meta to monitor their own data use. Insiders say the results were mixed, as pressure mounts for a federal privacy law.

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