Category Archives: Business

Spotify, Stop Trying to Become a Social Media App

The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway?

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OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough

The company announced a new technique to make the workings of its systems more transparent, but people familiar with OpenAI say more oversight is needed.

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RealPage Says Rental Pricing Tech Is Misunderstood, but Landlords Aren’t So Sure

The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren’t entirely convinced.

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Elon Musk Says He’s Moving X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas

The tech mogul cited California’s new transgender rights law as “the final straw” for moving out of the state.

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Craig Wright Faces Perjury Investigation Over Claims He Created Bitcoin

By order of a UK judge, Craig Wright can no longer claim he is the creator of bitcoin and now faces the prospect of criminal charges.

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Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI

Creators claim their videos were used without their knowledge.

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A Tiny Texas Village Is About To Annex a Gigantic Bitcoin Mine

In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas.

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The Architect of Russia’s Google Is Back

Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh fought off sanctions and kicked anti-war squatters out of his Amsterdam townhouse. Now he is ready to reveal his new AI company in the Netherlands. But can Europe forget his past?

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The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military

A WIRED investigation found public statements from officials detail a much closer link between Project Nimbus and Israel Defense Forces than previously reported.

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The Metaverse Was Supposed to Be Your New Office. You’re Still on Zoom

Tech founders painted a vision of employees clocking into virtual workplaces. But the adoption of VR at work has been slow.

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