Category Archives: Business

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

As Israel intensifies its attacks on Lebanon, eerie messages have been arriving on the phones of civilians on both sides of the border, with authorities in each country accusing the other of psychological warfare.

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Pilots Are Dying of Tiredness. Tech Can’t Save Them

Extended hours after the pandemic have put pressure on pilots in India, who are working longer hours without rest, but monitoring technology to help curb overworking is glitchy and hard to find.

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Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?

At Meta’s Connect developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Orion, a futuristic pair of smart glasses that the company hopes will lead the next foundational shift in personal computing.

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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Is Leaving the Company

In a letter to the OpenAI team posted on X, Murati wrote that “this moment feels right” to step down.

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Meta Releases Llama 3.2—and Gives Its AI a Voice

Meta’s AI assistants can now talk and see the world. The company is also releasing the multimodal Llama 3.2, a free model with visual skills.

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The Most Capable Open Source AI Model Yet Could Supercharge AI Agents

A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a good way.

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X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here

In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.

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Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve

He’s deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder. His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times.

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FTX Insider Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

The former chief executive of Alameda Research, the trading company that acted as the vehicle for the multi-billion-dollar fraud at crypto exchange FTX, has been given a two-year prison sentence after cooperating with investigators.

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Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback

Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power.

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