Solving problems is better than fearmongering
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Read moreAI scares the bejesus out of me
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Something really scary is happening. It’s an internet-powered horror story unfolding in front of us in three interwoven acts: (1) AI technology is improving fast enough that I recently had a bit of an
Read moreDeal Dive: Why this startup chose to sell itself over raising a Series A
Not all startups are built for a billion-dollar exit — or to grow as a stand-alone company at all. The appearance of easy-flowing subsequent funding likely led to the intense funding swell of the few years leading up to 2022. This is not to say all these companies are bad
Read moreThis week in AI: AI heavyweights try to tip the regulatory scales
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week, movers
Read moreThe FDA will apparently let Elon Musk put a computer in a human’s brain
Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink says it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to launch its first in-human clinical study. If this is true, it means that actual humans could be getting a device from Neuralink implanted in their heads.
Read moreFord EVs will use Tesla’s charging plug starting next year
A Ford Mustang Mach-E sitting at a Tesla Supercharger | Image: Ford Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that in early 2024 more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers will be operational with Ford vehicles. Farley also announced that next-generation Ford vehicles would come equipped with the North
Read moreElon Musk and Ron DeSantis’ fiasco shows they didn’t realize Twitter needs TV
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images A bad cover version. Look, Elon Musk just hosted the launch of Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces, and I could say some things about hypocrisy — Musk insisting that “for Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically
Read moreAn Android app started secretly recording users almost a year after it was listed on Google Play
Innocent-seeming apps can be trojan horses for your information. | Image: Amar Toor / The Verge An Android recording app called iRecorder Screen Recorder began as an innocent screen recording app but turned evil nearly a year after it was first released, as detailed by Ars Technica. The app first
Read moreElon Musk fails to launch Ron DeSantis in disastrous Twitter Space
Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his 2024 presidential campaign to screeching audio feedback and technical difficulties in a Twitter Space with Elon Musk on Wednesday. DeSantis eventually did launch his campaign, but the event was mired with problems from the very beginning —
Read moreRon DeSantis to announce presidential bid in Twitter Space with Elon Musk
Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to announce he is running for president in a conversation with Twitter owner Elon Musk, NBC News reported Monday. The announcement will take place during a Twitter Spaces event on Wednesday at 6PM ET, and David Sacks,
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