Carvana to Cut 2,500 Staff As It Struggles With Overcapacity

Carvana to Cut 2,500 Staff As It Struggles With Overcapacity

The American used-car business Carvana, which garnered at least $9 million in venture funding before going public, announced 2,500 layoffs Thursday. The company’s “previously disclosed…
The Eliza Effect How a Chatbot Convinced People It Was Real Way Back In The 1960s

The Eliza Effect How a Chatbot Convinced People It Was Real Way Back In The 1960s

After growing persuaded that the company’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) had developed sentience, a senior software developer at Google was last week placed…
Nothing to Worry about Dall-E Has Created a New Cryptid Named Crungus

Nothing to Worry about Dall-E Has Created a New Cryptid Named Crungus

Last month, an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher made headlines when he claimed that Dall-E 2, a text-to-image converter, had developed its own hidden language. Another…
Graphene E-Tattoos Are a Possible Revolution in Blood Pressure Monitoring

Graphene E-Tattoos Are a Possible Revolution in Blood Pressure Monitoring

Blood pressure control is critical, particularly for persons with cardiovascular disease and those who are older. Sphygmomanometers, on the other hand, are cumbersome, need inflated…
Tony Fadell Cleans Out His Garage

Tony Fadell Cleans Out His Garage

Anyone interested in seeing what I discovered when I cleaned out my garage and discovered photographs of everything I’ve ever created?” Tony Fadell sent out…
All the Tech That Got Our Attention at F1 Miami Grand Prix

All the Tech That Got Our Attention at F1 Miami Grand Prix

The worldwide glitterati descends on Miami this weekend for the city’s debut Formula One Grand Prix. The “Netflix effect” of “Formula 1: Drive to Survive,”…
An Early Tiktok Exec Just Launched a Dating App, Spark

An Early Tiktok Exec Just Launched a Dating App, Spark

Alex Hofmann, the former president of musical.ly (now TikTok), has already accomplished the seemingly impossible: he assisted in the development of an app that could…
Twitter Tries To Woo Anxious Advertisers with a Slate of Premium Video Content at the New fronts

Twitter Tries To Woo Anxious Advertisers with a Slate of Premium Video Content at the New fronts

Twitter returned to the Digital Content NewFronts this evening, like it did in past years, to sell advertisers on its impending premium video content slate.…
Sequoia, Binance and A16z Back Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Twitter Bid

Sequoia, Binance and A16z Back Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Twitter Bid

Over $7.1 billion has been invested in Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to purchase Twitter by a group of almost two…
Cameo Conducts Layoffs A Year after Hitting Unicorn Status

Cameo Conducts Layoffs A Year after Hitting Unicorn Status

According to a tweet from CEO Steven Galanis, Cameo, a platform that allows fans to buy personalized films from celebrities, has laid off 87 employees.…
Binance Gets Regulatory Nod in France, Paving the Way for Europe Push

Binance Gets Regulatory Nod in France, Paving the Way for Europe Push

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, said on Thursday that it has received regulatory authority to operate digital asset services in France, making…
A Second Apple Store Files to Hold a Union Election

A Second Apple Store Files to Hold a Union Election

Employees at an Apple shop in Towson, Maryland, have formed a union and petitioned for a formal union election. Following shops in Manhattan and Atlanta,…
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