Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant
Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy 3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s bankruptcy might affect customers’ data. Representatives Brett Guthrie,…
Robots run a half marathon, slowly
Robots run a half marathon, slowly It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it…
Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case
Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stuff for you this week: antitrust lawsuits against Google and Meta;…
Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere
Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that it’s difficult…
Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it
Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known…
A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall
A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a…
Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure
Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program. The organization will now invest…
OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more
OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up…
Bluesky may soon add blue check verification
Bluesky may soon add blue check verification Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s public GitHub repository spotted Friday by reverse…