MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits
MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper on the effects of artificial intelligence on the…
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts. The U.S. Department of…
TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked
TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google…
Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite
Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into its App Store, with a…
Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees
Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after…
Build, don’t bind: Accel’s Sonali De Rycker on Europe’s AI crossroads
Build, don’t bind: Accel’s Sonali De Rycker on Europe’s AI crossroads Sonali De Rycker, a general partner at Accel and one of Europe’s most influential venture capitalists, is bullish about…
OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco
OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco OpenAI is poised to help develop a staggering 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, positioning the company…
Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View
Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View It’s Friday afternoon and I’m listening to Bowdoin College’s radio station, interspersed with ambient car honking…
How Silicon Valley’s influence in Washington benefits the tech elite
How Silicon Valley’s influence in Washington benefits the tech elite Since Donald Trump took office, more than three dozen employees, allies, and investors of Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and…
US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison
US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison The Department of Justice announced Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for…