During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, and the early decades of the 20th century, U.S. captains of industry such as William Randolph Hearst and Jay Gould used their massive…
Month: April 2022
Robinhood’s gamification makes trading fun and exciting — what could possibly go wrong?
Wall Street has long been likened to a casino. Robinhood, an investment app that just filed plans for an initial public offering, makes the comparison more apt than ever. That’s because the…
Why companies should stop trying to be “AI-first”
Artificial intelligence has become a buzzword in the tech industry. Companies are eager to present themselves as “AI-first” and use the terms “AI,” “machine learning,” and “deep learning” abundantly in their web…
Meta’s new long-term AI study sounds a lot like OpenAI’s current dead-end
Meta recently announced a long-term research partnership to study the human brain. According to the company, it intends to use the results of this study to “guide the development of AI that…
Scientists create paper-thin speakers that could be used like wallpaper
Every few decades, speakers get a little more immersive thanks to advancements in sound processing technologies and cheaper access to surround sound components. But what if you could literally turn all the…
The Tata Avinya concept EV has the most minimalist interior we’ve ever seen
Tata Motors, the parent company of Jaguar Land Rover, has revealed its Avinya concept EV, which previews the automaker’s vision of its next-gen electric cars. On the outside, the Avinya is a…
Airbnb joins Twitter, Reddit, Dropbox; finally admits remote work wins
Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky on Thursday announced the company’s 5-point plan to enable employees to live and work anywhere, all the time. Ostensibly because “The world has become more flexible”,…
Hiring friends and family might be good for business, research suggests
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta/Facebook, recently remarked in a podcast interview that when it came to hiring new staff, his preference was people whose “values aligned in the things that you…
How the Formula E Gen3 is shaping up to be the world’s most efficient race car
On Thursday, ahead of this weekend’s Monaco E-Prix, FIA and Formula E finally unveiled their next electric race car. It’s called Gen3 — as in, the third generation vehicle used by the…
All of Elon Musk’s ideas for making money with Twitter
There might not be an easy answer to how Elon Musk wants to achieve “free speech absolutism” on Twitter. But there’s another issue he has to tackle with his new purchase: making…