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POV: Bluesky has captured lightning in a bottle—but it’ll struggle to keep that feeling
I have so far spent less than 24 hours on Bluesky, the much-hyped alternative to Twitter. But already, it’s like chalk and cheese compared...
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A brief timeline of Microsoft’s $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard
Earlier this week, the U.K.’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, released a statement blocking Microsoft’s...
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Are gummy vitamins good for you? New research raises alarms about melatonin gummies
What’s in a gummy vitamin or supplement? Often a lot more than what’s printed on the label, according to researchers. The...
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The surprising link between your memory and your moral compass
How good is your memory? Your answer to that relates to something that might surprise you: your likelihood to behave...
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Gen Z is more likely to report poor mental health. Is social media really to blame?
We’re in the midst of a youth mental health crisis and many chalk this up to the advent of social media. In a new report, McKinsey Health...
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Leaders, your mass layoffs may have an unintended side effect that hurts the company’s bottom line
Over the past several months, the tech industry has been hit by mass layoffs at nearly every major company, including Meta, Google, Microsoft, and...
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Why some climate experts are optimistic about the future of cleantech
For someone whose career has been spent addressing the urgency of climate change, environmental-politics researcher Leah Stokes sounded awfully...
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This company is helping Missourians prepare for looming restrictions on trans healthcare
Since mid-April, transgender people in Missouri have known that it could soon be much harder for them to get gender-affirming care in the state....
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Biden buttons up his new campaign branding for a tough fight
President Joe Biden is officially running for reelection with a new logo that shows the red stripe “E” in his last name now waving...
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With the new ‘Indiana Jones,’ film enters its generative AI era
Well, it’s April 28, 2023, which means only two things for me. First, it means that we are barely two months away from the release of...
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The hottest drama on LinkedIn is a fight about olive oil bottle design
The world of trendy, Instagrammable olive oil brands got heated this week. If you’re not familiar with this particular corner of the...
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Jony Ive spent the past 4 years perfecting his typeface. Here’s why he’ll never be done
Jony Ive is a man who chooses his words carefully. Jony Ive [Photo: Craig McDean/LoveFrom] Upon leaving Apple in 2019 to found...
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From beavers and bats to pocket forests and wetlands, the creative ways 6 cities are embracing nature
In London, beavers have been reintroduced after 400 years. In the Dutch city of Utrecht, the roofs of bus stops are now planted with moss to help...
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Can existing laws regulate AI? The federal government and experts say yes
A new joint pledge by U.S. federal agencies to enforce existing laws upon cutting-edge AI tools is winning praise from tech law experts, who say...
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Exclusive: Hugging Face CEO teams up with newly launched venture firm Factorial to invest in AI startups
Clément Delangue, cofounder and CEO of AI platform Hugging Face, is teaming up with early-stage investor Matthew Hartman, previously a...
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Tesla lawyers try to quash evidence by claiming Elon Musk’s statements were deepfakes
In a surreal twist stolen from a sci-fi B movie, Elon Musk’s lawyers have used an implausible high-tech explanation as a way of trying to...
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Snap shares lose all of their 2023 gains as its AI fails to impress
Snapchat’s parent company might be banking on artificial intelligence as the future of the company, but today’s investors are a lot...
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A new Senate bill aims to put age limits on social media
As concerns about the effects of social media on children’s mental health continue to grow, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced...
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Amazon Q1 earnings: Better than expected revenue sends the stock soaring
Amazon on Thursday reported a continuing slowdown in its cloud computing unit AWS but stronger than expected revenue and profits for the first...
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No, Biden isn’t forcing homebuyers with good credit to pay more than borrowers with bad credit
Commentators on some news outlets that shall remain nameless (hint: one just paid $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit) have been warning...
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Dropbox layoffs: AI to blame for 16% job cut, CEO says
In a Thursday message to Dropbox employees, cofounder and CEO Drew Houston announced the decision to cut down the company’s workforce by...
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Lyft lays off 1,072 employees
Lyft said Thursday it was laying off 1,072 employees, about 26% of the total staff. David Risher, who took over as CEO earlier this month,...
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Dyson’s $950 air purifying headphones still make no sense
After last year’s European release, the Dyson Zone Headphones are now available in the U.S. As the $950 headphone-meets-air purifier makes...
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Chip plants are moving in— are local communities ready?
In a bid to build up the American chip industry, the Commerce Department plans to hand out billions so that semiconductor manufacturers will...
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How labor history came under attack in Virginia schools
Every seven years, the commonwealth of Virginia is required to update its history and social studies education standards of learning. Once...