January 7, 2025

The Download: how AI is changing internet search, and the future of privacy in the US

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI means the end of internet search as we’ve known it We all know what it means, colloquially, to google something. You pop a few words in a search box and in return…

February 2023

SignalFire’s founder says his VC firm lost staffers who “thought we were too cheap” in prior years

February 22, 2023

For most founders, being seen by employees as cheap isn’t exactly a badge of honor, but venture investor Chris Farmer doesn’t mind. While Farmer’s 10-year-old, seed-stage venture firm SignalFire lost frustrated employees who weren’t able to compete for deals when the market was at its most frothy, he says, holding the line on price appears […]

SignalFire’s founder says his VC firm lost staffers who “thought we were too cheap” in prior years by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter will send a notification when a tweet you replied to or retweeted gets a Community Note

February 22, 2023

Blindingly amplifying views or posts on social media is one of the key reasons for the rapid spread of misinformation. Over the years, prominent figures have posted or retweeted false information on Twitter. The social network is now giving a chance to withdraw a retweet for such instances through a new Community Notes — its […]

Twitter will send a notification when a tweet you replied to or retweeted gets a Community Note by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI’s Foundry will let customers buy dedicated compute to run its AI models

February 22, 2023

OpenAI is quietly launching a new developer platform that lets customers run the company’s newer machine learning models, like GPT-3.5, on dedicated capacity. In screenshots of documentation published to Twitter by users with early access, OpenAI describes the forthcoming offering, called Foundry, as “designed for cutting-edge customers running larger workloads.” “[Foundry allows] inference at scale […]

OpenAI’s Foundry will let customers buy dedicated compute to run its AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

1 Tech Stock to Buy in a Recession and 1 to Avoid

February 22, 2023
Despite a slowdown in the Fed’s rate hike aggression, recession probabilities are still widespread. However, given the robust demand for tech products and services, the prospects of the industry look…

What to expect from Tesla’s long-awaited FSD version 11

February 22, 2023

Tesla has started rolling out version 11 of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software to employees and testers after several months of delays. The EV-maker hasn’t officially shared release notes on FSD Beta V11.3, but leaked notes and videos from beta testers have surfaced online, giving us a better idea of what’s to come. FSD […]

What to expect from Tesla’s long-awaited FSD version 11 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

The numbers that couldn’t be ignored

February 22, 2023
Please return to this page on or after February 27 to read an excerpt adapted from The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kate Zernike. The book will go on sale on February 28, and the publisher has requested that we wait until the 27th to post the…

No humans allowed

February 22, 2023
The Z Center held its second annual dog swim in December just before draining the pool for maintenance. Dogs able to go online to sign up (or convince their humans to do so for them) enjoyed a one-hour slot of swimming, socializing, ball retrieving, and, of course, dousing the people watching them with a satisfying…