‘What An Insane Experience’: Passengers Faint, Get Sick After Plane Cabin Temps Reach 111-Degrees on Tarmac
The flight was delayed for hours (and eventually canceled) after its cabin cooling system failed.
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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July 2023
This $12 Billion Startup Nearly Imploded. When the Founders Revealed Their Wild Plan to Save It, Their Team Was Like, ‘Whaaat?’
Brex made a corporate credit card that was a runaway success. But when they started making a bunch of other stuff, things went south. So they came up with an ambitious plan to reverse course.
How the Circular Economy of Consumer Electronics Can Change Sustainability
Promoting the circular economy offers major sustainability benefits, but requires global collaboration across various industries.
Rick Fox gets concrete about planet-friendly cement at Disrupt 2023
The modern world is a concrete jungle, and cement — a binding agent — is concrete’s key ingredient. It’s also one of the least climate-friendly materials. Used for housing, transportation and commerce, it produces nearly 10% of the world’s carbon pollution. But concrete that removes CO2 from the atmosphere could change all that. We’re excited […]
TikTok is where young LGBTQ people of color feel the safest online
While the relationship between all young people and social media is complex, yielding both positive social effects and posing unique risks to mental health, queer teens spend even more time on the internet than their non-LGBTQ counterparts — time often spent searching for community and vital connection around identity. In new research, The Trevor Project […]
Shaquille O’Neal Reveals His 3 Secrets to Success
Discover how Shaq balances his health, family and businesses.
Why Investing in the Accessibility Space Is a Smart Business Move
Let’s take a look at the cultural evolution driving entrepreneurs to innovate around accessibility, launch projects focused on inclusion and access and explore what’s making accessibility a ripe space for entrepreneurs to enter.
Angry Customers Boycotting Bud Light Haven’t Meaningfully Impacted Sales, Says Anheuser-Busch CEO
AB InBev CEO Michel Doukeris addressed the controversy on an earnings call.
WhatsApp launches standalone smartwatch app for Wear OS
WhatsApp has finally launched its standalone app for smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS, after much anticipation and months-long beta testing. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced the launch of the WhatsApp app for Wear OS that will allow users to start new conversations, reply to messages, and take VoIP calls without requiring them to […]
Unstructured, which offers tools to prep enterprise data for LLMs, raises $25M
Large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 are the building blocks for an increasing number of AI applications. But some enterprises have been reluctant to adopt them, owing to their inability to access first-party and proprietary data. It’s not an easy problem to solve, necessarily — considering that sort of data tends to sit […]