DOGE staffer steps down after racist posts emerge
A 25-year-old Doge staffer resigned over racist posts on X.
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How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week I’ve been working on a piece about teeth. Well, sort of teeth. Specifically, lab-grown bioengineered teeth. Researchers have created these teeth with a mixture of human…
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Pour one out for Cruise and why autonomous vehicle test miles dropped 50%
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! We knew this day was coming: Cruise is dead — at least as a robotaxi company. General Motors completed its acquisition of GM Cruise Holdings LLC; Cruise is […]
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Tinder will try AI-powered matching as dating app continues to lose users
Tinder hopes to reverse its ongoing decline in active users by turning to AI. In the coming quarter, the Match-owned dating app will roll out new AI-powered features for discovery and matching. The addition aims to offer fatigued singles an alternative to the “swipe” that defined the dating app in its earlier days and influenced […]
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I’ve Sold More Than $18,000,000 in Products and Services Using This “Big” Marketing Strategy
This one single thing can be the difference between a home-run marketing campaign and one that flops.
Snap CEO helps launch LA wildfire recovery program
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miguel Santana, the chief executive of the California Community Foundation, are launching a program focused on helping residents in Altadena and Pacific Palisades rebuild on their own terms after last month’s wildfires. The California Community Foundation, Snap, Spiegel, and Snap CTO Bobby Murphy are committing $10 million in funding to staff […]
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Elon Musk Is Essentially Live-Posting While Working ‘120 Hour’ Weeks at DOGE. Here’s Why Some CEOs Are Split on Whether This Leads to ‘Key Innovations’ or ‘Burnout’.
Musk posted nearly 200 times on X over 24 hours this week.
Starbucks Is Limiting Mobile Orders to Reclaim the Coffeehouse’s ‘Connection’ With Customers
The coffee chain has made a spate of recent changes to its stores.
Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk’s big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained
Dojo is Tesla’s custom-built supercomputer that’s designed to train its “Full Self-Driving” neural networks.
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Google is adding digital watermarks to images edited with Magic Editor AI
Google on Thursday announced that effective this week, it will begin adding a digital watermark to images in Photos that are edited with generative AI. The watermark applies specifically to images that are altered using the Reimagine feature found in Magic Editor on Pixel 9 devices. Announced in 2024, Reimagine utilizes generative AI to alter […]
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Snapchat+ subscribers can now create custom AI-generated stickers
In a bid to boost its subscription service and attract more paying users, Snapchat is rolling out additional features for Snapchat+ subscribers, including allowing Snapchat+ subscribers to create AI-generated stickers in chats. The social media company and is also adding the option to send self-destructing Snaps. Snapchat+ subscribers in the U.S. can now create and […]
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