US think tank Heritage Foundation hit by cyberattack
Founded in 1973, the Washington DC-based Heritage Foundation and supports and lobbies on conservative issues.
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AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone
We often take the internet for granted. It’s an ocean of information at our fingertips—and it simply works. But this system relies on swarms of “crawlers”—bots that roam the web, visit millions of websites every day, and report what they see. This is how Google powers its search engines, how Amazon sets competitive prices, and…
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3 Affordable Pharma Stocks to Buy for Portfolio Gains
The pharmaceutical market is anticipated to grow substantially in the upcoming years, owing to technological innovation and rising demand for personalized medicines. To that end, affordable pharma stocks ACADIA Pharmaceuticals…
The effort to make a breakthrough cancer therapy cheaper
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. CAR-T therapies, created by engineering a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, are typically reserved for people who have exhausted other treatment options. But last week, the FDA…
A brief, weird history of brainwashing
On an early spring day in 1959, Edward Hunter testified before a US Senate subcommittee investigating “the effect of Red China Communes on the United States.” It was the kind of opportunity he relished. A war correspondent who had spent considerable time in Asia, Hunter had achieved brief media stardom in 1951 after his book…
India’s Exponent Energy brings 15-minute charging to passenger three-wheelers
India is getting an electric three-wheeler passenger vehicle that charges from 0 to 100% in 15 minutes. The launch of the new EV — a collaboration between auto manufacturer Omega Seiki Mobility and battery-tech startup Exponent Energy — comes amid India’s ambition to electrify 80% of all its three-wheelers by 2030 in an effort to […]
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WhatsApp trials Meta AI chatbot in India, more markets
WhatsApp is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with users in India and some other markets, signalling its intentions to tap the massive user base to scale its AI offerings. The company recently began testing the AI chatbot, until now available in limited markets including the U.S., with some users in India, many […]
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X is removing ability to hide checkmarks for premium users
Last year, Elon Musk-owned social network X rolled out a feature for paid users to hide their checkmarks from others. Now, the company is sending notifications to users saying that the feature will go away soon. Just like a lot of decisions taken by X, there is no definite timeline as to when the hide […]
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OpenAI makes ChatGPT ‘more direct, less verbose’
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, just got a big upgrade. OpenAI announced today that premium ChatGPT users — customers paying for ChatGPT Plus, Team or Enterprise — can now leveraged an updated and enhanced version of GPT-4 Turbo, one of the models that powers the conversational ChatGPT experience. This new model (“gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09”) brings with it […]
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Denver inflation hits below the national rate
Denver has announced that the state’s rate of inflation has hit its lowest in three years. The news means the Mile-High City’s inflation has hit under 3% and well below…
Major betting operator ensures that tribal parties are respected
FanDuel has made campaign assurances to the one hundred tribes that call the Golden State home. Speaking at the Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention in Anaheim, California FanDuel Chief Executive…