SpaceX eyes mid-March for first test of upgraded Starship rocket
The launch date had been up in the air after the rocket’s booster stage suffered an explosion during testing in November.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…
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Apple’s new AirTag is louder and can be found across longer distances
Apple’s new AirTag is louder and supports better finding at longer distances.
The power of sound in a virtual world
In an era where business, education, and even casual conversations occur via screens, sound has become a differentiating factor. We obsess over lighting, camera angles, and virtual backgrounds, but how we sound can be just as critical to credibility, trust, and connection. That’s the insight driving Erik Vaveris, vice president of product management and chief…
Entrepreneurs Can Invest Smarter With This OpenAI-powered Stock Picking App
This investing tool fits your busy entrepreneurial life.
Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago
Nvidia announced three new AI weather tools today. Together, they promise to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts while also making them accessible to more users.
The Download: why LLMs are like aliens, and the future of head transplants
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. Meet the new biologists treating LLMs like aliens How large is a large language model? We now coexist with machines so vast and so complicated that nobody quite understands what they are, how…
Everyone Says Proptech Is Revolutionary — So Why Does Real Estate Still Look the Same?
Proptech promised disruption but delivered prettier middlemen. The next revolution won’t be digital; it’ll be honest.
Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out
British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago.
This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine
The nozzle is just the beginning – what company founder Sunny Sethi calls “the muscle on the ground.”