Technology

How Blockchain Will Transform Traditional Finance As We Know It

November 23, 2022
Traditional finance has grown to become a multi-trillion dollar industry, predominately by acting as an inefficient intermediary by today’s standards. The advent of blockchain technology presents an alternative to traditional finance that can create a more equitable financial ecosystem.

The Download: Meta’s diplomatic AI, and China’s online comment censorship

November 23, 2022
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. Meta’s game-playing AI can make and break alliances like a human Meta has created an AI that can beat humans at an online version of Diplomacy, a popular strategy game in which seven…

Hearing aids may be the surprise holiday gift category nobody saw coming

November 23, 2022

Back in August, the FDA announced it was making a big change in the world of hearing aids: From October onwards, hearing aids would be available without a prescription, over the counter. In a world where getting fitted for a hearing aid could be very expensive, and the hearing aids themselves were wrapped up in […]

Hearing aids may be the surprise holiday gift category nobody saw coming by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Quantum Space, US Space Force talk commercial ops in orbit at TC Sessions: Space

November 23, 2022

Gone are the days when outer space was the exclusive purview of government and defense. Now, we’re in a period often called “New Space,” in which commercial ventures are leading the way in carving out new markets and use cases for space. But as the past five years have vividly illustrated, government and defense have […]

Quantum Space, US Space Force talk commercial ops in orbit at TC Sessions: Space by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s game-playing AI can make and break alliances like a human

November 23, 2022
Meta has created an AI that can beat humans at an online version of Diplomacy, a popular strategy game in which seven players compete for control of Europe by moving pieces around on a map. Unlike other board games that AI has mastered, such as chess and Go, Diplomacy requires players to talk to each…

Microsoft says attackers are hacking energy grids by exploiting decades-old software

November 23, 2022

Microsoft has warned that malicious hackers are exploiting a discontinued web server found in common Internet of Things (IoT) devices to target organizations in the energy sector. In an analysis published on Tuesday, Microsoft researchers said they had discovered a vulnerable open-source component in the Boa web server, which is still widely used in a […]

Microsoft says attackers are hacking energy grids by exploiting decades-old software by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Harvey, which uses AI to answer legal questions, lands cash from OpenAI

November 23, 2022

Harvey, a startup building what it describes as a “copilot for lawyers,” today emerged from stealth with $5 million in funding led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, the tranche through which OpenAI and its partners are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Also participating in the round was Jeff Dean, the lead of […]

Harvey, which uses AI to answer legal questions, lands cash from OpenAI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Chinese government’s problematic quest to judge online comments

November 23, 2022
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. This morning, I published an explainer on China’s social credit system. The government released a draft law on November 14 that will eventually serve as the top-level guidance on how the country builds the system. …