TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users’ tastes, such as sports, winter activities, and their favorite creators.
The Download: squeezing more metal out of aging mines, and AI’s truth crisis
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. Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a…
Shopify President Says Work-Life Balance Is Unrealistic. Here’s What to Aspire to Instead.
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says “balance” is the wrong word.
The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030
Welcome back to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday, writers from both publications debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. You can read the rest of the series here. In this final edition, MIT Technology Review’s senior AI editor Will Douglas…
Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, drivers’ licenses and more
Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application, and that it is notifying victims’ whose data was affected.
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.
How I Disrupted a Stale, Broken Industry — and How You Can Do the Same
The gold resale market wasn’t ripe for disruption because of technology — it was ripe because of trust.
Why Brand Mentions in AI Are Becoming a Business Metric
Tracking brand mentions in AI has shifted from PR vanity metric to a real measure of business value.
Paramount Just Launched a Hostile Takeover Bid to Block Netflix From Buying Warner Bros. Discovery
The company is bypassing Warner Bros. Discovery’s board and going straight to shareholders with a higher, all-cash offer.
‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback
“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.”
Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid
Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.