‘We Pulled Off An SEO Heist’: Entrepreneur Stole 3.6 Million Pageviews From Competitors — And Your Business Could Be Next.
This has huge implications for businesses that rely on Google’s organic traffic for revenue.
The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects
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. This battery recycling company is now cleaning up AI data centers In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small…
What CES 2024 told us about the home robot
Few tech demos can match the spectacle of robotics. Even as the field grows increasingly prevalent in a broad range of industrial workplaces, mechatronics doing impressive things will never cease to amaze. For many, the mere presence of a robot is shorthand for the future, and for big electronics firms, it’s a quick and simple […]
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Makera is releasing a baby sibling of its Carvera desktop 4-axis mill
In the depth of the pandemic, 500 or so backers chipped in to make Makera’s Carvera Kickstarter campaign, a fully automatic desktop CNC machine, hit its goal. Since then, the company has sold another 2,500 or so of them – but with a hefty $6,000 price tag and a huge amount of interest from education, […]
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X-59 ‘Quiet supersonic’ jet from NASA and Lockheed finally rolls out
NASA and Lockheed Martin have finally taken the wraps off of the X-59, a ‘quiet supersonic’ aircraft that may shape the future of both military and civilian air travel. The X-59 has been under development at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for years, following a $248 million grant from NASA in 2018. That was just the […]
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Instagram co-founders’ news aggregation startup Artifact to shut down
Artifact, the news aggregator-turned social network from Instagram’s founders is shutting down. On Friday, the startup announced via a blog post it had made the decision to “wind down operations” of the app launched over a year ago, saying that the market opportunity wasn’t big enough to warrant contained investment. The team had rapidly iterated […]
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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Recommends This 6-Step Social Media Strategy to Be Profitable
If social media feels like just fluff for your business, here’s what you need to do to make it profitable.
‘You Can’t Feel Sorry for Yourself’: Barbara Corcoran Shares Her Top Mindset Hack For When You’ve Been Laid Off
She’d know — the “Shark Tank” star said she’s been laid off several times.
A Self-Described Real Estate Visionary Was Charged with Running an Airbnb Scam that Made Millions By Tricking Guests Into Booking Non-Existent Properties
The “double-booking-bait-and-switch scheme” occurred between January 2018 and November 2019, according to the indictment.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Qortex’s $10M Seed deck
The pitch deck video analytics firm Qortex used to raise its $10M seed round has a lot missing, but it does get some things right.
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OpenAI changes policy to allow military applications
In an unannounced update to its usage policy, OpenAI has opened the door to military applications of its technologies. While the policy previously prohibited use of its products for the purposes of “military and warfare,” but that language has now disappeared, and OpenAI did not deny that it was now open to military uses. The […]
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