A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies

November 8, 2024

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US

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. Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch Tech companies have been funneling billions of dollars into quantum computers for years. The hope is that they’ll be a game changer for fields as diverse…

June 6, 2024

Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts. Instagram is a necessity for many artists, who use the platform to […]

Knowledge Based 9-5 Jobs Will Slowly Become Obsolete. This Is How To Prepare.

June 6, 2024

Both businesses and independent workers should prepare for this changing worker environment.

How Leaders Can Create a Resilient Workforce and Support Employee Mental Health Challenges

June 6, 2024

Are you prepared to support the mental wellness of the incoming workforce?

Google looks to AI to help save the coral reefs

June 6, 2024

Google has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, which can aid in conversation efforts. The tool, SurfPerch, created with Google Research and DeepMind, was trained on thousands of hours of audio reef recordings that allow scientists studying the reef to be able to “hear […]

Tektonic AI raises $10M to build GenAI agents for automating business operations

June 6, 2024

Only a few years ago, one of the hottest topics in enterprise software was ‘robotic process automation’ (RPA). It doesn’t feel like those services, which tried to automate a lot of repetitive business processes, ever quite lived up to their promise. The rise of generative AI, however, may just be the missing key to building […]

SpaceX launches mammoth Starship rocket and brings it back for the first time

June 6, 2024

SpaceX achieved a key milestone in its Starship flight test campaign: returning the booster and the upper stage back to Earth.

Sirion, now valued around $1B, acquires Eigen in enterprise AI tooling consolidation play

June 6, 2024

There’s a lot of buzz right now about generative AI and what impact it might have on businesses. But look beyond the hype and high-profile deals like the one between OpenAI and PwC last week, and you’ll see that the world is already years into using customer-facing, no-code AI tools for extracting information and working […]

Arby’s Launched a Burger-Shaped Golf Driver for Father’s Day — Here’s How to Get One

June 6, 2024

This is the latest in a line of creative marketing campaigns from the brand.

How to Prepare Your Kids For Their Future Through Valuable Business Lessons

June 6, 2024

As a father of triplets, I understand firsthand the desire to prepare my kids for an ever-changing professional landscape. But where do you start? If you’re looking for a few actionable ways to get your kids involved in business, consider trying some of these tips.

Kleiner Perkins leads $14.4M seed round into Fizz, a credit-building debit card aimed at Gen Z college students

June 6, 2024

Carlo Kobe and Scott Smith believed so strongly in the need for a debit card product designed specifically for Gen Zers that they dropped out of Harvard and Cornel at ages 19 and 21, respectively, in 2021 to build a startup called Fizz. The pair wanted to go beyond creating a debit card for the […]

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US