The Critical First Steps You Must Take to Turn Referrals Into Clients
Referrals are great, but then you still need to convert them into clients. Here are some pre-vetting and first-contact techniques to accomplish that.
Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.
Labor Day Special: Get Microsoft Office for Just $35
Microsoft Office for $35? Only During this Labor Day sale.
Luxury Presence, which builds marketing tools for realtors, raises $19.2M
Real estate marketing is no walk in the park. Not only do realtors have to weather market volatility, but they need to meet buyers where they shop — creating compelling marketing experiences while keeping costs under control. Malte Kramer experienced the roadblocks firsthand while working as a marketing consultant for real estate company Jade Mills. […]
The Download: internet scams, and the ethics of brain implants
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. How culture drives foul play on the internet, and how new “upcode” can protect us From Bored Apes and Fancy Bears, to Shiba Inu coins, self-replicating viruses, and whales, the internet is crawling…
3 Ways Women Founders Can Leverage Their Value on Women’s Equality Day — and Beyond
Women founders lead in different ways than their male counterparts and data is showing how beneficial that is. This article covers three things for women entrepreneurs to keep in mind throughout their journey.
How is Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) Faring on Wall Street This Week?
Beer-making giant Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (BUD) Bud Light lost its place as America’s best-selling beer, slipping into second place in June. BUD also saw a sharp drop in U.S. revenue in…
3 Financial Stocks to Watch Closely for Momentum
With sustained demand and rapid digital transformation, the financial services industry is poised for significant growth and expansion. Moreover, industry players usually benefit in a high-interest rate environment. Thus, robust…
All hail the new EU law that lets social media users quiet quit the algorithm
Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today: The ability to say ‘no thanks’ to being attention hacked by AI. Thanks to the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), users of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and Snap’s Snapchat can easily decline “personalized” content feeds […]
The tricky ethics of brain implants and informed consent
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. This week I covered some exciting new research. Two teams reported that they used brain-computer interfaces to help people who had lost their ability to speak…
Zepto becomes India’s first 2023 unicorn with $200 million fresh funding
Instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion, it said Friday, at a time when most other firms in the category have either died or are struggling. The funding makes Zepto the first Indian startup to attain the unicorn status this year. StepStone […]