The Download: gaming climate change, and Boeing’s space mission leaks

December 20, 2024

The Download: shaking up neural networks, and the rise of weight-loss drugs

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. The next generation of neural networks could live in hardware Networks programmed directly into computer chip hardware can identify images faster, and use much less energy, than the traditional neural networks that underpin…

June 6, 2024

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 classic game is taking on climate change —Casey Crownhart There are two things I love to do at social gatherings: play board games and talk about climate change. Don’t I sound like…

Eyebot raised $6M for AI-powered kiosks that provide 90-second eye exams without optometrist

June 6, 2024

Over half of Americans wear corrective glasses or contact lenses. While there isn’t a shortage of low-cost and luxury frames available online or in stores, consumers can only buy them with a current eyeglass prescription. That means that they first need an eye exam from an optometrist to receive that prescription. But, due to a […]

Google’s updated AI-powered NotebookLM expands to India, UK and over 200 other countries

June 6, 2024

Google on Thursday said it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to over 200 new countries, nearly six months after opening its access in the U.S. The platform, powered by Google’s multimodal LLM Gemini 1.5 Pro, has also been upgraded with new features and languages to help more people use AI to generate […]

Founded in war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally

June 6, 2024

Inflation and currency devaluation have always been a growing concern for Africans with bank accounts.

This classic game is taking on climate change

June 6, 2024

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. There are two things I love to do at social gatherings: play board games and talk about climate change. Don’t I sound like someone you should invite to your next dinner party?…

Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player

June 6, 2024

Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian video streaming service MX Player from the local media powerhouse Times Internet, the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make its services and brand popular in smaller cities and towns in the key overseas market. The two firms reached a definitive agreement for the deal on Wednesday evening, […]

Dealt turns retailers into service providers and proves that pivots sometimes work

June 6, 2024

Dealt is now building a service platform for retailers instead of end customers.

3 Non-Financial Factors That Could Impact Your Business’ Value

June 5, 2024

For healthy companies that want to maximize their value, the qualitative indicators can be bundled into three main categories.

Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware

June 5, 2024

Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA.

Google acquires Cameyo to bring Windows apps to ChromeOS

June 5, 2024

Google has acquired Cameyo, a company developing virtualization tools to run Windows apps on ChromeOS devices, for an undisclosed amount. In a blog post, Cameyo CEO Andrew Miller and Google product lead Naveen Viswanatha write that the buy will benefit ChromeOS, Google’s lightweight Linux-based operating system, by giving ChromeOS users greater access to Windows apps […]

The Download: shaking up neural networks, and the rise of weight-loss drugs