Starbucks Is Offering $25,000 for the Best Customized Drink — and Finally Reveals Its ‘Secret Menu’
If you think your customized Starbucks order should be on the menu, you could win thousands in cash.
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…
‘Neighbors Can Only Do So Much’: Nextdoor Announces Plans to Become More Than Just a Place to Complain About Leaf Blowers
Hyper-local social platform Nextdoor is joining forces with local news outlets.
Starbucks Tells Employees to Return to the Office or Take a Buyout: ‘Not Everyone Will Agree with This Approach’
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is pushing for more in-person work, stating that it strengthens company culture.
Shaping the future with adaptive production
Adaptive production is more than a technological upgrade: it is a paradigm shift. This new frontier enables the integration of cutting-edge technologies to create an increasingly autonomous environment, where interconnected manufacturing plants go beyond the limits of traditional automation. Artificial intelligence, digital twins, and robotics are among the powerful tools manufacturers are using to create…
Research leaders urge tech industry to monitor AI’s ‘thoughts’
Research leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are urging tech companies and research groups to monitor AI’s “thoughts.”
Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures
The firm will look to invest $500,000 to $4 million in 15-20 seed and Series A companies in the healthcare, climate, consumer, and community sectors.
Google’s generative video model Veo 3 has a subtitles problem
As soon as Google launched its latest video-generating AI model at the end of May, creatives rushed to put it through its paces. Released just months after its predecessor, Veo 3 allows users to generate sounds and dialogue for the first time, sparking a flurry of hyperrealistic eight-second clips stitched together into ads, ASMR videos,…
This 29-Year-Old’s Side Hustle Brought People ‘to the Dark Green Side.’ It Made $10,000 Within 2 Days and Sees 6 Figures a Month.
Nikki Seaman began work on her business when the pandemic led to grocery store shutdowns.
Why This AI Tool Is the Game-Changer Small Business Owners Have Been Waiting For
Entrepreneurs need to learn how to use AI-powered digital agents so they can personalize service, automate tasks and reach more customers.
Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model
French startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with Voxtral, its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives.