Gary Vaynerchuk on the Power of Authenticity and Accountability
The entrepreneur has built his success by prioritizing these two traits.
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
Another year is coming to a close, so let’s look back at the MIT Technology Review stories that resonated most with you, our readers. We published hundreds of stories in 2024, about AI, climate tech, biotech, robotics, space, and more. There were six new issues of our magazine, on themes including food, play, and hidden…
A Popular Online Store for Household Products That Disappeared Last Year Is Making a Comeback
Overstock’s online store will reopen in collaboration with Shopify in the coming weeks.
Researchers say easy-to-exploit security bugs in ConnectWise remote access software now under mass-attack
Security researchers say a pair of easy-to-exploit flaws in a popular remote access tool used by more than a million companies around the world are now being mass-exploited, with hackers abusing the vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware and steal sensitive data. Cybersecurity giant Mandiant said in a post on Friday that it has “identified mass exploitation” […]
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Meta drops lawsuit against web scraping firm Bright Data that sold millions of Instagram records
Meta has dropped its lawsuit against an Israeli web scraping company Bright Data, after losing a key claim in its case a few weeks ago. The social networking giant has a history of waging war against companies that scrape data from its websites and apps, and Bright Data was among the latest to face a […]
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Whoopi Goldberg-backed BLKFAM launches with 1,000+ hours of kids’ programming
BLKFAM is a free, ad-supported, Black-focused family streaming service launching today to give Black Americans access to more than 1,000 hours of new kid-friendly animation titles, as well as content for the entire family, including sitcoms and reality shows, fitness and wellness series, news, music-driven content and more. Whoopi Goldberg is an equity investor in […]
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Google hopeful of fix for Gemini’s historical image diversity issue within weeks
Google is hopeful it will soon be able to ‘unpause’ the ability of its multimodal generative AI tool, Gemini, to depict people, per DeepMind founder, Demis Hassabis. The capability to respond to prompts for images of humans should be back online in the “next few weeks”, he said today. Google suspended the Gemini capability last […]
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Why some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s?
Today we talked about how Google wants to bring AI to its mobile ecosystem, why investing in Europe is easier said than done, and the big earnings week ahead.
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Conversational AI revolutionizes the customer experience landscape
In the ever-evolving landscape of customer experiences, AI has become a beacon guiding businesses toward seamless interactions. While AI has been transforming businesses long before the latest wave of viral chatbots, the emergence of generative AI and large language models represents a paradigm shift in how enterprises engage with customers and manage internal workflows. “We…
20 Side Hustle Ideas for Summer 2024: Part One
Instead of spending money this summer, prepare now to make extra cash through the following side hustles while still enjoying your free time.
5 AI Hacks You Need to Know About in 2024
Despite its vast potential, the key to leveraging AI effectively lies in balancing automation with human oversight to avoid pitfalls and ensure that creativity and decision-making remain human-driven.