There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be Your Own Boss — and Here’s Why
Carving out a good life using the traditional path is getting harder. Here’s why being your own boss is the key to satisfaction.
It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty
AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content moderation policies. Now new research shows that not all chatbots are equally willing to talk dirty: DeepSeek is the easiest to convince. But other AI chatbots can be enticed too, if…
These Are the 4 Essential Ingredients You Need for Day Trading Success
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How Much Do Small Businesses Pay Their Employees? It Varies Significantly By State — Here’s the Full Ranking.
Working for a small business can pay a lot more — or less — depending on where you live.
When Her Small Business Was in Crisis, She Started a Salty Side Hustle — Then ‘Took a Long Shot in the Dark’ That Got Walmart’s Attention
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The Download: AIDS denialism, and AI safety mechanisms
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 covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS.” His…
Is This Business Idea Too Good Not to Steal? Find Out on This Episode of ‘Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch.’
In this episode, contestants come with great products — and investors come with tough questions.
What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. There’s a decent chance you’ve heard of hydrogen-powered vehicles but never seen one. Over 18,000 are in the US, almost exclusively in California. On the outside they look just like traditional vehicles,…
How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS.” His guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, the former evolutionary biology professor turned contrarian podcaster Bret Weinstein, agreed with him: The “evidence” that AIDS is not caused by HIV is, he said, “surprisingly compelling.”…
AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes
Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award winner who is considered one of the “godfathers” of modern AI, is throwing his weight behind a project funded by the UK government to embed safety mechanisms into AI systems. The project, called Safeguarded AI, aims to build an AI system that can check whether other AI systems deployed in…