Category Archives: Tech News

Autonomous trucking software company Embark lost ~98% of its market value, or ~$5B, since going public a year ago via a SPAC merger, amid a sector-wide downturn (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: Autonomous trucking software company Embark lost ~98% of its market [...]

04
Dec
Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters (Samriddhi Sakunia/Rest of World)

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World: Elections in India’s Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam [...]

03
Dec
A look at some implications for generative AI: "answer engines" replacing search engines, AI mastering cognitive tasks by surveilling how experts work, and more (Derek Thompson/The Atlantic)

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic: A look at some implications for generative AI: “answer engines” [...]

02
Dec
A look at online and smartphone gambling in the UK, legalized in 2005, as bettors lost £14B+ in four of the past five years and concerns about addiction rise (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A look at online and smartphone gambling in the UK, legalized in 2005, as [...]

01
Dec
Memo: DoorDash plans to lay off around 1,250 employees, aiming to curb expenses; sources say that represents around 6% of its workforce (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Memo: DoorDash plans to lay off around 1,250 employees, aiming to [...]

30
Nov
A look at the FBI's January 6 investigation geofence warrant: Google identified 5K+ devices; dozens appear to have been in airplane mode or had data deleted (Mark Harris/Wired)

Mark Harris / Wired: A look at the FBI’s January 6 investigation geofence warrant: Google [...]

29
Nov
Ireland's Data Protection Commission fines Meta €265M for failing to safeguard data on 500M+ users from data scrapers, the third fine by the DPC on Meta (Sam Schechner/Wall Street Journal)

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fines Meta €265M for failing [...]

28
Nov
Elon Musk claims "all-time high" new Twitter signups, averaging 2M+ a day in the last seven days till November 16, up 66% YoY, and ~8B daily user active minutes (Reuters)

Reuters: Elon Musk claims “all-time high” new Twitter signups, averaging 2M+ a day in the [...]

27
Nov
Analysis: AI startup funding has been around 9%-10% of global VC investment in recent years, led by robotics, autonomous vehicles, and enterprise software (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Analysis: AI startup funding has been around 9%-10% of global [...]

26
Nov
London-based The Applied AI Company, which uses AI to automate repetitive work prone to human error in insurance, pharma, and other sectors, raised a $42M seed (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: London-based The Applied AI Company, which uses AI to automate repetitive [...]

25
Nov