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How do we decide in what direction technology will take our world? Stephane Wolfram presenting at 90 minutes of Innovation John Werner Many of us have been thinking about the future over the recent years, as we see AI blossom. We’re wondering what AI has to do with the future of humanity, and exactly what […]

During a leadership crisis in 2015, Reddit asked Steve Huffman, one of its founders, to return to run the social media platform. Mr. Huffman, who was working on a travel site, was not eager to come back. Reddit was a headache. It was experiencing a revolving door of chief executives. Its sprawling community of users […]

As we approach Nvidia GTC, its worth noting that there is another player in town. Or south of town, in San Diego: Qualcomm. The company has been building AI expertise and technology for over a decade, and we believe its lead over mobile rivals in both AI hardware and software is significant. The company has […]

TikTok faces a $10.9 million fine in Italy over child safety concerns. Italian regulators imposed the fine after finding that TikTok “failed to implement appropriate mechanisms” to monitor content on its platform, “particularly those that may threaten the safety of minors.” It cites the “French scar” challenge as one of the “potentially dangerous” types of […]

A seventh season of Black Mirror is on the way. Netflix has confirmed that Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology will return in 2025 and that the new season will be six episodes long. There aren’t many details yet, of course. But the company does say that, while it’ll otherwise consist of new stories, one of the […]

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I attended the ExploreAI summit on January 29, which marked the successful conclusion of the AI Trailblazers initiative.  The Trailblazers initiative aided Singaporean organizations in building their own generative AI solutions. Minister Josephine revealed AI Trailblazers 2.0 to advance Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0 and deepen AI use across Singapore. This article is part of […]

In his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass a bipartisan immigration bill “with the toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen.” The bill would have, among other things, funded “100 more high-tech drug detection machines to significantly increase the ability to screen and stop vehicles […]

Elon Musk bought Twitter—now rebrand X—in late 2022 (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty Images We’ll have to wait until Monday to see how “tense” the sit down was between tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and former CNN host Don Lemon—when the latter posts the video interview of Musk on YouTube, while it will also be […]