NEW: Nearly 1,500 Google and Amazon employees have spoken out against Project Nimbus, the companies' $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli gov & military.
The contract spurred protests in SF, Seattle & Durham, with hundreds of tech workers in attendance.
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Major bummer that closed—will never forget getting off a plane from Capri and sprinting to its relaunch party at the Bowery Hotel with . I was running on zero sleep but it was so worth it to witness media history—will dearly miss their daily snark.
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OpenAI just announced a subscription version of ChatGPT, called—of course— "ChatGPT Plus."
For $20/month, US users will get access to the tool during peak and off-peak times, quicker responses & first access to new feature/update rollouts.
(More here: openai.com/blog/chatgpt-p)
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going back through old pics and found some gems from my tech reporting fellowship with the National Press Foundation in DC -- including photo evidence of a time when I preferred tea over coffee (red flag)
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Hunter does his job because it pays 'well'. Hunter quits because he barely has time for a loo break. He rejoins because Foxconn is now offering a bigger bonus. The cycle continues.
documents the life of China factory workers for
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In a story for , I wrote about recent experiments by a team at Carnegie Mellon that demonstrated how to turn the WiFi signals in your home into a detailed 3D digital portrait of your movements.
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The past 12 months were a breakout year for generative AI, and there’s no sign of a slowdown in use cases—or in the increasing # of legal Qs.
So we created a tracker for legal proceedings related to generative AI. Check back here regularly for updates.
emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2023/0
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Fascinating work by the Mozilla Internet Health report
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The world according to the data #AI sees. 50% of datasets are connected to 12 institutions. Analysis of 4384 datasets and 60647 papers.
Read the report: arxiv.org/abs/2112.01716
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Domingo, a Los Angeles–based Uber driver was just one ride away from a $100 bonus.
That’s when he got stuck waiting for Uber’s algorithm to give him another ride.
This wasn’t bad luck—it was an engineered outcome, explains :
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Everyone please go to your garage and check to see if you have classified documents.
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Another scooplet from me: Meta is said to be switching companies in Kenya for their content moderation after allegations of labor abuses have landed them and Sama in legal trouble.
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🚨Exclusive: OpenAI used outsourced Kenyan workers earning less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic, my investigation found
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Breaking: my investigation w/ reveals The Natl Restaurant Association’s lucrative scheme: $$ fees unwitting workers pay for ‘food safety certification’ are funneled to cover the costs of the groups’ Goliath battle against higher wages
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"I don’t think we have much of a chance for a livable future if we don’t have a truly private means to communicate with each other," president tells me in this week's newsletter:
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finally joining the club !!
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Today released a news app that allows you to look up any university, museum or other institution that receives federal money and has the remains of Native American people.
Here's my alma mater, , clocking in at #11
Look up your own: projects.propublica.org/repatriation-n
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the new "I have to wash my hair"
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Just heard someone turn down after-work plans because they have an avocado at home that’s about to go bad
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The Microsoft <> OpenAI news is much bigger than we first thought:
- $10 billion investment in the works, with Microsoft getting 75% of revenue until it recoups all $10b
- GPT in Office, not just Bing
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At least 7 tech companies are burning cash while carrying convertible debt loads that come due in 2025 or 2026 and *exceed the entire market value of the firms themselves*
Including:
RealReal
Redfin
Opendoor
Cardlytics
Vroom
Via
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Had a great time moderating the renewable energy panel onstage at #CES2023 in Las Vegas. Thanks to panelists Andrea Murphy (Panasonic), Enass Abo-Hamed (H2GO Power), Anthony Vetro (Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs) & Giovanni Fili (Exeger), plus everyone who came out to watch!
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Also for , I fed into 's story on Twitter employees' frustrations that they haven't been given any details of the severance Elon Musk promised them
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rainstorm views in LV / NYC
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The hottest club in Vegas is the CES Starbucks
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I'm on the ground in Las Vegas this week at #CES2023 for . I'll be reporting on tech trends, chasing scoops & continuing to build my source network. DM me, beep me if you want to reach me >>>
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Kicking off this week in Las Vegas, CES 2023 will showcase cutting-edge gadgets and gizmos from around the world.
Here are the trends to look for at this year's tech bonanza, from the show director himself. 
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cannot think of a better example for superposition than instructions for risotto -- "rice should be fully cooked through, bit still al dente"
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VEGAS BOUND FOR #CES2023
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My first story of 2023: The U.S. auto industry is entering one of its biggest factory-building booms in years. The spending spree marks a collective bet by the car industry that buyers will embrace battery-powered models in large enough numbers.
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merry christmas from bella
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U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.
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1. ABOUT LAST NIGHT
I participated in a Twitter space hosted by w/a lot of journalists
When I joined , one of Musk's apparatchiks, was badgering , a suspended reporter, and Jack Sweeney, the guy behind the accounts that tracked jets
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When you have your company holiday party on the one night this happens & miss it
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Holy Shit. Elon Musk just popped into a Twitter Spaces chat with a bunch of journalists. He was called out by journalist Drew Harrell, who he banned, for lying about posting links to his private information, then leaves almost immediately after being pressed. Here is the exchange
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EU warns Musk about Twitter sanctions after journalist suspensions
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Synchron—the neurotech startup behind the first-ever human BCI implant in the US—is now backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, reports Bloomberg.
Here's a look inside the company's lab and its future plans.
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STAT and analyzed 50 direct-to-consumer #telehealth companies and found almost all use trackers to leak sensitive medical information to big tech companies. Read the full investigation:
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This is hands down the biggest photo essay we've ever published. sent 8 photographers out around the world to capture the vibe of their local tech markets.
Here's what they found... 🧵
restofworld.org/2022/tech-mark
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from my inbox today:
"AI SANTA EXPERIENCE OFFERS PARENTS A SAFE, FREE SOLUTION TO SANTA SHORTAGE"
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BREAKING: For the first time ever in a laboratory, researchers have generated more energy from fusion reactions than they used to start the process.
The total gain was around 150%.*
*caveats below 🧵
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