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For politicians, what makes a successful TikTok?
One thing almost everyone can agree on about Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City: he's very good at vertical short-form video.
Love it or hat…
5 months ago
Bridging the uncanny valley of lab-grown meat
About a third of global greenhouse gas emissions come from our food systems, and livestock production is a big part of that. Experts largely agree th…
5 months ago
Bytes: Week in Review – Wikipedia urges AI companies to pay for its data, again
This week we learned the Japanese investment firm Softbank sold all of its stake in the juggernaut chipmaker Nvidia. We'll get into why on today's “M…
5 months, 1 week ago
How to train your humanoid robot
Tech firms are racing to develop robot assistants that can take over our dreaded household chores. But teaching machines to perform these deceptively…
5 months, 1 week ago
Are there enough workers to build geothermal energy networks?
Combatting climate change will likely require a multi-pronged approach to renewable energy generation. After all, it's not sunny or windy everywhere …
5 months, 1 week ago
The old technique that could power future nuclear reactors
Some AI companies are turning to nuclear power to meet demand for electricity. But traditional nuclear plants can take decades to bring online.
Now s…
5 months, 1 week ago
Chocolate's high tech and climate-friendly pivot
Extreme weather caused by climate change is affecting agriculture and raising the cost of foods like coffee, olive oil and chocolate. Cocoa prices ha…
5 months, 1 week ago
Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts
On today's “Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we discuss federal cybersecurity cutbacks that affected this week’s elections and a caucus of Midwestern sta…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Former regional Fed president: We need an "AI land grant act"
Big tech companies have invested hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure, including data centers that are popping up all over the country. Construc…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Silicon Valley's tech bro culture is changing
Rya Jetha, tech culture reporter at The San Francisco Standard, spends a lot of time thinking about the industry’s internal dynamics. Gone are the co…
5 months, 2 weeks ago