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Crypto’s big growth on the books and in the shadows
Cryptocurrency is being used more frequently in illegal transactions — about $158 billion was used in illicit crypto activity last year. That’s an al…
2 weeks ago
Is the moon (and its resources) up for grabs?
NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will send humans around the moon for the first time in over five decades, could launch as early as March. This is pa…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
TPU? GPU? What's the difference between these two chips used for AI?
Graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the most important commodity in the AI boom — and have made Nvidia a multi-trillion dollar company. But …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
New study reveals a "smartphone penalty" that distorts survey results
According to surveys by the FINRA Foundation, our knowledge of personal finance here in the U.S. went down by 15% between 2009 and 2021. But what if …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Bytes: Week in Review - SpaceX and xAI merge, Nvidia and OpenAI's funding relationship and U.S. TikTok's rough start
On this week’s “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we take a look at Nvidia's changing investment relationship with OpenAI. Plus, a stormy star…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Is social media addictive? And are social media companies liable?
A landmark lawsuit that accuses social media companies of intentionally designing their platforms to be addictive — and causing harm to children and …
3 weeks ago
What AI fitness apps can and can't do — for now
You can get a pretty good workout plan from a chatbot, but the tech is also being incorporated into all kinds of existing fitness apps, from Apple's …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Making AI work — for work
In his new book, Wall Street Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims offers a guide for getting the most out of the technology. He's compiled two doz…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Making the most of AI, without the hype
With all the fanfare surrounding AI these days — the utopian dreams and dystopian nightmares — it can be hard to see the technology as simply a tool …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Bytes: Week in Review – Are we in an AI bubble?
Is AI a bubble? It's the trillion-dollar question in the economy. So Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino decided to look to history for some answers …
3 weeks, 6 days ago