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These Robots Follow You to Learn Where to Go
Burro makes carts that help growers of trees and vineyards with harvests. Meanwhile, the maker of Vespa scooters wants to carry your groceries. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Philadelphians Created an App to Prevent Gun Violence
Two neighbors stepped up to use technology to protect their community, and now they're sharing how easy it is for others to do the same. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google Staff Squirm as Remote Workers Face Pay Cuts
As more and more people switch to working from home, some are left counting the cost. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Even as China Cracks Down on Tech, AI Companies Plan IPOs
SenseTime and Megvii both include facial recognition technology among their offerings and do a lot of business with government agencies. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook Drops Facial Recognition to Tag People in Photos
The social media company will delete data from images of more than 1 billion people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Companies Are Already Living in Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
The Meta dream envisages whole companies operating in a virtual world. Many made the switch years ago—with mixed results. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Batteries Can't Power a Car—but They Can Light Up a City
Entrepreneurs are devising innovative ways to reuse spent electric vehicle batteries. One promising idea is storing power from solar and wind farms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook Is Going Meta
Mark Zuckerberg would like you to call his troubled company something else now. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Group Pushed More AI in US Security—and Boosted Big Tech
The National Security Commission on AI included members from Oracle, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Some of its recommendations are already federal law. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Program Can Give AI a Sense of Ethics—Sometimes
Researchers trained an algorithm to answer questions about human values. Some of the responses are troubling. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apple’s New MacBook Pro Chips Flex the Power of Custom Silicon
The new M1 Pro and M1 Max better integrate the computers’ hardware with their software—much like the iPhone. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook Is Everywhere; Its Moderation Is Nowhere Close
Human reviewers and AI filters struggle to police the flood of content—or understand the nuances in different Arabic dialects. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
I Used Facebook Without the Algorithm, and You Can Too
Making your News Feed chronological is an enlightening look at what's really happening on the platform. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the ‘Orb’ Scans Your Eye
Worldcoin's backers see it as a potential first step to a universal basic income. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The ‘Broadband Gap’ Is Now a Housing Problem
Many people eligible for Covid-era rent assistance have trouble navigating a “tangled web” of agencies because they don't have reliable internet access. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook Can't Hide Its Problems Behind a New Name
Can rebranding the company herald a fresh start? Experts, as you might guess, are skeptical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New Credit Card Arrives—With a Silicon Valley Twist
The X1 is designed for spenders who are young, high-earning, and live on their phones. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
With Subscriptions, Automakers Mimic Netflix’s Playbook
GM thinks consumers might pay $135 a month for emergency assistance, enhanced maps, and software-enabled upgrades that boost acceleration. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI’s Smarts Now Come With a Big Price Tag
As language models get more complex, they also get more expensive to create and run. Some companies are locked out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk
Researchers used specialized chips and simulation software to teach a four-legged robot to navigate stairs and blocks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Government Wants to Bolster Its Tech—Starting With Workers
Robin Carnahan, head of the agency that manages the federal government's offices and IT, is revamping job descriptions and pushing remote work. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Borrowed a School Laptop? Mind Your Open Tabs
Students—many from lower-income households—were likely to use school-issued devices for remote learning. But the devices often contained monitoring software. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A True Story About Bogus Photos of People Making Fake News
A photographer set out to capture the misinformation producers in a small town in Macedonia. He wound up revealing uncomfortable truths about his own profession. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America
Last year, Netflix made a pledge that represents the tech industry’s best shot at redressing the nation’s racial inequality. How seriously should we take it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos
In an interview with WIRED, CEO Hoan Ton-That said the company has scraped 10 billion photos from the web—and developed new ways to aid police surveillance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Bring on the Fist Bumps and Nasal Swabs—Tech Conferences Are Back
Hundreds of (vaccinated) attendees gathered in a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom as Code Conference returned after a year-long hiatus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
China's Sweeping Cryptocurrency Ban Was Inevitable
The decentralized technology clashes with the government’s plans for a state-dominated economy—one that includes its own digital currency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Soon Your Google Searches Can Combine Text and Images
With the help of AI, you’ll be able to take a picture of a shirt, then ask Google to find socks with the same pattern. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Software Aims to Make Your Flight Smoother—and Help the Planet
Airplanes taxiing isn't just annoying—it's a big source of emissions. The FAA and NASA created a new system to save time and fuel. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Tesla Is Designing Chips to Train Its Self-Driving Tech
Developing AI is costly and time-consuming. Custom silicon can give companies an edge. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Deepfake Voices Can Help Trans Gamers
Players of online games can be harassed when their voices don't match their gender identity. New AI-fueled software may help. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI Can Write Code Like Humans—Bugs and All
New tools that help developers write software also generate similar mistakes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
It’s Time to Talk About Facebook Research
Plus: Adam Mosseri on News Feeds, remote drivers for cars, and a pickle for Greenland. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?
Scientists taught an artificial neural network to imitate a biological neuron. The result offers a new way to think about the complexity of brain cells. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is Underway. Silicon Valley Is Watching
“I’m glad the ‘Fake it till you make it’ mantra of Silicon Valley is coming into question,” one investor told WIRED. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google Is Getting Caught in the Global Antitrust Net
As more governments force US tech companies to change how they do business, one case in Turkey cuts to the heart of the search giant’s power. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Stanford Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Ignites Debate
A research paper that dubs some artificial intelligence models "foundational" is sparking a dispute over the future of the field. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Community Pharmacies Stepped Up During Covid—and Changed for Good
Pharmacies have long been perceived as commodities. Now, they’re a central tool for removing barriers to health care. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In the US, the AI Industry Risks Becoming Winner-Take-Most
A new study illustrates just how geographically concentrated AI activity has become. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Is Off to a Rocky Start
Enthusiasm, fear, and light shows usher the country into the age of cryptocurrency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Across the US
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore’s Law Alive
ASML’s next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for years to come. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
GM Recalls Every Chevy Bolt Ever Made Over Faulty Batteries
The automaker is recalling the electric vehicle after investigating two manufacturing defects linked to car fires. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite
How the tech world’s unique brand of politics is shaping the fight over who governs California. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible
Cerebras says its technology can run a neural network with 120 trillion connections—a hundred times what's achievable today. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lina Khan’s Theory of the Facebook Antitrust Case Takes Shape
With a beefed-up complaint, the Federal Trade Commission explains precisely why it thinks the social media giant is an illegal monopoly. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI Can Write in English. Now It's Learning Other Languages
Startups in Germany, China, Israel, and elsewhere are following the path blazed by GPT-3—with local twists. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?
The highlight of an event aimed at AI whizzes was a human simulating a robot that might someday replace a human. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Looking for a New Job in Tech? It’s Your Lucky Day
Flexible WFH policies, signing bonuses, fancy cookies—employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Push for Ad Agencies to Ditch Big Oil Clients
An activist coalition is pressuring firms to stop promoting fossil fuel companies—some of which have advertised oil and gas as “climate friendly.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices