This Chatbot Screens Your Dating App Matches for You
More than a decade of dating apps has shown the process can be excruciating. A new app is trying to make dating less exhausting by using artificial intelligence to help...
Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users
Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a blog...
Tesla shares drop after warning of slower volume growth in 2024
Elon Musk’s Tesla on Wednesday reported a fall in fourth-quarter gross margin from a year earlier as it cut prices and offered incentives to boost demand for its electric vehicles. Tesla warned...
Generating the policy of tomorrow
As first-year students in the Social and Engineering Systems (SES) doctoral program within the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), Eric Liu and Ashely Peake share an interest...
Apple plots fees, restrictions in Europe on downloads outside App Store
Apple is reportedly preparing to impose new fees and restrictions on software downloads outside of its App Store — in what could be a “major test” of Europe’s attempts to...
Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation
Atacama Biomaterials is a startup combining architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create eco-friendly materials with multiple applications. Passionate about sustainable innovation, its co-founder Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas SM ’15, PhD ’21...
AI boom mints another billionaire, Super Micro founder Charles Liang
Super Micro Computers’ stock surge has pushed its founder and CEO, Charles Liang, into the billionaire ranks. Liang, a 66-year-old Taiwan native, decided 30 years ago that Super Micro would...
Microsoft hits $3T market value for first time as it chases Apple
Microsoft’s stock market value crossed the $3 trillion milestone for the first time on Wednesday, retaining its place as the world’s second most valuable company, just behind iPhone maker Apple. Microsoft...
EBay laying off 1,000 workers — 9% of workforce
EBay will lay off about 1,000 full-time employees, or roughly 9% of its overall workforce, as it looks to reverse a major slump at the once-booming online marketplace, the company...
