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Propelling satellites with electricity and salt? No problem for this Parisian startup


In 2018, Elon Musk put a Tesla in space. Like many of the billionaire’s antics, it was a publicity stunt. However, it pointed to an undeniable truth: the future of space travel is electric.   Most spacecraft today — like cars and trucks back on Earth

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UK police trial high-tech wristbands to keep dementia patients safe


A police force in the UK is using Bluetooth tracking wristbands for people with dementia in a high-tech bid to keep them safe.   Starting this month, Avon and Somerset Police will start giving out Bluetooth wristbands for free to families. It’s part of a br

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Where do startups come from? Ideas and entrepreneurs, of course


At TNW, we are all about supporting and elevating startups and entrepreneurs who are doing epic stuff with tech. When Red Bull reached out to talk about their innovation competition, my first thought was what on Earth do we have in common with

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Police departments are embracing AI-powered video surveillance. This company is leading the effort

A red Hyundai SUV makes its way through downtown San Francisco on a bright August afternoon. The car looks innocuous, but a day earlier, police had linked it to the break-in of another car and added it to a so-called hot list of wanted vehicles. Now the city’s license plate recognition cameras, or LPRs, are stationed at major intersections, ready and waiting.

One of those LPRs photographs the Hyundai’s plates, matching it with the car on the hot list and sending an automated alert

How philosopher Shannon Vallor delivered the year’s best critique of AI

A few years ago, Shannon Vallor found herself in front of Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor’s hulking mercury drop of a sculpture, better known as the Bean, in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Staring into its shiny mirrored surface, she noticed something. 

“I was seeing how it reflected not only the shapes of individual people, but big crowds, and even larger human structures like the Chicago skyline,” she recalls, “but also that these were distorted—some magnified, others shrunk or twi

Insights From Microsoft Ads Partners: Copilot And PMax via @sejournal, @LisaRocksSEM

Discover Microsoft’s latest updates on Copilot and ads, including enhanced ad integration, Performance Max optimization, and insights into AI-driven conversational search.

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Rose Wang says Bluesky is so much more than an X clone

A huge shift in social media is underway: People are leaving X while millions have flocked to Bluesky, a new upstart powered by a tiny 20-person team. Bluesky’s COO, Rose Wang, addresses this inflection point as dissatisfaction with major platforms continues to grow. Wang emphasizes that Bluesky isn’t merely an X clone, or a haven for liberals, but rather a key player in

Ethical hacker explains the risks of using public internet

In the modern world we are all constantly connected, but this comes with risks. As most cybersecurity specialists will tell you, the biggest vulnerability in any system is the user—whether at home or work.

The most common ways in which hackers break into systems are via attacks on users such as phishing, rather than by breaching tec

GM is pulling the funding for its Cruise robotaxi company

General Motors is pulling funding from robotaxi company Cruise in order to focus on its own autonomous and assisted driving systems.

“Consistent with GM’s capital allocation priorities, GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development work given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market,” GM said in a press release.

GM said it will fold Cruise employees into exis

Gentrace makes it easier for businesses to test AI-powered software

As businesses continue to integrate generative AI into their products, many find it challenging to actually test whether the AI is behaving correctly and giving useful answers.

To help address this problem, a startup called Gentrace offers an integrated platform for testing software built around large language models. Whereas traditional software that can be subjected to automated tests to ve

Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators from Ethiopia rebels

A contractor hired by Facebook’s parent company Meta dismissed threats to content moderators by Ethiopian rebels angered by their work, according to new evidence filed in a case challenging the dismissal of dozens of moderators in Kenya.

Last year 185 content moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying they had lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm co

Why olive oil girl is TikTok’s main character

If you’ve spent any time on TikTok in the past few days, you’ve probably come across the viral olive oil story. If you haven’t, strap in.

The latest trend on the platform sees people sharing their wildest stories over a slideshow of images of Pepe the King Prawn soundtracked to Like A Prayer. One particular TikTok from the trend was posted by Megan Chacalos (@meganchacalos), who has sinc

Google Site Reputation Abuse: FAQ Addresses Concerns via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google releases FAQ clarifying site reputation abuse policy, confirming rules for third-party content and providing recovery guidance for publishers.

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This state could be the first to require mental health warning labels on social media sites

California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers pass a bill introduced Monday.

The legislation sponsored by state Attorney General Rob Bonta is necessar

Why Meta shareholders are seeking sanctions for former COO Sheryl Sandberg

Attorneys for Meta shareholders asked a Delaware judge Monday to sanction the company’s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and fellow Facebook board member and current White House chief of staff Jeff Zients for deleting emails related to the

Enterprise 2024.8 release: Maintain a healthy roster of SMEs

This release introduces the ability to automatically and programmatically demote an inactive Subject Matter Expert (SME) to ensure a healthy roster of contributing experts. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/enterprise-2024-8-release-maintain-a-healthy-roster-of-smes/

It’s not what you know, it’s how you know you know it

The complex relationship of give-and-take in the knowledge journey is untangled in the results from the latest Stack Overflow Knows survey. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-how-you-know-you-know-it/

Žijeme v nejlepším vesmíru? Fyzici navrhují, jak otestovat antropický princip

Antropický princip nepřestává dráždit. Jak je možné, že žijeme ve vesmíru, v němž můžeme žít? Nemanja Kaloper s Alexanderem Westphalem k jinak čistě filozofickému a poněkud bezcílnému mudrování přihodili test antropického principu v souvislosti s pátráním po temné hmotě. Vše záleží na tom, jestli najdeme nebo nenajdeme ultralehké axiony. Jasno by mohlo být docela brzy. http://www.osel.cz/13815-zijeme-v-nejlepsim-vesmiru-fyzici-navrhuji-jak-otestovat-antropicky-princip.html

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How Big Tech labor organizers aim to unite for Trump 2.0

Donald Trump’s first electoral victory forever changed the culture inside big tech firms. What had been nascent worker organizing efforts turned into mass movements to protest their companies’ politics, environmental practices, treatment of contract workers, handling of harassment cases, and more. Trump’s return to office can challenge efforts to grow the movement beyond fledgling n

In 2025, AI will elevate the CIO role. Here’s why 

AI has already affected the CIO role, and next year will be no different. In 2025, the technology will test CIOs in new ways while also elevating their role as they process the speed at which AI is being adopted—both internally and externally. 

Zooming out beyond the CIO role, AI continues to shape the workforce in profound ways. According to a 

Not so ‘Wicked’ after all. Find authenticity in the era of AI

I recently had the opportunity to see Wicked, the cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical. Directed by Jon M. Chu, this film serves as the first installment of a two-part series that explores the origins of the beloved characters before the events of The Wizard of Oz. While the 1939 classic presents a whimsical adventure centered on Dorothy, Wicked offers a nuanced exploration of Oz’s political and social dynamics, challenging the conventional dichot

How Significant Is AI Chatbot Traffic In B2B? via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

Dive into this mini case study where Kevin Indig explores the ideal timing for B2B companies to invest in AI chatbots for long-term growth.

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This veteran-run startup has invented ‘game-changing’ way to recycle Kevlar


UK and Luxembourg-based startup Uplift360 has landed €1mn in pre-seed funding to scale up a greener method for recycling advanced materials like Kevlar. Uplift360’s patent-pending process breaks down Kevlar and other composites without compromising the integrity of t

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Time for a move? These are the top cities in Europe for developers right now


December is a good time to think about your next career move. Your colleagues may be on a go-slow when it comes to getting projects over the line ahead of the Christmas holiday period, but for those with an eye on 2025’s job-hunting prize, this month can be a rea

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How Abeba Birhane is cleaning up AI’s dirty data

One day in 2020, Abeba Birhane found herself on Wikipedia, scouring a list of slurs. At the time, Birhane was pursuing a PhD in cognitive science at the University College Dublin and was trying to see how many of those slurs appeared in the image descriptions for a massive data set that’s often used to train AI systems. 

She had already turned up plenty of matches on the obvious filth, but Birhane was running out of ideas for what to search next. “The reason I went to Wikipedia is

AI for chefs: 8 ways LLMs can make restaurant life a bit easier

Cooking is alchemy, combining two things to create something unexpected. In a way, AI is the same, with unexpected combinations creating new and exciting things. Here’s how alchemists of food and AI can work together, with our eight top tips for chefs interested in AI. 

Recipe Inspiration

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TikTok’s Fight for Survival: The Latest Updates and Impacts on Advertisers via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Learn how TikTok's U.S. ban fight impacts advertisers, with insights on legal updates, marketing challenges, and tips to adapt your strategy.

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4 browser-boosting ChatGPT Chrome extensions

Plenty of people who use ChatGPT get stuff done by hopping between OpenAI’s chatbot and broader web-browsing sessions. But extensions that fuse ChatGPT right into Chrome have resulted in a peanut-butter-and-chocolate moment for AI and web browsing.

To wit, here are four must-have Chrome extensions that will streamline your ChatGPT workflow and boost your productivity in one fell swoop.

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“You don’t want to be that person”: What security teams need to understand about developers

The home team is joined by Kinnaird McQuaid, founder and CTO of NightVision, which offers developer-friendly API and web app security testing. Kinnaird talks about his path from school-age hacker to white-hat security expert, why it’s important to build security practices into the software development lifecycle, how GenAI is changing security testing, and what security teams need to understand about developers’ working lives. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/you-don-t-want-to-be-that-person

‘I need to know what’s going to be the new app’: TikTok influencers are pitching other platforms to their followers as a ban looms

“Do we think it’s actually gonna happen?” asks influencer Audrey Peters in a TikTok video posted on Saturday, shortly after news broke about an imminent TikTok ban in the U.S. As the clock ticks on the January 19 deadline, many creators like Peters are preparing for the worst. “Anyways, I still very much exist on another place that’s linked in my bio. If you wanna keep in touch, you know where to find me,”

Google Product Studio Rolls Out To Additional Countries via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Google expands Product Studio to additional countries, an AI-powered tool for creating standout product visuals, helping businesses enhance listings and drive results with ease.

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Reddit rolls out its own AI-powered search tool after cracking down on AI companies

Reddit has spent the past six months blocking data scrapers from artificial intelligence companies that refused to pay for access to its vast content database. Now, the social media site has rolled out a new tool of its own that utilizes AI to search the site. And Reddit stock (Nasdaq: RDDT) is soaring, climbing 4% to $169 per share by mid-afternoon on Monday. 

Reddit Answers will summ

‘The smallest amount of power a person can go mad with’: The Muppet History fan page controversy, explained

A vague apology from the social media account behind Jim Henson’s Muppet History fan page has unraveled one of the year’s most unexpected social media scandals.

Created in October 2018, the Muppet History account (@HistoryMuppet) described itself as a “fan page dedicated to continuing the spirit and silliness of Jim Henson,” the legendary creator of the Muppets and Sesame Street classics like Elmo and Big Bird. The account amas

Společnost ČEZ má velmi dobrou koncepci jaderné energetiky

Minulý týden proběhl v ÚJV a.s. v Řeži diskusní panel pořádaný ve spolupráci s E15 a věnovaný malým modulárním reaktorům. Panelisté z ČEZ, SÚJB, MPO a ÚJV předložili jasnou koncepci rozvoje malých modulárních reaktorů v Česku. Na pozadí tohoto semináře bych rád zhodnotil vizi rozvoje jaderné energetiky u společnosti ČEZ. http://www.osel.cz/13814-spolecnost-cez-ma-velmi-dobrou-koncepci-jaderne-energetiky.html

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Inteligentní sebevražedný dron HX-2 spojuje autonomii, přesnost a masové nasazení

Dron „X-wing” má na palubě umělou inteligenci, která mu poskytuje značnou autonomii a tím pádem i imunitu vůči mnohým systém elektronického boje. Je to specialista na přesné údery proti obrněncům. Může ale operovat ve velkých hejnech řízených jediným operátorem, která mohou být nasazena, na frontě nebo třeba na hranicích, jako štít proti mechanizovaným útokům. http://www.osel.cz/13813-inteligentni-sebevrazedny-dron-hx-2-spojuje-autonomii-presnost-a-masove-nasazeni.html

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In defense of being ‘extremely online.’ The creator economy by the numbers

The online world, we are increasingly told, is as harmful as cigarette smoking. It undermines trust in institutions like the government and the news media, poisons our discourse, amplifies disinformation, shortens our attention spans, narrows our thinking, and makes kids anxious, depressed, and antisocial. The U.S. Surgeon General has urged that it be required to carry the

How TikTok’s U.S. content creators are bracing for a possible ban in 6 weeks

American content creators on TikTok asked followers to subscribe to their channels on rival platforms like Meta-owned Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube after a federal appeals court ruled that the social media a

23 WordPress Alternatives Best For SEO via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

Looking for WordPress alternatives? Discover 25 CMS options for different website needs, including open-source solutions and ecommerce platforms.

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Voltron Data harnesses AI-friendly chips for big data crunching

The AI boom has brought renewed attention to graphics processing units, the high-powered computing chips used to power modern generative AI and other machine learning applications.

And a startup called Voltron Data is harnessing some of those same GPUs to efficiently handle massive data analytics tasks, like combing through huge server logs for cybersecurity purposes, analyzing enormous sets of financial data, or processing telemetry da

5 ways AI is helping spur the EV era

From innovations like autopilot systems to battery management optimization, the electric vehicle (EV) industry has consistently leveraged and improved cutting-edge technologies to enhance vehicle performance and user experience.

AI’s continued evolution brings even more new opportunities for EV innovation, keeping the electric car industry at the forefront of smarter, more sustainable mobility.

Here are five ways AI is shaping the future of EVs.

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Lyft is piloting a savings account program for drivers in Utah (exclusive)

Lyft is testing out what it’s calling a “first-of-its-kind” program for Utah drivers starting January 1 in which the rideshare giant will offer to contribute 7% of eligible drivers’ quarterly earnings into savings accounts to be used for things like benefits or cover paid time off. 

Lyft is partnering with portable benefits provider Stride for the offering, it tells Fast Company.

“We’ve been fighting against the status quo for a long time.

Helen Toner’s OpenAI exit only made her a more powerful force for responsible AI

On November 17, 2023, Helen Toner went from being a little-known member of OpenAI’s board of directors to one of the biggest influencers in the debate over responsible AI. Toner, an AI safety and policy expert, famously voted with the majority of OpenAI board members—along with Ilya Sutskever—to oust CEO Sam Altman over concerns about his honesty with the board, commitment to safe AI, and alleged abusive treatme

Je vývoj výtvarných stylů zákonitý?

Dá se mluvit o evoluci v umění? A je vývoj výtvarných stylů dokonce zákonitý? Mnohdy to tak vypadá, po nějakou dobu se tvary zesložiťují a techniky se zdokonalují. Jenže důsledně vzato vede takový popis k potížím, což jsou ovšem konce nejedné důslednosti. Krom toho obtížně hledáme kvantifikovatelná měřítka. Stran zákonitosti vývoje umění zůstávají rozpaky. http://www.osel.cz/13812-je-vyvoj-vytvarnych-stylu-zakonity.html

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#454 – Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics

Saagar Enjeti is a political journalist & commentator, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast. He is exceptionally well-read, and the books he recommends are always fascinating and eye-opening. You can check out all the books he mentions in this episode here: https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep454-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questi

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How Alex Karp helped turn Palantir into the West’s AI arms dealer

Alex Karp, the chief executive of Palantir, knows his products can be dangerous. Built to extract insights from torrents of data with machine learning and AI, his company’s software is optimizing manufacturing and supply chains but also warfare and kill chains, helping target weapons in Ukraine and across the Middle East. To some, accelerated AI development is an existential threat worthy of a pause. Karp—a self-described socialist who earned his philosophy doctorate in Germany before

The cognitive cost of AI

I exist at the intersection of two worlds, management and artificial intelligence (AI), which are evolving at different paces. I’ve witnessed firsthand how generative AI tools can democratize access to knowledge, accelerate learning, and spark creativity in ways we never imagined possible. The potential of AI skilling is staggering. According to a recent report by The AI Forward Alliance, AI-skilling for women and girls is a path to sus

Paleofyziologie pocitů: Kde v těle cítili emoce starověcí Asyřané?

Písaři mocné novoasyrské říše po sobě zanechali spoustu klínopisných tabulek. My je můžeme analyzovat a těžit z nich rozmanitá data o době před 2 500 lety. Teď se jich chopili neurovědci s lingvisty a prozkoumali, jak dávní Asyřané cítili emoce ve svém těle. Zajímavé jsou shody i rozdíly. http://www.osel.cz/13811-paleofyziologie-pocitu-kde-v-tele-citili-emoce-staroveci-asyrane.html

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A Complete Guide To PPC Ad Targeting Options via @sejournal, @michellemsem

Discover top PPC ad targeting options to maximize your campaign's performance. Learn how to reach the right audience with precision and boost ROI.

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TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its concerns

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on December 6, 2024, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app by January 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban on the app. The

Why Dion Harris believes Nvidia’s energy-intensive chips could actually help the climate

It takes a ton of energy to train the most advanced AI. According to one estimate, by the year 2027, AI electricity needs could be comparable to the energy use of all of Argentina. 

That’s largely to do with the fact that the chips used to train AI models, called graphics processing units or GPUs, are far more powerful—and power hungry—than those used to, s

Radioactive ‘diamond battery’ could power spacecraft for thousands of years


Scientists in the UK have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, which could power low-energy devices like satellite communication equipment for over 5,000 years. The ba

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