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14 Nov

How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

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Lauren Goode: Zoë, you had vegan pizza the other night. You said it was pretty good.Zoë Schiffer: I did. I did, and I read a really, really scary article written by Annie Lowrey in The Atlantic about dairy farming, and it radicalized me for at least 24 hours. I was on oat milk. Thank you. I don't want a prize.Lauren Goode: Mike, how long have you been vegan for now?Michael Calore: I don't know. 800 years.Lauren Goode: Nice. Our resident long-living man on this show.Michael Calore: I've been fully vegan for about five years, and I've been vegetarian ever since…

07 Nov

Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office

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Lauren Goode: Oh, really?Zoë Schiffer: Yes.Lauren Goode: I did not have that experience on Caltrain.Zoë Schiffer: Well, you weren't reading Infinite Jest on the Caltrain, were you now?. That was my catfishing technique.Lauren Goode: What was your worst commute, Mike?Michael Calore: There was a period of time in the early 2000s when I was living out in the Sunset district of San Francisco. Which there's a couple of trains that can bring you downtown, but they take an hour. And it was pre-mobile technology, so we had Discman Walkman players, portable CD players, so you had to bring a little…

31 Oct

Introducing WIRED’s Flagship Podcast, ‘Uncanny Valley’

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Silicon Valley has been an epicenter of global innovation for decades. But the Valley, and its associated personalities, companies, and trends, has never been home to more undiluted power than it is today.Think about it: Elon Musk, among the world’s richest people, is essentially underwriting US presidential candidates while subsidiaries of his interstellar-centric company SpaceX snap up more orbital real estate with every satellite launch; despite Facebook’s decline as a habitual platform for many Americans, Meta’s user base worldwide continues to grow, ticking ever-closer to the stunning 4 billion mark; and in the past two years, Silicon Valley startups and…

22 Oct

Huawei Technologies’ Latest AI Processors Were Made by TSMC

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An investigation of Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest AI offering has unearthed an advanced processor made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., suggesting that China is still struggling to reliably make advanced chips in sufficient quantities.Canada-based research firm TechInsights recently took apart at least one of the Shenzhen conglomerate’s highest-end artificial intelligence accelerators and discovered an Ascend 910B chip manufactured by TSMC, according to people familiar with a recent teardown of the devices. They requested anonymity to discuss a report that isn’t public. Source link lol

12 Oct

Fintech: Introduction

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Welcome to the Future of Fintech Series, where we go on a journey through one of the most transformative sectors of our time—financial technology (Fintech). This series aims to explain the complexities of Fintech, offering clear, accessible insights into how technology is reshaping the financial landscape.This series will provide you with the knowledge to navigate and succeed in the world of Fintech (isa). By following this series, you'll not only learn the "what" and "how" of Fintech but also gain the foresight needed to anticipate the "next big thing" in finance. Let's explore the future of fintech together! Who’s Behind…

09 Oct

All the news and science from the 2024 Nobel prizes – podcast

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With awards for the discovery of microRNA and the creation of new proteins, plus recognition for artificial intelligence via the physics and chemistry prizes, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian science team – Nicola Davis, Ian Sample and Hannah Devlin – as they break down the news, science and surprises from this year’s Nobels How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Source link lol

08 Oct

Could AI help fight conspiracy theories? – podcast

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We’re used to hearing about the power of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation – but could it also be a tool for persuading people of the truth? Ian Sample speaks to Thomas Costello, an assistant professor of psychology at American University, who has published a study exploring the potential for AI chatbots to lead people away from conspiracy beliefs Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/sciencepod How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Source link lol

27 Sep

The Power Struggle That Imploded Megan Ellison’s Video Game Unit

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In February, Nathan Gary, the longtime leader of the indie video-game publisher Annapurna Interactive, was in Las Vegas for the annual DICE convention, schmoozing with old colleagues and catching up on the latest developments in gaming. One evening at dinner, Geoff Keighley, a video-game industry personality, approached Gary with an unsettling bit of news. According to people familiar with the conversation, Keighley related that he’d just seen Gary’s boss Megan Ellison — the 38-year-old owner of Annapurna and daughter of billionaire Oracle Corp. Co-Founder Larry Ellison — eating elsewhere in the same restaurant with one of Gary’s former colleagues, a…

26 Sep

Singapore Entertainment Firm Neon Is Said to Weigh IPO Next Year

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Immersive entertainment group Neon is considering an initial public offering in Singapore that may raise as much as S$500 million ($389 million), according to people with knowledge of the matter.The company, which is backed by Temasek Holdings Pte.’s 65 Equity Partners, has interviewed financial advisers for a potential offering that could take place as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified as the process is private. A first-time share sale may raise S$400 million to S$500 million, the people said. Source link lol

25 Sep

Make writing documentation part of your pull request

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We are all guilty of this one! We changed something, and we forgot to update the documentation. Even if you have the best intentions to do your best, it’s way too easy not to do it. Why is it so easy to skip? Assume you changed something, created a pull request, and followed all the defined processes before you can merge the change. When is the best time to update the documentation in this process? If you update the documentation while the pull request is open, the documentation is ahead. It refers to a state that might not be true…