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Amazon backs out of its pledge to make 50% of its shipments net-zero carbon by 2030 and says it plans to reach net-zero carbon across all its operations by 2040 (Alistair Barr/Insider)

Alistair Barr / Insider: Amazon backs out of its pledge to make 50% of its shipments net-zero carbon by 2030 and says it plans to reach net-zero carbon across all its operations by 2040 — – Amazon scrapped its Shipment… Continue Reading →

27/05/2023

A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will.

Sticking an electrode inside a person’s brain can do more than treat a disease. Take the case of Rita Leggett, an Australian woman whose experimental brain implant changed her sense of agency and self. She told researchers that she “became… Continue Reading →

26/05/2023

Sources: JioMart cuts 1,000+ jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting measure, which will include reducing the 15,000 people wholesale division by two-thirds (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times: Sources: JioMart cuts 1,000+ jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting measure, which will include reducing the 15,000 people wholesale division by two-thirds — Layoffs have now hit Reliance Industries, with its wholesale format JioMart sacking over… Continue Reading →

23/05/2023

China approves Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, bringing the total to 37 countries, including the EU and Japan (Rebekah Valentine/IGN)

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Rebekah Valentine / IGN: China approves Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, bringing the total to 37 countries, including the EU and Japan — Thirty-seven total regulators have voiced approval thus far. — China’s State Administration has approved Microsoft’s attempted… Continue Reading →

20/05/2023

The FDA just approved rub-on gene therapy that helps “butterfly” children

Antonio Vento is 13 years old. He’s a tiny figure in bandages who doesn’t walk and, until recently, couldn’t see more than shadows. He has dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, an inherited disease that makes his skin so fragile that kids with… Continue Reading →

20/05/2023

A soft e-skin mimics the way human skin can sense things

A soft electronic skin could allow people with prosthetics to sense pressure and temperature, helping them to more easily interact with their surroundings. Thin and stretchable like regular skin, the electronic skin sticks to surfaces like a Band-Aid. It contains… Continue Reading →

19/05/2023

In its response to a US federal court, the SEC says Coinbase has no right to compel the agency to issue guidelines for crypto companies “on a specific timeline” (Casey Wagner/Blockworks)

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In its response to a US federal court, the SEC says Coinbase has no right to compel the agency to issue guidelines for crypto companies "on a specific timeline" (Casey Wagner/Blockworks)

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Casey Wagner / Blockworks: In its response to a US federal court, the SEC says Coinbase has no right to compel the agency to issue guidelines for crypto companies “on a specific timeline” — The Securities and Exchange Commission has… Continue Reading →

16/05/2023

The Download: open vs closed AI, and Google’s uneasy demo

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The open-source AI boom is built on Big Tech’s handouts. How long will it last? Last week a… Continue Reading →

15/05/2023

Law firms and companies’ legal teams are experimenting with AI tools that can handle work done by entry-level lawyers, potentially reducing billable hours (Wall Street Journal)

<div>Law firms and companies' legal teams are experimenting with AI tools that can handle work done by entry-level lawyers, potentially reducing billable hours (Wall Street Journal)</div>

Wall Street Journal: Law firms and companies’ legal teams are experimenting with AI tools that can handle work done by entry-level lawyers, potentially reducing billable hours — Lawyers start to use GPT-4 technology to do legal research, draft documents and… Continue Reading →

13/05/2023

That wasn’t Google I/O — it was Google AI

Things got weird at yesterday’s Google I/O conference right from the jump, when the duck hit the stage. The day began with a musical performance described as a “generative AI experiment featuring Dan Deacon and Google’s MusicLM, Phenaki, and Bard… Continue Reading →

12/05/2023

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