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Sep 21, 2021 • 10min
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Is Off to a Rocky Start
Enthusiasm, fear, and light shows usher the country into the age of cryptocurrency.
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Sep 20, 2021 • 7min
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.
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Sep 17, 2021 • 12min
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.
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Sep 16, 2021 • 6min
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.
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Sep 15, 2021 • 6min
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.
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Sep 14, 2021 • 8min
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.
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Sep 13, 2021 • 8min
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.
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Sep 10, 2021 • 10min
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.Â
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Sep 9, 2021 • 6min
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.
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Sep 8, 2021 • 6min
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.
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