Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
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Plummeting unicorn births underscore a changing venture capital market
It’s a rote story by now that many populations around the world are facing rapid decline. Birth rates in many countries are falling, leading to concerns about graying populations engendering imbalanced economies. That’s true when we consider nation-level populations. It’s also true when we consider the rate at which new unicorns are born, measured by the … Read more
Microsoft’s fall event 2022: all the news from the online Surface event
Microsoft’s invitation for the Fall Event 2022 shows writing that looks to have come from Surface pen. | Image: Microsoft Will we get new Surface Laptops and an Arm-based Pro 9? All will be revealed on Wednesday, October 12, at 10AM ET Continue reading…
‘Vote for Holly!’ Meet the cheerleaders of Fat Bear Week
Brown bear (Ursus arctos) or grizzly at Brooks Lake with people on an observation platform in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. | Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images Christy NaMee Eriksen discovered Fat Bear Week during her “Summer of Bears.” There were bear sightings in her neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, … Read more
What to expect from the Microsoft Surface launch event
A previous generation of the Surface Laptop. The newest one could look very similar. | Image: Microsoft The Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, and an update to its all-in-one computer could be unveiled at Microsoft’s big October 12th event Continue reading…
If it’s agtech, it’s climate change: How the crisis is shaping investors’ strategies
To state the (painfully) obvious: The fates of agriculture and climate change are inextricably linked. The weather dictates what grows where and when, but as the Earth warms beneath a wool blanket of excess carbon, agriculture is especially vulnerable in ways you might not expect. Record-setting heat and droughts fry grasses that farmers depend on … Read more
Overzealous Destructuring
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Eierlegende Wollmilchsau (2011)
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Pakistan central bank revokes pilot approval of YC-backed fintech Tag, orders to pull apps
Pakistan’s central bank revoked the in-principle approval and permit to conduct pilot operations of fintech Tag and has ordered the startup to close all customers’ wallet accounts and pull its apps from the app stores in a move that poses existential threat to the firm. State Bank of Pakistan said in an order that it … Read more
Elon and Twitter’s will-they, won’t-they (and other TC news)
This week on The TechCrunch Podcast we talked with Dom about how conservative VCs are using their dollars to shape the world, and we spoke with Taylor about how the Musk train just keeps on rumbling along. On the topic of billionaires… “A big chunk of the conversation that is missing is just that it’s … Read more
My Favourite Computer, an Old Mac
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Show HN: PyTorch search engine
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Chainsaw Man’s first episode hooked me with its gorgeously gory action
Just a boy and his chainsaw dog. | Image: Crunchyroll For weeks, my social media feeds have been filled with folks who are very excited about an anime series featuring a man with a chainsaw for a face. It’s called Chainsaw Man. Not being familiar with the original manga, written by Tatsuki Fujimoto, I didn’t … Read more
Even as ESG faces growing backlash, these companies are all-in
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff has been preaching for years about the importance of corporate social responsibility, the idea that companies need to worry about not only making money for investors but also contributing positively to the wider community in which they operate. He could be onto something. Increasingly, consumers and some investors want to do … Read more
Facebook warns 1 million users whose logins were stolen by scam mobile apps
It found hundreds of malicious apps in the Play Store and App Store. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is warning Facebook users about hundreds of apps on Apple and Google’s app stores that were specifically designed to steal login credentials to the social network app. The company says it’s identified over … Read more
Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)
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Leftover Star Wars Sets
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Can an artist sue over a virtual tattoo? It’s complicated
Photo by AMER HILABI / AFP via Getty Images Tattoos are an integral part of many athletes’ images, from singular designs like Mike Tyson’s face tattoo to Kenyon Martin’s or David Beckham’s extensive collections. But as those images get translated into video game form, some artists aren’t happy. Over the past several years, the creators … Read more