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It’s a pretty great time to get a PhD in AI

Companies are promising riches to lure top young minds in AI out of academia.

Ben Berkley • April 16, 2023

What happened with HustleGPT

HustleGPT was a viral sensation that asked if bots could become entrepreneurs.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 16, 2023

As material costs go rogue, will recycling old buildings go in vogue?

Could used building materials save the construction industry from stratospheric new material costs?

Ben Berkley • April 13, 2023

When it comes to craft beer, bad names are best

Craft beer roots against mass production and for authenticity. For consumers, negative branding reflects that.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 13, 2023
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Why pull weeds when you can zap them with AI-powered lasers?

An agtech startup hopes farmers find salvation in its high-tech, weed-eliminating machine.

Ben Berkley • April 12, 2023

Why do our weather apps betray us?

Why are our weather apps often so inaccurate? Weather’s complex.

Sara Friedman • April 12, 2023
fortune cookie

AI Roundup: Guessing passwords, conjuring images out of peoples’ minds, and… writing fortune cookies?

The latest in AI’s awesome and outright terrifying climb toward world domination.

Ben Berkley • April 12, 2023
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Monster Energy thinks it owns the word ‘monster’

A game dev is calling out the energy-drink maker for objecting any time a company wants to use the word “monster.”

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 12, 2023
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Nobody’s moving to the metaverse

Pretty much no one is buying metaverse real estate, but they do still enjoy a good game.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 9, 2023
Average US work hours

Working hardly or hardly working? Americans’ on-the-job hours are dropping

US employees have shaved 30 minutes off their average workweeks since 2019.

Jacob Cohen • April 9, 2023

Digits: Boomers, Mario, Lemon8, and more news numbers

Plus: New York’s unpaid fines and the IRS’s improved wait times.

Jacob Cohen • April 9, 2023
Instacart valuation over time

Instacart’s journey of self-discovery turns another corner

Once $39B and now ~$12B, Instacart’s valuation is all over the place.

Jacob Cohen • April 7, 2023
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France vs. social media dishonesty

A French bill may require influencers to disclose payments, photo editing, and filters.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 7, 2023
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Voice notes are trending

Voice notes — bite-sized audio messages — are on the rise. On WhatsApp, people send 7B daily.

Sara Friedman • April 5, 2023
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Phone bans often putter out, but this one may be forever

Every April, the Masters is the biggest show in golf, but there’s not a cellphone in sight.

Ben Berkley • April 5, 2023
milk

Gen Z just doesn’t like milk, OK?

Gen Z just isn’t that into milk, buying 20% less than the national average in 2022.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 4, 2023
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Clubhouse outlasted its copycats — but should keep the Champagne on ice

Meta, Spotify, and Reddit are all retreating from social audio, and it’s hard to blame them.

Ben Berkley • April 4, 2023
throwing away a stapler

Tale of the tape: Google dispenses with office supplies

Time to add another workplace acronym to your glossary: BYOS — Bring Your Own Stapler.

Ben Berkley • April 4, 2023
bubble tea growth

Chai-ching: Bubble tea is brewing up serious profits in the US

The beverage’s entry into the US market appears to be a boba-fide success.

Jacob Cohen • April 4, 2023
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Gen Z creators are making money on Fanfix

A platform for Gen Z creators says its users average ~$70k a year.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 4, 2023
Groupon app

Whatever happened to Groupon?

The once high-flying Groupon is mounting a comeback under a new interim CEO.

Juliet Bennett Rylah • April 3, 2023
private tech boards by gender

Private companies’ boards still suck at gender diversity

Pioneering women across the world are making gains — there just aren’t enough of them being invited to the table.

Ben Berkley • April 3, 2023

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