By Adele Peters February 16, 2023 Inside the Silicon Valley factory of a startup called Sakuu, a new type of 3D printer is reinventing how batteries are made. The technique, which prints using thin layers of powder, can change what the batteries look like—imagine an e-bike battery that curves to fit the frame … Continue reading This startup can 3D print a battery into any shape you want
Microsoft Leans Into A New Era Of Search With AI-Powered Bing Browser by Colin Kirkland , February 7, 2023 At a live event on Tuesday afternoon, Microsoft announced a new version of its search engine Bing, which will now be powered by OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology that powers the popular and controversial chatbot ChatGPT, … Continue reading Microsoft Leans Into A New Era Of Search With AI-Powered Bing Browser
diversity Knock, Knock: Why Can’t Minority-Owned Agencies Get Into The Room? by Brick Rucker , February 1, 2023 It’s wonderful and refreshing to finally see a brand’s CMO on stage delivering an impassioned keynote about the company’s plans to lean into major diversity and inclusion practices. However, unless it’s also providing access to decision-makers, the … Continue reading Knock, Knock: Why Can’t Minority-Owned Agencies Get Into The Room?
By Rob Walker January 20, 2023 Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. As popular as it is, TikTok has critics—very serious critics, with very serious concerns. This isn’t just the usual social-media griping (misinformation, dubious trends, etc.). The addictive-video app has already been banned from government … Continue reading Why advertisers are pouring more money into TikTok, even as the government threatens to shut it down
Microsoft invests $1 billion in Elon Musk-founded OpenAI Christine Fishe @cfisherwrites Today, Microsoft announced that it’s investing $1 billion in the Elon Musk-founded company OpenAI. The two companies will work together to bring supercomputing technologies and AI to Microsoft Azure. And OpenAI will run its services exclusively in Microsoft’s cloud. Ultimately, the partners hope … Continue reading Microsoft is reportedly integrating ChatGPT’s technology into Bing
By Adele Peters January 03, 2023 In a remote, barren part of northern Kenya, a new pilot project will soon begin injecting CO2 more than 1,300 feet underground into volcanic rocks, where the greenhouse gas will also turn to stone. It’s a process that’s already been proven to work in Iceland, where a carbon … Continue reading This startup captures CO2 by injecting it straight into volcanic rock
By Ryan Wong December 27, 2022 If you work in HR, 2022 has been a tale of extremes. It began with companies desperately trying to woo employees with perks and flexibility but about-faced, seemingly overnight, to staff reductions and austerity budgets. Still, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming. In 2023, I predict that we will … Continue reading 3 simmering workplace controversies that will boil over into 2023
Roberto Baldwin @strngwys The Kia EV6 is an outstanding EV based on the Hyundai Motor Group’s E-GMP architecture. One of the more impressive elements of the crossover is that it charges at 240kW at compatible DC fast charging stations. That’s quicker than offerings from Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW and Ford, and it means less time at … Continue reading Kia’s EV6 GT crams performance into a great EV
By Christopher Zara December 13, 2022 Twitter users who were verified under the old system that was in effect before Elon Musk took control of the company are discovering this week that they still have their blue badges, albeit with a slightly less enthusiastic description. “This account is a legacy verified account,” says a … Continue reading ‘May or may not be notable’: Verified Twitter users are ushered into legacy limbo
Ex-Google Exec’s Search Engine Neeva Reaches 1M Users, Expands Into Canada by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, December 15, 2022 Privacy search engine Neeva last year committed 20% of its revenue to online publishers and content creators. Now with 1 million monthly users, up from 600,000 following its launch in U.K., France, and Germany last October, the … Continue reading Ex-Google Exec’s Search Engine Neeva Reaches 1M Users, Expands Into Canada
