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How the pandemic is bringing Elon Musk’s dream to connect everyone on Earth closer to reality

Vox

In vast swaths of the United States and the world, there are millions of people who don’t have reliable internet access. As described, they almost sound like streaks of glitter in the night sky, or magic bands of flying gadgets that can beam internet down to anyone on the planet.

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Byton suspending operations for six months due to financial trouble

The Verge

Byton was founded in 2016 with backing from Chinese internet giant Tencent and Taiwanese manufacturing conglomerate Foxconn by former BMW executives Carsten Breitfeld (who led the i8 program) and Daniel Kirchert.

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Porch makes stock market debut, raising $322M to fuel its ambitions in home services technology

GeekWire

It posted a net loss of $103 million last year on revenue of $77.6 It makes money from software licenses and transaction fees that it receives when connecting homebuyers to movers, insurance agents, home automation and security firms, TV/internet companies and other service providers. Overcoming a cash crunch. Its cash balance was $3.9

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The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity

Vox

To play chess, they programmed in heuristics about chess. Releasing a program that writes convincing fake reviews or fake news might make those widespread, making it harder for the truth to get out. Once, we made progress in AI by painstakingly teaching computer systems specific concepts. they drew on the field of linguistics.

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We all just fell for Amazon’s made-up holiday yet again

Vox

It was a way to reward members of its Prime program , which started in 2005, and to bring consumers into its ecosystem of products and services. By 2018, that number was 300,000. It’s not just that Amazon pushes Prime Day on consumers — so does the media and the entire internet. Still, the whole situation is hard to resist.

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We all just fell for Amazon’s made-up holiday yet again

Vox

It was a way to reward members of its Prime program , which started in 2005, and to bring consumers into its ecosystem of products and services. By 2018, that number was 300,000. It’s not just that Amazon pushes Prime Day on consumers — so does the media and the entire internet. Still, the whole situation is hard to resist.

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Crypto doesn’t have an insurance policy

Vox

It also serves as a reminder that while crypto platforms might seem secure — some are publicly traded companies — they’re operating in an industry that has almost no rules and few safety nets. Is it internet money, property, a scam, a digital asset, a security, a reasonable investment?