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How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income

Vox

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Meta President Nick Clegg, Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google’s President of Global Affairs Kent Walker, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith at the White House. percent of gross world product.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

I wrote device drivers for the IBM PC, as well as Apple Mac IIs and SEs.”. Medina, co-founder and CEO, previously worked for Amazon Web Services and led a division of Microsoft. ” Remitly background: Its mobile technology lets people send and receive money across national borders. What was your first job? “My

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Elon Musk’s Starlink is only the beginning

Vox

T-Mobile is planning to use Starlink’s network to expand its coverage in dead zones, and SpaceX is encouraging other mobile providers to connect their networks to the heavens. Beyond the high cost of the equipment and service, satellite internet isn’t always the most dependable , and there’s limited capacity. “We

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Tech Moves: Leafly hires general counsel; Skilljar and LevelTen add execs; and more

GeekWire

The cannabis regulatory environment is certainly evolving, including recent Apple App Store changes that allowed Leafly to accept marijuana orders on its iOS app. Auterion, which makes software for drones, hired Amazon Web Services (AWS) vet Jeff Jones as chief revenue officer. He was most recently head of partner growth at AWS.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Our Stories Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign by The Ad Council. Webby People’s Voice Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Equal Justice Initiative by Madeo. Webby Award for Web Services & Applications : Paste by WeTransfer. Apps, Mobile & Voice.

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What is Signal, and why is everybody downloading it right now?

Vox

Signal’s growth in popularity also came as numerous tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, began deplatforming Trump and his followers and trying to prevent their technologies from being used in service of further violence. Signal is an end-to-end encrypted communications app, available for mobile and desktop.

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