A bumpy road for EV manufacturers

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Treating a chatbot nicely might boost its performance — here’s why

People are more likely to do something if you ask nicely. That’s a fact most of…

Warping the Cosmos, the Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Space Into a Football

This artist’s illustration shows a cross-section of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole near the center…

Humane pushes Ai Pin ship date to mid-April

Hardware is difficult, to paraphrase a famous adage. First-generation products from new startups are notoriously so,…

Arc browser’s new AI-powered ‘pinch-to-summarize’ feature is clever, but often miss the mark

The Browser company’s Arc, a browser focused on a less cluttered web experience, launched a new…

Reddit downplays risks of developer backlash, decentralized social media in its IPO filing

Reddit’s long-awaited IPO is nearing, promising to be the largest social media IPO since Pinterest. But…

Last call — Disrupt 2-for-1 sale ends today

Act quickly, entrepreneurs! The clock is ticking on your chance to seize a scorching deal: TechCrunch…

Reddit cites r/WallStreetBets as a risk factor in its IPO filing

As Reddit finally files to go public, the company wrote in its S-1 filing that “meme…

Mutale Nkonde’s nonprofit is working to make AI less biased

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the…

Born in October? You’re Less Likely To Catch the Flu, According to a New Study

A study published in The BMJ finds that October-born children have higher flu vaccination rates and…