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Profile of Cerebras, which made the world's largest chip by using a "wafer-scale" approach that offers one possibility for AI chips to keep up with Moore's law
A look at the rise and fall of Skycoin, a cryptocurrency that had a ~$5B total value in 2018, ran a team of social media "shills", and was plagued by scandals
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Profile of @images_ai, a Twitter account launched by a music student in June, that uses neural networks, including OpenAI's CLIP, to generate surreal art
The Big Money Behind the Big Lie
Profile of Bored Ape Yacht Club, an NFT collection that sold for $2M+ in April, spawned a collector community, and has since seen ~$100M in trading activity
Coexisting with the Coronavirus | The New Yorker
The German Experiment That Placed Foster Children with Pedophiles
Experts say consent and disclosure are key to the ethical use of synthetic media, amid controversy surrounding Bourdain's deepfake voice in a new documentary
“Unread Messages”
A Haunting New Documentary About Anthony Bourdain
How to achieve sustainable remote work
Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Nightmare | The New Yorker
Will we ever fly supersonically over land?
The ProPublica Revelations Show Why We Need to Tax Wealth More Effectively
Affect Theory and the New Age of Anxiety | The New Yorker
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A close look at Chamath Palihapitiya and SPACs, which could become a fixture of the economy as investors develop proper skepticism and regulations emerge
Profile of Kurtis Minder, who for the past year has been managing fraught discussions between companies and hackers as a ransomware negotiator
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American Democracy Isn’t Dead Yet, but It’s Getting There
A deep look at whether social robots can help ease loneliness among the elderly in the US, where 21 states have distributed free robot pets to older residents
Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap
The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush
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Profile of Robinhood, whose goal of democratizing finance stems from the Occupy Wall Street movement, as critics fear the app will only reinforce the wealth gap
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