At least 6.9 million users of 23andMe’s services have had their data accessed by hackers. That number is roughly half of 23andMe’s estimated 14 million user base. The original hack happened in October, but it was not publicly known just how many users were affected until this week.
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by 23andMe, the October hack originally accessed “a very small percentage (0.1%) of user accounts” by using compr
Wikipedia is seen by many as one of the front pages of the internet and a major contributor and documenter of human knowledge. Which is what makes the annual rankings of the most popular pages on the user-generated, collaborative encyclopedia so interesting.
On Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees the website, published its list of the most-trafficked pages so far this year (it’ll update the list with final numbers early into 2024). Topping the list: ChatGPT, the
Inventions like electricity and microwaves that we take for granted seemed otherworldly not too long ago. Taking a chance on new technology is part of venture firm Lux Capital ideology: “We believe before others understand.”
Josh Wolfe, Lux Capital’s cofounder, started the firm with a mission to support scientists and entrepreneurs —even if their ideas might seem outside the box to the general public. Today, Wolfe is funding advances in industries like bi
Hinge wants you to get off of its app and foster platonic relationships.
The dating app giant is launching a $1 million social impact fund to tackle the loneliness epidemic that’s impacting its Gen Z users. Fiscally sponsored or 501(c)3 groups in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York City can apply for grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 each to develop “fresh, free/low-cost, and recurring in-person connection opportunities” for young adults.
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In the aftermath of the OpenAI governance battle, the narrative has been dominated by the idea that “the capitalists won.” While this conclusion is catchy, it misses the point.
The real (and bigger) story is: The founders of OpenAI set out to create a nonprofit public institution to ensure that AI’s evolution aligns with the interests of humanity at large. Last month, it became clear that they failed.
What is also clear: Public institutions that priori
How can technology assist us in having more open and honest conversations about sex and sexuality? This question strikes at the heart of a major cultural challenge: the taboos and stigmas around discussing sensitive topics like sexual health and pleasure.
Yet avoiding these conversations leads to negative outcomes on individual and societal levels. The good news is that technology is emerging as a powerful tool to enable shame-free dialogues and create social change.
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A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling—then dismantling—her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in internet history.
The actions impacting Joan Donovan’s work coincided with a $500 million donation to Harvard by a foundation run by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Pr
A very happy birthday to my Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, which just turned one.
I had no intention of buying a foldable phone, but I use Google Fi as my wireless provider and was lured in by what I considered a very reasonable phone payment: $27.50 per month for two years.
It hadn’t even been on the market for a month at the time I bought it, so I took the plunge. I needed a new phone, this one looked interesting, and it wasn’t wildly expensive.
Now, a
Generative AI seems to have popped up everywhere in the mainstream lately—primarily via the popularity of ChatGPT, but also through the proliferation of text-to-image tools and AI avatars in our social media feeds. But beyond fun smartphone apps and ways for students to shirk essay-writing assignments, what can generative AI do? How does it work? How will it AI technology affect the way that businesses operate? And possibly most heavy on your mind: will generative AI models take your j
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is reportedly planning to unveil a new platform this month so it can compete better with OpenAI. According to a memo seen by the South China Morning Post, the unnamed “bot development platform” will give users a tool to create their own generative AI-powered chatbots. It would mark a new foray into the AI revolution by the world’s biggest unicorn, a privately held startup worth at least $1 billion, and would presumably raise a slew