Splunk acquires network observability service Flowmill
Data platform Splunk continues to make acquisitions as it works to build out its recently launched observability platform. After acquiring Plumbr and Rigor last month, the…
Ignore the social media echo chambers
I hope this election will change the temperament of our nation and its citizens. I hope it will lead more people to ignore the tactics of…
Imagine a World Without Apps
Video games are inching away from apps. Maybe every other industry can, too. …
Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals
Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it’s a new fund called 2050. But it’s not your average French VC fund as it’s going…
Twitter to relaunch account verifications in early 2021, asks for feedback on policy
Twitter announced today it’s planning to relaunch its verification system in 2021, and will now begin the process of soliciting public feedback on the new policy…
Roiled by Election, Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth
Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company’s bottom line. …
Fact Check: No, Biden Did Not Have a Maskless Birthday Party
The video of a crowd singing happy birthday to the president-elect was from 2019. …
How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper
Trawling ancient history with neural nets. …
My Name Is GPT-3 and I Approved This Article
The latest natural-language system generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes emails, answers trivia questions, translates languages and even writes its own computer programs. …
When A.I. Falls in Love
The Times asked GPT-3 to tell us a little about itself and its romantic life. …
Google-backed Chinese truck-hailing firm Manbang raises $1.7 billion
The Chinese Uber for trucks Manbang announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.7 billion in its latest funding round, two years after it hauled in $1.9…
As Customers Move Online, So Does the Holiday Shopping Season
Empty stores are turning into fulfillment centers and the market for warehouse space is booming, as the pandemic rockets the retail industry into its e-commerce future….
N26 launches mid-tier subscription plan for €4.90 per month
Challenger bank N26 is adding a third subscription product called N26 Smart. N26 Smart is designed to be a mid-tier subscription plan with advanced banking features…
Biden-Harris team finally get their transition .gov domain
Finally. It only took almost three weeks, but the Biden-Harris transition has officially begun. On Monday, the General Services Administration gave the green light for the…