Chief economist Michael Schwarz said that AI productivity risks weren’t as worrying as bad actors who could meddle in elections or generate spam.  ​Read More  Tech 

Ballie Gifford is buying nearly 44 million newly issued shares in Joby Aviation, a purchase that will provide a $180 million injection of capital into… Read More »Joby Aviation lands $180M equity investment from returning backer Ballie Gifford

Hackers have published a trove of sensitive data stolen from payment software company AvidXchange after the company fell victim to ransomware for the second time… Read More »Payment software giant AvidXchange suffers its second ransomware attack of 2023

Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that saw sales from handset chips, a core business for the company, decline.  ​Read More  Tech 

We compared VPN prices and value to bring you the best VPN deals and money-back guarantees on the market right now.  ​Read More  Latest stories for… Read More »The best VPN deals right now: May 2023

A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs at the United States… Read More »Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Website Leaks Customer Data

A coalition of more than 50 European consumer and digitals rights groups, smaller ISPs and broadcasters have inked their name to a joint statement urging… Read More »Fifty+ ISPs, NGOs and broadcaster groups hit out at ‘Big Telco bias’ driving anti-competitive EU network fee proposal

Billions of dollars are flooding into AI. Yet, AI models are already being affected by prejudice, as evidenced by mortgage discrimination toward Black prospective homeowners.… Read More »Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought

The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Meta has “repeatedly violated” privacy rules, and proposes to tighten the agency’s 2020 order against the company, completely barring… Read More »FTC moves to completely prohibit Meta from monetizing kids

AMD’s new Ryzen 7040U series targets slim and light laptops, promising better performance, graphics and battery life. Higher-end models also get AMD’s first AI acceleration… Read More »AMD Ryzen 7040U Series CPUs for Ultra-Slim Laptops Unveiled: Zen 4 Architecture, RDNA 3 Graphics, Ryzen AI