The Future, This Week

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  Kai Riemer

  

  11 hours ago

  Seller of mountain water in a can, Liquid Death is valued at $700 million after latest funding round: report

  MarketWatch - Barbara Kollmeyer

  Selling water in a can appears to be working for Liquid Death, a three-year old environmentally conscious startup that just secured another funding …

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  Kai Riemer

  

  15 hours ago

  Biden's AI Bill of Rights Is Toothless Against Big Tech

  WIRED - Khari Johnson

  The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decision-making, which could reshape federal government—but not the private …

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  Sandra Peter

  

  2 hours ago

  Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price

  The New York Times - Kate Conger and Lauren Hirsch

  Elon Musk, in a surprise move that adds another twist to a monthslong drama that has preoccupied Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington, proposed a deal with Twitter on Monday evening that could bring to an end an acrimonious legal fight between the billionaire and the social media company. The …

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  Kai Riemer

  

  11 hours ago

  The White House just moved to hold AI more accountable

  MIT Technology Review - Melissa Heikkilä

  The White House wants Americans to know: The age of AI accountability is coming. US President Biden has today unveiled a new AI Bill of Rights, which …

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  Kai Riemer

  

  Sep 27

  Dog treats, deodorant, Spam: why does America sell 138,000 pumpkin spice things?

  The Guardian - Aimee Levitt

  It’s gone from a Starbucks flavor to a whole season. We crunch the numbers on the taste that became an industry Pumpkin spice season, which officially began the last Tuesday of August when Starbucks released its fall drinks menu, is not the same as fall. It’s more about the idea of fall. During …

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  Kai Riemer

  

  Sep 19

  The Hidden Dangers of Working Remotely

  Entrepreneur - Ryan Droste

  While a remote work lifestyle can be desirable, there are several possible dangers that need to be considered. The Covid-19 pandemic changed the global workforce in a way that will probably never reverse course. Although remote work was out there before the pandemic, remote jobs are much more …