Tag Archives: Wired

Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure Deals a Blow to Europe’s Startups

The US lender filled a niche for European tech companies that no one else could, or would.

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SVB’s Collapse Is Causing Chaos in India’s Tech Sector

The bank was popular among Indian founders who needed US accounts. But many have struggled to get their money out.

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TikTok and Meta’s Moderators Form a United Front in Germany

Workers who handle violent and offensive content often face low wages and insecure contracts. Now they want the ability to organize.

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Silicon Valley Will Still Need A Bank

Whether SVB is rescued by regulators or snapped up by a competitor, the tech industry’s finance needs are still specific enough that not just anyone can meet them.

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A Face Recognition Site Crawled the Web for Dead People’s Photos

PimEyes appears to have scraped a major ancestry website for photos, without permission. Experts fear they could be used to identify living relatives.

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The Silicon Valley Bank Contagion Is Just Beginning

The collapse of SVB isn’t just a tech industry problem—as the rest of the world is about to find out.

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Helium’s IoT-Crypto Network Is Barely Hanging On in Lebanon

People in the country hoped to earn a steady payout from Wi-Fi hot spots. But many are left holding useless hardware.

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Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone

Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the company’s tweets. Researchers say that’s too much for too little data.

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How to Start an AI Panic

The Center for Humane Technology stoked conversation about the dangers of social media. Now it’s warning that artificial intelligence is as dangerous as nuclear weapons.

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Get Ready to Meet the ChatGPT Clones

The technology behind OpenAI’s viral chatbot is set to become widely replicated, unleashing a tidal wave of bots.

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