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In the history of human existence there isn’t a single scrap of peer-reviewed, verified evidence supporting the idea that it’s possible to overdose on cannabis. Yet, somehow, a coroner from Louisiana claims to be 100-percent positive that a 39-year-old woman’s become the first to do so. His reasoning? She had THC in her system and…

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There was much talk of doom and destruction at this year's conference — technology will overtake us all, climate change could destroy the planet, and so on — but by far the scariest talk had to do with sleep. Most of the time, I tune out recommendations to get more sleep, partly because I hear…

There was much talk of doom and destruction at this year's conference — technology will overtake us all, climate change could destroy the planet, and so on — but by far the scariest talk had to do with sleep. Most of the time, I tune out recommendations to get more sleep, partly because I hear…

By now, you might have heard the news that TNW has sold a majority stake to the — and we don’t use this word lightly — venerable Financial Times. For us, it’s an honor and a tremendous vote of confidence in our business. Yesterday we put out a press release that announced the news and gave…

The existential threat of harmful AI recently reached ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ proportions after a major research institute (checks notes…) modified the model size of a text generator. Apparently we’ve finally run out of real things to be scared of. What happened If you follow AI news you’ve already heard about it: OpenAI, a non-profit co-founded…

Podcasts have existed on the web for nearly a decade and a half, and pretty much in the same way you know them now: pre-recorded audio files of spoken-word shows that you can download, stream, and play on any internet-connected device. In that time, things haven’t changed a whole lot. Spotify’s recent acquisition of Gimlet…

President Donald Trump reopened the US government last Friday after his 35-day-long attempt to compel members of Congress to fund a wall along the southern border ended in abject failure. By all accounts, except perhaps the President’s own, the longest shutdown in modern US politics was a complete catastrophe. According to experts, it’s lingering effects…

In the past I have written extensively about the power of innovation and how it has changed the world around us. Of course, innovation's transformative powers are  apparent if you look at the way our world works, starting from how smart phones used in almost every corner of the world have revolutionized our understanding of communication, to…

In the red corner, weighing in using US standard measurements, the challenger: NYU’s Gary “Down with Deep Learning” Marcus. And in the Blue Corner, weighing in using le système métrique, Facebook’s Yann “Show Your Work” LeCun. This fight will decide the fate of AI research once and for all. A pair of AI experts have…