Tech

Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake. Source link

Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done. Source link

Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air. Source link

If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore? Source link

Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers. Source link

Bitcoin has plunged more than 30 percent and Ether is down around 40 percent in recent months, as gains from President Trump’s pro-crypto policies evaporated. Source link

The deal with a company owned by Embraer gives Beta Technologies an additional source of revenue as it develops its own electric aircraft. Source link

Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers. Source link

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. Source link

David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments. Source link