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The Download: Silicon Valley’s blind spot and Nvidia’s chip-tracking plan
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- This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
- Silicon Valley claims to know the future.
- So why did it get the midterms so wrong? —Aaron Zamost, a tech communications consultant and a former executive at Square The self-styled…
- Their decision to lash themselves to President Trump was a catastrophic misreading of the political landscape.
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According to public reporting via MIT Technology Review, this is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
In related context, silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong? —Aaron Zamost, a tech communications consultant and a former executive at Square The self-styled visionaries… Yet five weeks before the midterms, many gathered at the White House to pose with Trump and endorse his “Super Intelligence” agenda, despite growing opposition to AI and data centers. Their decision to lash themselves to President Trump was a catastrophic misreading of the political landscape.
Reporting also notes that now, not only have they jeopardized their companies’ fates, but they’ve also raised questions about their vision and judgment. Here’s why Silicon Valley’s tech leaders may be less visionary than they think . The act is drawing renewed attention following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation and reported affair. Find out what the proposed tracking measures would involve . —James O'Donnell More autonomy, fewer NDAs: Volunteers have new requests for brain implant trials Scientists have been working on ways to decode brain activity for decades.
Points still worth watching: Teams have developed brain implants that can control robotic limbs and computers, and even “speak.” The people who volunteer for trials of these devices play a vital role in that research, and they ought to be recognized for their contributions, says Ian Burkhart, who had one implanted in his own brain back in 2014. He’s been working on a set of guidelines for ethical trials to respect participants’ autonomy—and access their own brain data whenever they want. This Silicon News Wire item is a paraphrased brief; full wording remains on the origin page.
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