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Cybernetics and the English language
We teach ChatGPT to read following George Orwell’s rules for using language “as an instrument for expressing and not concealing or preventing thought”
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Tesla is Already Losing Market Share
Warren Buffet-backed Chinese carmaker BYD is giving Tesla a run for their money despite not being in the U.S. market. Don’t have $60,000 for an EV? Electric bike sales are booming.
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How to Make TikTok Work for You
In Else Newsletter # 21, we share tips from people who are using TikTok with great results, explain why this could have helped cause the terrible quarter other social networks just had, and see if we can spot the Chinese Communist Party lurking behind the craziest video feed in the world
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The Circuit Shuts Off
In Else newsletter #20, we review the impact of the latest U.S. government restrictions on Chinese chip makers, as computer sales go down, and Microsoft finds its voice with a new chip
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The big PC sales slump is here and likely to stay
As the coronavirus pandemic recedes, higher inflation and interest rates are making consumers and businesses think twice before buying new equipment
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Brazilians Make Pix with Digital Payments
In Else newsletter #19, cash loses ground in one of its most enduring redoubts and competition for money heats up, while the unbanked still need help
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The growing appeal of digital wallets
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and an e-commerce boom have helped digital wallets position themselves as a relevant payment alternative in bank-centered Latin America
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I was working in the lab late one night
Newsletter #18 reports on how research labs have changed, tries to grasp the science of the new Nobel prize in chemistry, and notes the return of biotech IPOs
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Elemental Machines Announces New LabOps Tools and Integrations
Laboratory Operations, or LabOps for short, are a key component of biotech and hence, of modern healthcare. Verb customer Elemental Machines explains what it takes to run an effective lab today
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They fly their planes into storms
Newsletter #17 checks on the weather reporting ahead of hurricane Ian, shares a short way to describe NFTs, and notes a second agency that says newsrooms are the future of PR
