Technology/business writer, also author, and actually a scientist! Keen on unusual, funny stories. Now at Inc.com. Seen before at NYT, FastCo., Gizmodo…etc etc
Joined February 2009
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My books launch today! Want to learn WTF is 5G, The Dark Web and The Cloud? Buy ‘em, read ‘em, and giggle at the jokes! #booklaunch amazon.co.uk/Kit-Eaton/e/B09… (also hear me read them on @audible_com!)
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Microsoft Says Workers are Already Using AI to Lighten Workloads, at Risk to Their Own Brainpower inc.com/kit-eaton/microsoft-…
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In an ideal scenario the President of the United States and the worst person in the world would be two different people.
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Disney gives Slack the “Let It Go” treatment after cyberattack, but staff aren’t happy. @kiteaton trib.al/FVB3hMC
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Smash hit game Flappy Bird Is “officially” coming back. But its creator has disavowed it. @kiteaton trib.al/FvzlKfI
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Very exciting! Highest earth orbit with humans ever!!!
The apogee-raising burn is now complete. The Polaris Dawn crew and Dragon are now on their way to an altitude of ~1,400 km
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It's heading to space on a five day mission, not a five year one, but Polaris Dawn has some science and exploration adventures that really are in the spirit of the best sci-fi. @kiteaton trib.al/hlOncLL
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Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk aren't in competition for who has the biggest rocket (it's Musk), but their space startups are definitely competitors--with very different business models and leadership styles. @kiteaton trib.al/srs9hMz
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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever just raised $1 billion for his new safe AI startup. @kiteaton trib.al/sa5oH0G
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TikTok tries a “show your secret evidence” twist in its lawsuit against a potential ban. @kiteaton trib.al/hGuS3Yo
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Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin hit with rocket setbacks. @kiteaton trib.al/ZDLJ2Uq
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The second recipient of the tech from Elon Musk's company is already gaming, and doing far more using the Neuralink device. @kiteaton trib.al/iAROIeO
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OpenAI will pay publisher Conde Nast so its content will appear in ChatGPT. @kiteaton trib.al/t065QhG
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Space suit design decisions made years ago are a part of the Starliner problem on the Space Station. @kiteaton trib.al/5ITsQ0l
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Trump shared deepfake image of Taylor Swift, implying she endorsed him. This could be an era-defining mistake. @kiteaton trib.al/LsvpF7M
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Yet another lawsuit alleges that an AI company has illegally 'scraped' someone else's carefully human-made material to train its AI algorithms. @kiteaton trib.al/JouPPSa
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Only one piece of real news came out Wednesday in NASA's press conference about the malfunctioning Boeing Starliner capsule, which is stuck at the International Space Station. @kiteaton trib.al/PDGADku
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Apple hasn’t abandoned the Vision Pro headset. A cheaper version is rumored to be on track for 2025. @kiteaton trib.al/asPRPqL
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Instagram launches an AI chatbot creator, so you--or your favorite influencer--can build a chatty robot. @kiteaton trib.al/l1tcV9z
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