TikTok ban, 10 best US tech hubs, lunar railway and more / Daily digest

April 11, 2024

TikTok ban, 10 best US tech hubs, lunar railway and more / Daily digest

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Only 28% of Americans Support Banning TikTok, Poll Says

46% are worried that social media can be used to swing elections.

Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will take up the so-called TikTok ban bill that passed the House earlier this month, this new poll will probably give lawmakers pause about the next steps.

DEVELOPER

10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

You don’t need to move to Silicon Valley to cash in on the boom for IT talent. These 10 cities are among the fastest growing tech hubs by salary, according to Dice.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Fewer than 1% of parents use social media tools to monitor their children's accounts, tech companies say

The numbers were revealed in written disclosure made to the Senate Judiciary Committee in March.

STARTUP

Big Tech's inside job

Silicon Valley used to reward innovation. Now it strives to sabotage it.

Received wisdom in the tech world is that big, legacy companies are bound by inertia. The more established they are, the more they get set in their ways — and the more vulnerable they are to disruption by a nimble startup. Silicon Valley was founded on the principle that newcomers can move fast and break things — leading to world-transforming innovations.

CYBERSECURITY

AT&T Confirms Data Breach Affecting 73 Million Current and Former Customers

AT&T has automatically reset the passcodes of 7.6 million current customers. It will be offering complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring.

CIO

6 “secret sauce” ingredients for empathetic leadership

Sam Smith — founder and former CEO of finnCap Group — argues that a culture of empathy will help superscale any business.

LAW

BlackBerry CEO sexually harassed senior employee, lawsuit claims

A former BlackBerry Ltd. employee has filed a lawsuit against the company and its new chief executive John Giamatteo, who she claims sexually harassed her and then retaliated against her after she reported the behaviour.

A Third of Americans Have Never Heard of ChatGPT

Use among younger US adults has ticked up 10 percentage points since July, according to Pew Research, though 34% of respondents said they've 'heard nothing at all about ChatGPT.'

You can now use ChatGPT without an account

You can even turn off data training for your prompts without a login.

How to use ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini AI tools

Today's leading chatbots for the everyday user — OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot and Google's Gemini — are all best approached as tutors or assistants rather than information desks.

Why it matters: Getting started using any of these tools is easy, but knowing when and how to get the best results from them can still be tricky.

Cool Technology

Northrop Grumman wins DARPA contract for a railway on the Moon

In preparation for a permanent human colony on the Moon, DARPA has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to develop a lunar railway concept, as part of the 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study.

The Best External SSDs for 2024

Dump that poky portable hard drive! External solid-state drives are faster and more affordable than ever. Check out our top-rated SSDs, plus detailed advice on how to buy the right one for you.