Venture capital firms Sequoia and Y Combinator are weary of a possible economic downturn and have already advised their companies to cut-back funding substantially in preparation. In a time of concern, we want to give you a clearer sense of both why there is concern over a recession and emerging trends in 2022 facing startups so you can make the right decisions for you.
In April 2021, the Department of Defense released an internal report stating that China is taking advantage of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Now, on the year of its 40th anniversary, the SBIR may cease to exist if it is not renewed before its contract expires in September 2022. Since this is the nation’s largest innovation program, this report made available to the Wall Street Journal in May 2022 threatens the future of technology innovation in America.
Recently, digital advertising security agency Confiant identified cybercriminals likely working in China targeting individuals’ Web3 wallets, dubbing this group ‘Seaflower.’ With recent concerns about Web3 wallets and their security due to groups like Seaflower, this blog will describe how you can ensure your Web3 wallet is safe and ways to know if your digital wallet may be under threat.
On June 11th, software engineer Blake Lemoine went public about claims that Google’s artificial intelligence named LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) was sentient. This blog post explores the proof Blake Lemoine presented to Google Executives so you can decide for yourself if LaMDA is truly “alive“ or well-tuned AI.
