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A tech race begins as Microsoft adds AI to its search engine

ChatGPT provided the tech industry with a jolt of excitement in the middle of its biggest job contraction in at least 15 years.

Advisory firm sues Elon Musk’s Twitter, saying it hasn’t been paid

Innisfree’s lawsuit is the latest sign that Twitter has stopped paying some of its vendors, advisers and other service providers since Musk took over the company.

Jury clears Elon Musk of wrongdoing related to 2018 Tesla tweets

The trial pitted Tesla investors represented in a class-action lawsuit against Musk, who is CEO of both the electric automaker and the Twitter service he bought for for $44 billion a few months ago.

Harvard winding down misinformation expert Joan Donovan’s research over school policy

During her time at Harvard, Donovan has become one of the most high-profile researchers on online extremism, media manipulation, and disinformation campaigns.

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The people onscreen are fake. The disinformation is real.

Do ‘Black-owned’ business labels work? Harvard study says yes.

Zoom Video to cut 1,300 jobs, or 15 percent of global workforce

An AI-generated ‘Seinfeld’ parody was gaining popularity online — until it was banned for transphobic jokes

Big tech job cuts keep coming; Dell latest to trim headcount

Hackers target thousands of computers days after ion attack

TECH POWER PLAYERS 50

Meet the CEOs, founders, and investors leading the Mass. tech scene
The Tech Power Players 50 is a list of the most influential — and interesting — people in the Massachusetts technology scene, as ranked by the Globe’s business journalists and an external advisory committee.

The pandemic spurred a shift in local tech leaders’ impact and influence

In ‘an interesting collision,’ Carmichael Roberts takes on the climate crisis

Jody Rose and Jeff Bussgang are tackling tech’s diversity problem

Desh Deshpande is expanding entrepreneurship to narrow the wealth gap

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Robots in the kitchen? Local engineers are making it a reality.

Two separate teams of engineers are chasing the holy grail of complete order accuracy, while also trying to surpass the speed of a human worker.

Here’s what Boston venture capitalists are looking to invest in this year

From AI to cleantech to new cancer treatments, Boston VC firms are on the hunt for the next big ideas in 2023.

Unicorn Tracker

The Boston Globe’s tech unicorn tracker lists startups headquartered in Massachusetts that have a valuation of at least $500 million. A “unicorn” is a company with a valuation in excess of $1 billion.

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Lackluster earnings reports show Big Tech’s golden age is fading

After a decade of largesse, the biggest tech companies are casting off their reputations as places that offer lifetime employment with free food and high salaries.

Apple, Google urged by Democratic senator to remove TikTok from app stores

While a number of Republican lawmakers have urged a TikTok ban, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is one of the few Democrats senators to propose such a drastic measure against the app, which is particularly popular among young people.

3-D printing firm Desktop Metal cuts workforce by 15 percent

The 3-D printing company — which operates two facilities in Burlington, one in Wilmington, and one in Woburn — did not disclose how many Mass. workers would be impacted, but CEO Ric Fulop called it “more of a global adjustment.”

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Massachusetts installing more reliable EV chargers on highways

Fast electric vehicle chargers have been installed at an I-95 rest stop in Lexington and are coming to Newton and Barnstable as the state seeks to convince droves of drivers to shift to EVs by 2030.

Athenahealth announces layoffs, possible office move

Athenahealth is just the latest local tech firm to suffer layoffs as the sector buckles under the weight of pandemic-era growth and uncertain market conditions.

DraftKings cuts 140 jobs amid widespread tech sector layoffs

Unlike many other companies making job cuts this year, the Boston firm's workforce reduction was not due to slowing business or concerns about the economy.

Boston cybersecurity firm Rapid7 could be for sale, stock soars

The depressed stock prices of all kinds of tech companies could lead to an increase in mergers and acquisitions activity.

Gloucester coffee startup Cometeer hits bitter stretch, cuts staff

The company, which was founded in 2015, sells flash-frozen pods of high-end coffee and has raised about $100 million of venture capital.