🙅‍♀️ Mastodon preserves non-profit status

Plus: Tesla's stock suffers record losses, Webb Telescope begins exploration, Microsoft Edge proves to be a strong browser, and AI and humans improve understanding and communication.

Today’s pick

• Mastodon, a rival to Twitter, has rejected multiple investment offers from Silicon Valley venture capital firms in order to maintain its non-profit status (Ian Johnston / Ars Technica)

Ars Technica @arstechnica

Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status

arstechnica.comTwitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit statusOpen-source microblogging site has seen surge of interest since Musk took over Twitter.

• Tesla's stock is experiencing its worst month, quarter, and year on record, with shares down 42% in December due to challenges both at home and abroad. (Rohan Goswami / CNBC)

Evan Rosenfeld @Evan_Rosenfeld

$TSLA has moved past $META to become the worst-performing stock in 2022 among the most valuable tech companies.

cnbc.comTesla’s stock is headed for its worst month, quarter and year on recordTesla shares slid 11% on Tuesday with investors continuing to flee the electric vehicle maker and CEO Elon Musk.

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• The Webb Telescope has just begun its exploration of space, offering stunning views of distant objects and planets. (Dennis Overbye / The New York Times)

The New York Times @nytimes

“Everything that we did has turned out to be worth it. So we are here: This is a celebration party, getting a first peek at what’s out here. It’s not the last thing we’re going to do.”

nyti.msThe Webb Telescope Is Just Getting StartedThe first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers had dared to hope.

• Microsoft Edge has received praise for its performance as a browser, despite being overshadowed by Google Chrome's popularity. (Alice Newcome-Beill / The Verge)

Microsoft Edge @MicrosoftEdge

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The Verge @verge

Microsoft Edge is actually good https://t.co/gLeIksmHVF https://t.co/9vXHY5JI1b

• Advancements in artificial intelligence are allowing for better communication and understanding between humans and machines. (Mustafa Suleyman / WIRED)

WIRED @WIRED

AI models are increasingly able to generate very high-quality text, images, audio, and video content.

wired.trib.alHumans and AI Will Understand Each Other Better Than EverTransformers—data models based on neural networks—will radically change how machines interact with us.

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