Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math
Flying premium from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a common trip for some Californians, could generate 101 kilograms of carbon emissions, or perhaps 142 or even...
The Rebellion Amazon Can No Longer Ignore
But the union’s success overcoming this bureaucracy in Coventry has piqued the interest of Amazon workers around the world, who are trying to organize a global...
The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Humanity may not exactly be winning its battle to avert climate change, but the electrification of cars has begun to look like a success story. Ten...
China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer
“It bolsters the case for why we need to be setting parameters around this type of technology,” says Alexandra Seymour, an associate fellow at the Center for...
Tesla’s Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk
In 2023, Tesla is due to release its long-awaited Cybertruck, a blocky, angular SUV first announced in 2019. It is the first new launch of a...
How to Spot AI-Generated Art, According to Artists
How long will the naked eye be able to spot the difference between images made by generative artificial intelligence and art created by humans? Ari Melenciano, an...
The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
“In order to enter that process of this individual psychological and algorithmic confirmation, you do need to have some extent of susceptibility to some sort of...
My Week With the Future of Garbage Bins
It’s 10 pm and, like a vampire stirring in its coffin to greet the nocturne, my garbage bin comes to life. A semicircle of yellow lights...
Tech Workers Fight for Iran Protesters as Big Tech Plays It Safe
Google’s Ukraine response saw it and its employees donate over $45 million in a campaign it promoted several times on a company blog. For Iran, Google...