The Agonizing Task of Turning Europe’s Power Back On
“You should be anticipating every failure that can happen, and you should survive any one of them,” Cuffe says. From the control room, engineers should be...
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
What is also clear from the documents is that US police are aware of the control corporations have over their ability to acquire vehicle location data,...
Donald Trump Is Already Ruining Christmas
While children are told stories about elves and reindeer, the truth is that hundreds of thousands of people work year-round to make sure Christmas feels magical....
The Meta Trial Shows the Dangers of Selling Out
Meta has a lot at stake in the current FTC lawsuit against it. In theory a negative verdict could result in a company breakup. But CEO...
The Real Winners of the Trump Memecoin Feeding Frenzy
On Wednesday, the team behind the official Donald Trump memecoin sparked a trading frenzy after announcing that the investors who held the largest amount of the...
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question
The question of who DOGE is has taken on an almost metaphysical quality as the organization’s mandate has expanded. According to Trump’s January 20 executive order...
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Here’s a nice little distraction from your workday: Head to Google, type in any made-up phrase, add the word “meaning,” and search. Behold! Google’s AI Overviews...
Is Tesla on the Outs in China?
Zoë Schiffer: Can you talk to me about that relationship? And also, what is Tesla’s standing like in China? Is it viewed as a popular, cool...
AI Is Spreading Old Stereotypes to New Languages and Cultures
So, there’s the training data. Then, there’s the fine-tuning and evaluation. The training data might contain all kinds of really problematic stereotypes across countries, but then...
Bad News for China: Rare Earth Elements Aren’t That Rare
“The heavy rare earth elements are added as sort of a spice, a doping agent, to maintain the magnetism of the magnet at high temperatures. It...