For the first time in more than half a century, a US-built spacecraft has made a soft landing on the moon. There was high drama and plenty of intrigue on Thursday evening as Intuitive Machines attempted to land its Odysseus spacecraft in a small crater not all that far from the south pole of the… Continue reading Odysseus Marks the First US Moon Landing in More Than 50 Years
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Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying
Reddit didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment for this story. Unwanted Offer Reddit’s investment offer to users is known as the Directed Share Program. “Because you have helped make Reddit what it is today, you now have the opportunity to become Reddit owners at the same price as institutional investors,” the company wrote… Continue reading Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying
Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors
Finding shell casings can be extremely difficult. A Los Angeles Police Department officer not authorized to speak to the media tells WIRED they’ve spent “hours” searching for bullet casings. Just because officers don’t find evidence of gunfire, they say, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. While SoundThinking says its alerts are reviewed by its Incident Review… Continue reading Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors
Reddit’s IPO Filing Is Missing Something: Cofounder Alexis Ohanian
Advance, the owner of Condé, owns 30 percent of Reddit with other investors, board members, and employees holding the rest. Among them, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, an early user and investor in Reddit, has 8.7 percent of the company, according to Thursday’s filing. Some of Reddit’s power users in the US could join the ranks… Continue reading Reddit’s IPO Filing Is Missing Something: Cofounder Alexis Ohanian
Why Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ Has Taken Over TikTok
In her delightfully cheeky Verizon Super Bowl commercial, Beyoncé swore to do one thing: Break the internet. As the commercial demonstrated, she could not—at least not in the literal sense. Instead, after the commercial ended, she did something else: She hacked the internet, dropping two new songs, “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages,” the former… Continue reading Why Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ Has Taken Over TikTok
Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking
Call it a comeback—with consequences not just for Intel but also the US government’s hopes of maintaining a lead in artificial intelligence. The troubled chipmaker’s CEO Pat Gelsinger announced today that Intel is relaunching and expanding its foundry business, which manufactures chip designs for other companies. Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella also appeared at the Intel… Continue reading Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking
Gab’s Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust
The prominent far-right social network Gab has launched almost 100 chatbots—ranging from AI versions of Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump to the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski—several of which question the reality of the Holocaust. Gab launched a new platform, called Gab AI, specifically for its chatbots last month, and has quickly expanded the number of “characters”… Continue reading Gab’s Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust
Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t
Some Neuralink rivals, such as Precision Neuroscience, are developing implants that sit on top of the brain, or in the case of Synchron, a stentlike device that’s inserted into a blood vessel and sits against the brain. These devices aim to allow paralyzed people to communicate using digital devices by reading electrical patterns generated from… Continue reading Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t
Measles Strikes a Florida Elementary School With Over 100 Unvaccinated Kids
Florida health officials on Sunday announced an investigation into a cluster of measles cases at an elementary school in the Fort Lauderdale area with a low vaccination rate, a scenario health experts fear will become more and more common amid slipping vaccination rates nationwide. On Friday, Broward County Public School reported a confirmed case of… Continue reading Measles Strikes a Florida Elementary School With Over 100 Unvaccinated Kids
Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private
The third new feature, which is not enabled by default and which Signal recommends mainly for high-risk users, allows you to turn off not just your number’s visibility but its discoverability. That means no one can find you in Signal unless they have your username, even if they already know your number or have it… Continue reading Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private