You don’t have to be nearly deaf to use a hearing aid. Many doctors urge patients to get started with the devices early, before hearing loss becomes critical. Olive Union’s Olive Max is the first hearing aid I’ve encountered designed for this specific purpose, built for users with “mild to moderate” hearing loss, which the… Continue reading Olive Union Olive Max Hearing Aids: For Mild Hearing Loss
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What Is 5G Home Internet? Here’s Everything You Need to Know (2024)
Sick of slow, expensive, or unreliable internet service? You probably are. Internet service providers (ISPs) came second to last in a study of customer satisfaction by industry in the US last year. For most folks, internet service comes into the house via cable, and choices are limited. But with mobile carriers rolling out fast, low-latency… Continue reading What Is 5G Home Internet? Here’s Everything You Need to Know (2024)
The House Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast Track
A TikTok ban is back on the table after the House approved a new bill on Saturday addressing the issues that stalled it out in the Senate. The bill would allow the Biden administration to ban TikTok nationwide if it doesn’t divest from its China-based owner, Bytedance, within a year. It’s different from a similar… Continue reading The House Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast Track
Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3
Zuckerberg took to Instagram today to explain that Meta would incorporate the new Meta AI assistant, powered by Llama 3, into products that include Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. Meta said in its blog post announcing Llama 3 that it had focused heavily on improving the training data used to develop the model. It was… Continue reading Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3
NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From
NASA has confirmed that the object that fell into a Florida home last month was part of a battery pack released from the International Space Station. This extraordinary incident opens a new frontier in space law. NASA, the homeowner, and attorneys are navigating little-used legal codes and intergovernmental agreements to determine who should pay for… Continue reading NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From
We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening
Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink has chosen the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, as the initial study site to test its Telepathy device. The first participant in Neuralink’s study, Noah Arbaugh, underwent a successful procedure at the institute in January to get the device implanted. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, the technology… Continue reading We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening
Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Voters
Boone Cutler, who has written a number of books with Flynn about “fifth-generational warfare”—military actions like social engineering, misinformation, and cyber attacks—described immigrants as “weaponized diaspora communities” who are being brought into the country to commit “terrorism.” Cutler announced, without providing any details, that he would be providing “irregular warfare training” to CSPOA officers ahead… Continue reading Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Voters
Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains
This week has been one of Tesla’s worst. The company has cut 10 percent of its workforce, from sales advisers to engineers—the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history. Two top executives—vice president of public policy and business development, Rohan Patel; and senior vice president of powertrain and energy, Drew Baglino—also announced they were… Continue reading Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains
The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot
You don’t need to have been petrified by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Skynet-commissioned cyborg assassin in 1984’s The Terminator to fret that super-strong, all-terrain, bipedal humanoid robots sprinting up steps, pulling backflips, and righting themselves could be programmed to break our necks on sight. (And laser guns, never give them laser guns.) With the Old Atlas, we… Continue reading The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot
Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies
A trade organization representing some of the world’s largest information technology companies—Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft among them—say its members are voicing strong opposition to ongoing efforts by the Biden administration to dramatically expand a key US government surveillance authority. The US Senate is poised to vote Thursday on legislation that would extend a global… Continue reading Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies