“It’s repulsive to me,” says Gebru. “I honestly think there’s more of a chance that I would go back to Google—I mean, they won’t have me and I won’t have them—than me going to OpenAI.” The lack of women in the AI field has been an issue for years; in 2018, WIRED estimated that only… Continue reading Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don’t Want to Join OpenAI’s All-Male Board
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Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
With no new messages from Q in almost three years and former US President Donald Trump facing mounting legal woes, one would think that the QAnon political conspiracy was losing steam. But, on November 22, Elon Musk may have renewed hope for conspiracists around the world: As the US was preparing for Thanksgiving, Musk tweeted… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves
Radio has been part of Zareef Ahmad Zareef’s life since childhood. Today, he listens every morning and says it’s “a mandatory indulgence” in the evenings. A Kashmiri poet, Zareef has worked on radio as a cultural and literary commentator—he’s even written programs for children—and he says that the medium is woven into the fabric of… Continue reading The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves
Tesla Is Suing Sweden
Tesla is suing Sweden as the carmaker hits back at an attempt by local unions to disrupt its business in an ongoing battle over workers’ rights. In the lawsuit, filed Monday, Tesla says it is suing “the Swedish state through the Swedish Transport Agency” because local union members were refusing to deliver new license plates… Continue reading Tesla Is Suing Sweden
The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors
After my A1C test revealed prediabetes, I was determined to take steps to avoid the damaging effects of high blood sugar, including kidney disease, heart disease, and vision loss. I was unsure what to do, since I’m average weight, eat a healthy diet, and exercise regularly. I didn’t want to randomly experiment, then wait for… Continue reading The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors
85 Best Amazon Black Friday Deals (2023): TVs, Phones, Echo
Photograph: Anker This compact power bank slides into the USB-C port of your phone to top up the battery, in fact, it’s our top pick for phones in the Best Portable Chargers guide. Only the shell white color is on sale, but it’s a nifty way to add 5,000 mAh of capacity. However, it might… Continue reading 85 Best Amazon Black Friday Deals (2023): TVs, Phones, Echo
Urbanista Malibu Review: Superb Solar, Average Audio
Somewhere in a quiet corner of Urbanista’s Stockholm HQ, there’s a list of emergency place-names. Since its inception in 2010, the company has been on a kind of virtual world tour, naming each of its products after a location of lesser or greater resonance. But there’s a finite list of evocative toponyms on this planet,… Continue reading Urbanista Malibu Review: Superb Solar, Average Audio
24 Home Depot Black Friday Deals (2023): Tools, Grills
Take a gander at these early Home Depot Black Friday deals and get a lead on the masses who’ll be ready to crowd the digital gates before the Thanksgiving turkey even gets cold. Winter means, for more of us than not, spending a lot more time at home than we’d otherwise choose to spend. Vacations… Continue reading 24 Home Depot Black Friday Deals (2023): Tools, Grills
15 Best Gifts for Dads (2023): Grilling Gear, Coffee, Mitts
Your dad probably isn’t going to complain about any gift you give him. For better or worse, social norms that have wide-ranging and more serious implications dictate that most modern dads don’t get hung up on presents. You know the meme of the older bearded gentleman with a goofy smile opening a shirt just like… Continue reading 15 Best Gifts for Dads (2023): Grilling Gear, Coffee, Mitts
How Pit Viper Built ‘Party Mountain’ Out of Potty Humor and ’90s Nostalgia
When Chuck Mumford first launched Pit Viper, the Salt Lake City-based sunglass company he founded with college buddy Chris Garcin in 2012, he picked up an old Samsonite briefcase at Goodwill, spray painted it neon colors, and filled it with a bunch of the outrageously bright military-grade sunglasses he’d designed. “I would take it everywhere… Continue reading How Pit Viper Built ‘Party Mountain’ Out of Potty Humor and ’90s Nostalgia