In a rambling, over two-hour conversation in an X Space, Elon Musk caved to former president Donald Trump on policy issues that directly affect the billionaire’s businesses, like energy policy and climate change. Trump dominated the conversation, appearing to speak with a pronounced lisp and at times leaving little room for Musk to speak. After… Continue reading Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s X Space Took Forever to Start, Then Never Ended
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He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
When I interviewed writers and actors at the picket lines of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes last year, there was a mix of sentiment around AI, which, while largely negative, encompassed anxiety, uncertainty, equivocation, and anger. The crowd in Burbank was the most uniformly and passionately anti-AI I’ve ever witnessed. Asked for his thoughts on… Continue reading He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
NBC Sent 27 Creators to Paris. It Only Needed Snoop and Olympic Athletes
In mid-June, when NBCUniversal announced it was partnering with Meta, Overtime, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube to send 27 influencers to the 2024 Paris Olympics, it seemed like a big deal. These were huge content creators like Kai Cenat, Daniel Macdonald, and Zhongni “Zhong” Zhu, people with millions upon millions of followers. The hope was that… Continue reading NBC Sent 27 Creators to Paris. It Only Needed Snoop and Olympic Athletes
Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
If you know where to look, plenty of secrets can be found online. Since the fall of 2021, independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi has been building ways to tap into huge data sources, which are often overlooked by researchers, to find masses of security problems. This includes automatically finding developer secrets—such as passwords, API keys,… Continue reading Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look
It’s probably been a while since anyone thought about Apple’s router and network storage combo called Time Capsule. Released in 2008 and discontinued in 2018, the product has mostly receded into the sands of gadget time. So when independent security researcher Matthew Bryant recently bought a Time Capsule from the United Kingdom on eBay for… Continue reading Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56
The unassuming house on Santa Margarita Avenue in Menlo Park, California, had been empty for only a couple of years when I visited in 2008, but the ghosts were still there. This was where Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google a decade previous. Here was the garage once packed with newly delivered servers and… Continue reading Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56
HexClad Cookware Review: Unjustifiably Expensive
The first time I used the HexClad Hybrid Deep Saute Pan, I burned myself on the “Stay Cool” handle (more on that later). I seasoned the pan with oil per the manufacturer’s recommendations, I cooked some eggs, and they turned out mostly OK—but they stuck to the pan that’s marketed as “nonstick.” This led me… Continue reading HexClad Cookware Review: Unjustifiably Expensive
LG S95TR 9.1.5 Soundbar System Review: Perfect Audio for Your OLED
Plugging in the soundbar through HDMI (it features eARC) to any modern TV means that you can immediately use the TV remote to control audio volume, but you will want to use the remote on the soundbar itself (unless you own an LG TV), to change settings. It does also support things like Tidal Connect… Continue reading LG S95TR 9.1.5 Soundbar System Review: Perfect Audio for Your OLED
Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs
Demand for graphics processing units or GPUs has exploded in recent years as video rendering and artificial intelligence systems have expanded the need for processing power. And while most of the most visible shortages (and soaring stock prices) relate to top-tier PC and server chips, mobile graphics processors are the version that everyone with a… Continue reading Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs
The FDA Just Rejected a Bid for MDMA’s Approval to Treat PTSD
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a first-of-its-kind proposal to use the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy or Molly, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics had asked the FDA to approve the drug in combination with talk therapy. The company said Friday that the regulatory agency has… Continue reading The FDA Just Rejected a Bid for MDMA’s Approval to Treat PTSD