Late in his team’s game against the Green Bay Packers on September 15, Indianapolis Colts tight end Kylen Granson caught a short pass over the middle of the field, charged forward, and lowered his body to brace for contact. The side of his helmet smacked the face mask of linebacker Quay Walker, and the back… Continue reading How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL
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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door
While the biometric-scanning Orb and the World network have their roots in crypto tokens, “crypto” wasn’t an oft-mentioned word during the event. Instead, Altman and Blania emphasized World’s blockchain service, digital asset management, and virtual communication tools. Blania claimed during the press briefing that, in the future, World hopes to build the “largest finance network”… Continue reading Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door
SpaceX Has a Plan for Starlink to Hit Gigabit Speeds
SpaceX is seeking approval for changes to Starlink that the company says will enable gigabit-per-second broadband service. In an application submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission on October 11, SpaceX claims the requested “modification and its companion amendment will enable the Gen2 system to deliver gigabit-speed, truly low-latency broadband and ubiquitous mobile connectivity to… Continue reading SpaceX Has a Plan for Starlink to Hit Gigabit Speeds
Here’s Just How Massive Elon Musk’s $75 Million Trump Donation Is
According to filings released by the US Federal Election Commission on Tuesday night, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and owner of X, is now one of the biggest donors to Donald Trump’s campaign. Since publicly endorsing Trump on the heels of the July assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, Musk has donated close to… Continue reading Here’s Just How Massive Elon Musk’s $75 Million Trump Donation Is
Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be
For a while now, companies like OpenAI and Google have been touting advanced “reasoning” capabilities as the next big step in their latest artificial intelligence models. Now, though, a new study from six Apple engineers shows that the mathematical “reasoning” displayed by advanced large language models can be extremely brittle and unreliable in the face… Continue reading Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be
Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them
Matthew Sag, a distinguished professor at Emory University who researches copyright and artificial intelligence, concurs. Even if a user creates a bot intentionally designed to cause emotional distress, the tech platform likely can’t be sued for that. He points out that Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has long protected platforms at the… Continue reading Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them
Apple iPad Mini (2024): Specs, Release Date, Price, Features
The seventh generation of Apple’s tiniest iPad is finally here, three years since its last refresh. There was no fancy pretaped or live event—the company quietly announced the new tablet through its online newsroom. The headline feature encapsulating this device? Apple Intelligence. Apple’s artificial intelligence features still aren’t available for the iPhone 16, but they’re… Continue reading Apple iPad Mini (2024): Specs, Release Date, Price, Features
DC Entertainment Is Changing the Shape—and Scrollability—of Comics
Comics are due for a reboot and the old guard knows it. DC Entertainment, the elder statesman of the business, has been trying everything to get young eyes on its familiar characters, from Monday’s surprise announcement of DC Go! webcomics, to a recently-launched kids’ line, to a licensing deal with teen favorite Webtoon. Today, the… Continue reading DC Entertainment Is Changing the Shape—and Scrollability—of Comics
Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air
David Stuckenberg, cofounder and chief operations officer at Genesis Systems, explains that the WaterCube uses proprietary liquid and solid sorbents—materials that absorb water—that essentially “form a handshake with the water in the air.” The machine then heats these materials to extract the water. Atmospheric water generators typically require a substantial amount of energy to run,… Continue reading Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air
The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over
The password-killing tech known as “passkeys” have proliferated over the past two years, developed by the tech industry association known as the FIDO Alliance as an easier and more secure authentication alternative. And although superseding any technology as entrenched as passwords is difficult, new features and resources launching this week are pushing passkeys toward a… Continue reading The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over