“Frankly, nobody deserves getting a target painted on their back.” Witch Hunt In a recent HBO documentary called “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery,” filmmaker Cullen Hoback squarely pointed the finger at Canadian cryptographer and software developer Peter Todd, accusing him of being the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Todd, as Wired reports, has since gone… Continue reading Man Accused of Being Satoshi Nakamoto Goes Into Hiding
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OpenAI’s AGI Czar Quits, Saying the Company Isn’t ready For What It’s Building
“The world is also not ready.” Future Shock OpenAI’s researcher in charge of making sure the company (and the world) is prepared for the advent of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has resigned — and is warning that nobody is ready for what’s coming next. In a post on his personal Substack, the firm’s newly-resigned AGI… Continue reading OpenAI’s AGI Czar Quits, Saying the Company Isn’t ready For What It’s Building
Elon Musk Admits That Teslas With “Self-Driving” Computers May Never Be Able to Actually Self-Drive
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally said the quiet part out loud: he’s worried that the vast majority of Tesla vehicles currently on the road won’t be able to actually drive themselves after all, even if buyers paid extra for hardware that he claimed at the time would allow them to do just that. The… Continue reading Elon Musk Admits That Teslas With “Self-Driving” Computers May Never Be Able to Actually Self-Drive
Air taxi maker Lilium is out of money and will cease operations
/ The German electric VTOL aircraft maker is going insolvent. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Share this story Lilium’s Jet eVTOL.Image: Lilium Two years before German air taxi manufacturer… Continue reading Air taxi maker Lilium is out of money and will cease operations
Is the Kindle Colorsoft Too Late? Amazon Reveals What Took So Damn Long to Catch Up
“Right now, we’re seeing the highest sales of Kindle in over a decade—20 billion pages are currently read every month,” claims Panay. “And it turns out the majority of this new cohort are millennials and Gen Z, this is the fastest growing segment.” Kevin Keith goes further, explaining that while social media used to be… Continue reading Is the Kindle Colorsoft Too Late? Amazon Reveals What Took So Damn Long to Catch Up
Meet the Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs Ready to Assert Control if Trump Loses
Tim Marchman: This is rooted as you write in white supremacist beliefs. Can you unpack that a little bit? David Gilbert: It is, and you can trace it back from the late-1960, early-1970s to a movement called Posse Comitatus, which was founded some say by a guy called William Potter Gale. He was at the… Continue reading Meet the Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs Ready to Assert Control if Trump Loses
Google Photos will show when images have been modified with AI
Big tech firms have been releasing AI tools all over their software offerings over the past year. But as it becomes ever easier to manipulate images and video with generative AI, there’s been a second wave of launching companion policies to better inform people when that technology has been applied to content. Google is the… Continue reading Google Photos will show when images have been modified with AI
Overwatch 2’s long-awaited 6v6 tests start in December
It’s finally happening, Overwatch 2 fans: as Blizzard indicated back in July, it will test out a return to six-player teams. When the transition from the original game took place just over two years ago, Blizzard switched to a 5v5 format, dropping one tank from each side. But after countless requests from the community, the… Continue reading Overwatch 2’s long-awaited 6v6 tests start in December
Google Calendar’s web client finally gets a dark mode
Google Calendar’s web client just got a fairly significant refresh, all of which should bring the app more in line with Google Material Design 3. There are updated buttons, dialogs and sidebars to make the whole thing “more modern and accessible.” The interface typography got a custom-designed refresh that adds “highly-legible typefaces” to ensure a… Continue reading Google Calendar’s web client finally gets a dark mode
The UK’s antitrust regulator will formally investigate Alphabet’s $2.3 billion Anthropic investment
The UK’s competition regulator is probing Alphabet’s investment in AI startup Anthropic. After opening public comments this summer, the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) said on Thursday it has “sufficient information” to begin an initial investigation into whether Alphabet’s reported $2.3 billion investment in the Claude AI chatbot maker harms competition in UK markets. The… Continue reading The UK’s antitrust regulator will formally investigate Alphabet’s $2.3 billion Anthropic investment