Trump’s plan to put a 100 percent tariff on movies shot in foreign countries is still on. Trump’s plan to put a 100 percent tariff on movies shot in foreign countries is still on. Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she… Continue reading Can Donald Trump really put a tariff on films?
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Amazon’s ad-free Kindle Paperwhite Kids has hit its best price to date
We also found notable deals on Motorola’s upcoming Razr phones and Amazon’s inexpensive smart thermostat. We also found notable deals on Motorola’s upcoming Razr phones and Amazon’s inexpensive smart thermostat. Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. Whether you’re after… Continue reading Amazon’s ad-free Kindle Paperwhite Kids has hit its best price to date
Scientists Say Shock Collar-Like Device Can Treat PTSD
Image by Powers, Mark B. et al. / Futurism Using a device that vaguely functions like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a promising way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Neuroscientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor have developed a tiny chip that, when fitted inside a soft collar… Continue reading Scientists Say Shock Collar-Like Device Can Treat PTSD
Teachers Using AI to Grade Their Students’ Work Sends a Clear Message: They Don’t Matter, and Will Soon Be Obsolete
Talk to a teacher lately, and you’ll probably get an earful about AI’s effects on student attention spans, reading comprehension, and cheating. As AI becomes ubiquitous in everyday life — thanks to tech companies forcing it down our throats — it’s probably no shocker that students are using software like ChatGPT at a nearly unprecedented… Continue reading Teachers Using AI to Grade Their Students’ Work Sends a Clear Message: They Don’t Matter, and Will Soon Be Obsolete
Nissan pulls the plug on its +$1 billion EV battery plant as the alarm bells go off
As it scrambles to turn things around, Nissan is scrapping plans to build a new LFP battery plant in Japan. The facility was expected to be key to reducing EV battery costs to keep up with leaders like BYD. more… Go to Source
MAHA Are Losing Their Mind At Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General for the Stupidest Reason Possible
Image by Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty / Futurism “Make America Healthy Again” diehards are fuming about president Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Casey Means — and it’s for a brain-meltingly stupid reason. It’s not because Means, a self-styled “wellness influencer,” doesn’t have an active medical license, never finished her surgical residency, or… Continue reading MAHA Are Losing Their Mind At Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General for the Stupidest Reason Possible
Years After Promising to Stop Facial Recognition Work, Meta Has a Devious New Plan
In 2021, Facebook said it was scrapping efforts to build powerful facial recognition software into its then-nascent smart glasses, citing the tech’s glaring privacy and ethics concerns. Four years later, as The Information reports, the Silicon Valley behemoth has officially dusted off the effort and is once again working on transforming its wearable smart glasses… Continue reading Years After Promising to Stop Facial Recognition Work, Meta Has a Devious New Plan
Community Complains of Choking Fumes From Elon Musk’s AI Fortress
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is building one of the world’s largest AI supercomputers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since coming online in September, the facility, dubbed Colossus, has amassed an absurd arsenal of 200,000 Nvidia graphics processing units to train Musk’s chatbot, Grok. That comes with monstrous energy demands, and the way xAI is meeting… Continue reading Community Complains of Choking Fumes From Elon Musk’s AI Fortress
Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign
How convenient. Shadow CEO OpenAI has poached the CEO of Instacart for a fancy new gig — but there’s something weird going on with her job description. In a statement, CEO and cofounder Sam Altman announced that Fidji Simo, a former Facebook executive who took over at Instacart in 2021 and became an OpenAI board… Continue reading Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign
Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update
Sonos is very, very sorry for ruining your speaker system. In fact, Sonos’ interim CEO Tom Conrad says he feels personally responsible for that. He told me so in an interview on his media tour to recap his first 100 days leading the company. On May 7, 2024, Sonos launched an update to its app… Continue reading Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update