Are those… tendrils? Sunspotting Fascinating new closeup images taken by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) in Hawaii show incredibly vivid details of the surface of the Sun. The images show the intricate features of a sunspot, which are isolated areas dotting the Sun’s surface where the magnetic field is staggering in strength. Thanks… Continue reading This Extreme Closeup of the Sun Is Just… Extremely Weird
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Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Had Dirt on Bill Gates
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates had an affair — and the now-deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, who knew all about it, allegedly used it as leverage. As the Wall Street Journal reports based on conversations with anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Epstein purportedly learned that Gates had been in an extramarital affair with a Russian bridge… Continue reading Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Had Dirt on Bill Gates
Meet the AI Researcher Building His Own AGI
In the world of machine learning, few experts are as prominent — or flashy, judging by his incredible leopard print hat — as Ben Goertzel, the Brazilian-American founder of the research group SingularityNET. Perhaps best known as the human mind behind Sophia the Robot, Goertzel is credited with popularizing the term “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI.… Continue reading Meet the AI Researcher Building His Own AGI
26 Best REI Anniversary Sale Deals: Tents, Camp Chairs, and More
Every year, the sun emerges from behind the clouds. Like newborn horses, we shake out our wobbly legs and totter, blinking, back onto the trails. Every year, REI holds its biggest annual sale right before Memorial Day, so we can replace that leaky old tent before the first camping, climbing, or mountain biking trip of… Continue reading 26 Best REI Anniversary Sale Deals: Tents, Camp Chairs, and More
The Planet Can’t Sustain Rapid Growth Much Longer
Half a century ago, a small group of esteemed thinkers that called itself the Club of Rome got together to chew over a thorny question: What would happen if humanity continued to consume the world’s finite resources as if they were limitless? Their efforts generated the now-famous 1972 paper “The Limits to Growth,” in which they… Continue reading The Planet Can’t Sustain Rapid Growth Much Longer
Gravity Move Mini Massager Review: Warm and Portable
There are a lot of massage guns on the market. I’ve tried many of them, and as more come out, the differences between them become less and less clear. This one is from Gravity, a company that makes some of our favorite weighted blankets. It’s compact and portable, and it heats up! It also comes… Continue reading Gravity Move Mini Massager Review: Warm and Portable
Twitter bug seems to be randomly restoring deleted tweets
It’s just another bizarre day for the social media giant. Multiple Twitter users are reporting that deleted tweets are reappearing on the site at an alarming rate, with one security expert noting that the social media app restored a whopping 34,000 messages, as reported by ZDNET. The bug also seems to be impacting deleted retweets. The… Continue reading Twitter bug seems to be randomly restoring deleted tweets
The best robot vacuums for 2023
If you’re going to drop some money on a robo-vac, make sure it’s the right one. Robot vacuums have come a long way over the past few years. They’re smarter, more powerful and (marginally) better at avoiding chair legs during a cleaning session than they ever were before, and some of them even have built-in… Continue reading The best robot vacuums for 2023
You can now use Amazon’s palm-reading tech to buy alcohol
It only works in Colorado at the moment. Amazon’s palm payment technology is moving from the world of convenience food to a booze-soaked baseball field. The company just announced that the Amazon One identification system is being implemented at Denver’s Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball franchise, allowing customers to buy… Continue reading You can now use Amazon’s palm-reading tech to buy alcohol
Meta’s open-source speech AI recognizes over 4,000 spoken languages
It can also produce text-to-speech in over 1,100 languages. Meta has created an AI language model that (in a refreshing change of pace) isn’t a ChatGPT clone. The company’s Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) project can recognize over 4,000 spoken languages and produce speech (text-to-speech) in over 1,100. Like most of its other publicly announced AI… Continue reading Meta’s open-source speech AI recognizes over 4,000 spoken languages