Technology Is Killing Creativity
San Franciscans Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It
A little-known 2018 study said the spread of self-driving cars was likely to mean more sex on the road. San Franciscans are making it happen.
How the Internet obeys you
Tara Isabella Burton reviews “A Web of Our Own Making”
Inside the AI Factory
How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.
A prayer wheel for capitalism
How to make better software with systems-thinking
Brains on Drugs | John Semley
Between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, consuming drugs to expand one’s consciousness went from an intellectual pastime to an emblem of social decay.
Which Mac should I buy? Don't ask ChatGPT ...
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.
Kayfabe content and podcasts that don't exist
Read to the end for a good crab video
BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes
After announcing earlier this year a pivot to quizzes co-written by AI, BuzzFeed seems to have widened its purview to include articles.
The Space Force Now Has an Official Song
'Horribly Unethical': Startup Experimented on Suicidal Teens on Social Media With Chatbot
Journalists, You Should Be Looking for Undocumented APIs. Here’s How to Start – The Markup
A tutorial on how to build datasets from the hidden feeds powering almost every website on the internet
CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI
The popular tech site has employed the use of AI for its financial explainer articles under the byline of "CNET Money Staff."
Towards Automated Science Writing
This morning, trawling the Computer Science sections of Arxiv, as I do most mornings, I came across a recent paper from the Federal University of Ceara in Brazil, offering a new Natural Language Processing framework to automate the summarization and extraction of core data from scientific papers. Since this is more or less what I […]
The Problem With AI — Matt Gemmell
All technologies bring opportunity and threat, but the scales are rarely balanced.
Here’s what it’s like to wear the Dyson Zone
No one cared who I was, even after I put on the mask.
What the Hell Happened to Supersonic Passenger Flights?
Part One of Jalopnik's deep dive into the past and future of passenger planes that can fly faster than the speed of sound.
The Fight for a “Transparent” Blockchain
Drivers Too Trusting of Semi-Autonomous Technology, IIHS Says
Keep those eyes on the road, please.
Tim Cook is latest CEO to question the ‘metaverse’
It’s still reportedly developing AR and VR hardware.
A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It
An 8-year-old’s YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant’s ubiquity and handling of children’s data.
We’ve Got Misinformation All Wrong
Both advocacy groups and political leaders tend to assume that misinformation persists on social media because the platforms are unwilling to get rid of it—a gross and unhelpful oversimplification. Some of the largest technology companies in the world spend tens of billions of dollars each year ...
States Plan to BAN GAS Powered CARS - Find out if YOUR state is next!
If electric cars are better - why ban gas powered cars?
How to Say 'No' to a Warehouse | The Daily Yonder
New Jersey residents want to protect their community's rural character from a million-square-foot warehouse. But the local democratic process turns out to be complicated and – for some – suspiciously lacking in transparency.
A New Approach to Car Batteries Is About to Transform EVs
Auto companies are designing ways to build a car’s fuel cells into its frame, making electric rides cheaper, roomier, and able to hit ranges of 620 miles.
How bots invaded social media and changed the world forever
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Wikipedia’s Cleopatra mystery, AI and the future of truth on the internet
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Gigaverse
The gig economy is an entire universe. What is it like working inside of it?