Category: News/Events
Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie – Cause of Death Revealed
Late Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie‘s cause of death has now been revealed, according to a report. Last year, the Fleetwood Mac keyboardist and co-vocalist died at the age…
The First Women in Antarctica
In 1895, seven men from the Norwegian whaling ship Antarctic made the first substantiated landing on the Antarctic continent. But four long decades passed before…
Why Halt AI Research When We Already Know How To Make It Safer
Last week, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter proposing a six-month moratorium on the “dangerous” AI race. It has since been signed…
System76 Pangolin Review: A 15-Inch Linux Laptop for the Masses
Linux may not have evolved (yet!) into the mainstream desktop operating system its advocates had hoped for, but fans of free software have never had…
How ZZ Top Borrowed From the Stones on ‘Gimme All Your Lovin”
When ZZ Top released “Gimme All You Lovin’” as a single in April 1983, it loudly announced the band’s foray into synth-rock, a transition that…
Brace Yourself for a Tidal Wave of ChatGPT Email Scams
Here’s an experiment being run by undergraduate computer science students everywhere: Ask ChatGPT to generate phishing emails, and test whether these are better at persuading…
Can Burning Man Pull Out of Its Climate Death Spiral?
It was desperation that led Michelle into a BDSM tent at Burning Man. Not a desperate need for a spanking. Far from being a masochist,…
Palantir’s Plan to Decipher the Mysteries of Long Covid
At least 65 million people are still suffering from long Covid, the mysterious cocktail of symptoms that persist in some patients more than 12 weeks after…
Crashes and Layoffs Plague Amazon’s Drone Delivery Pilot
It took nearly three hours to deliver the card game that morning. The marker was repositioned, the GPS was synced. The drone made a wobbly…
The Magic and Minstrelsy of Generative AI
Fantasy is irresistible. It is the fabric of dreams and the substance of imagination. Fantasy drives innovation. It lures the future, eternally on the horizon…