Category: Weird
The AI Detection Arms Race Is On
The siren call of AI says, It doesn’t have to be this way. And when you consider the billions of people who sit outside the…
A Concrete Crisis Has the UK Literally Crumbling
As it rolls from one political crisis to another, it’s hard not to think of Britain as metaphorically crumbling. Now, it seems, significant pieces of…
Can ‘Monster Hunter Now’ Pull Niantic Out of Its Slump?
On his walk toward Niantic’s office in the Bay Area one day, senior producer Sakae Osumi noticed everyone staring up. There was an eclipse happening,…
Autoworkers Prepare to Strike for a Place in the EV Future
Like GM, Ford and Stellantis have launched their own joint EV battery ventures with South Korean electronics companies. The UAW says the new businesses are…
11 Great Deals From Samsung’s Fall Sale: Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy Tab S9, and More
if you’ve been eyeing Samsung’s latest devices but simply can’t stomach the prices, you’re in luck. The company is currently holding its Discover Fall Sale…
Quan Millz Was the Biggest Mystery on TikTok. Until Now
Even as social media has brought a new fandom to Millz’s work, accusations of him being a white man profiting on Black culture continued across…
Marie Kondo and the Manhattan Project
Stan Ulam knew he was moving to New Mexico, but he didn’t know exactly why. Ulam was a Polish-born mathematician—and later, physicist—who first came to…
Scientists Say You’re Looking for Alien Civilizations All Wrong
An influential group of researchers is making the case for new ways to search the skies for signs of alien societies. They argue that current…
How to Take Back the Internet
[Laughter] Lauren: But tell us a little bit about the argument you’re making. Cory: Sure. Well, this is an argument about more than tech. This…
The iPhone 15 Opts for Intuitive AI, Not Generative AI
Tech product launches in 2023 have become predictable: Everything now comes with generative AI features that will serve up chatty but knowledgeable text or mind-blowing…