Why Robert Plant Once Opened for Dee Snider
Did you hear about the night that Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant opened for Dee Snider? It seems implausible, but it actually happened. Plant talked about it on the Twisted…
When Social Media Presents Only an ‘Unlivable Life’
This is where social media’s false friendship is especially deadly. When you vent your anger and despair, it feels like you’re shouting into the compliant…
AI-Generated Music Is About to Flood Streaming Platforms
The music business is pushing back against AI. Universal Music Group, home to superstars like Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Bob Dylan, has urged Spotify…
ICE Records Reveal How Agents Abuse Access to Secret Data
Law enforcement abuse of databases is far from unique to ICE agents. In the past decade, local police around the US have repeatedly abused their…
OpenAI’s CEO Says the Age of Giant AI Models Is Already Over
The stunning capabilities of ChatGPT, the chatbot from startup OpenAI, has triggered a surge of new interest and investment in artificial intelligence. But late last week, OpenAI’s…
A ‘Morning-After Pill’ for Sexually Transmitted Infections Is Almost Here
Medicine may be about to achieve a long-sought goal: a “morning-after pill” to prevent sexually transmitted infections. It could sharply reduce soaring rates of illness…
I’m Reddit’s CEO and Think Regulating Social Media Is Tyranny. AITA?
For the first 20 minutes of our conversation, Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, the sixth most-visited website in the US, does a good impression of…
Capturing the Mosaic of Minerals in Meteorites
When Neil Buckland, an artist based in Seattle, met a geologist named Tony Irving a few years ago, he had no idea it would launch…
SpaceX Is About to Launch Starship For The First Time. Musk Gives 50% Chance of Success
SpaceX is about to attempt the first test flight of a mega rocket that could one day take us to Mars. If successful, Starship will…
NASA Spacecraft Sends Back Its First Stunning Glimpses of Its Asteroid Targets
A spacecraft quietly speeding its way through the Solar System has caught its first glimpses of the asteroids it was sent to investigate from a…