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Robots can now run a half-marathon faster than humans and are rapidly homing in on the 100-metre sprint record. But why are companies so keen to create speedy robots that have no obvious application in homes or factories?...
It started with word, cave, and storytelling, A line scratched on stone walls: "Meet me when the young moon rises." The first protocol for connection. Coyote tales, forbidden scripts, Medieval texts hidden from flame. What lived in Aristotle's lost Poetics II ? Was it God who laughed last, or we who made God laugh? Letters carried by doves, telepathic waves. Then Nikola Tesla conjured radio, electromagnetic pulses across the void, the founding signal of our networked age. Wiener dreamed...
Sam Altman is pivoting his company to be more like Anthropic.
Thirty years after Barry Diller established IAC (InterActiveCorp.) as a media holding company, he announced that it will change its name to “People Incorporated” by its Q2 earnings in August. The name change is “to reflect its focus on its People publishing business and its stake in MGM Resorts,” the company said. IAC’s Dotdash Meredith […]...
GeekSpin - 22 hours 33 min agoWalt Disney World is best known for fairy tales, iconic attractions, and nonstop entertainment but a quieter transformation is unfolding just beyond the castle views. The resort has recently completed a massive solar farm spanning the equivalent of 366 football fields, a project designed to help power its operations with clean energy. Keep reading to discover […] Read the original article here: Disney World quietly built a solar farm the size of 366 football fields...
As AI-generated content proliferates, Taylor Swift becomes the latest celebrity to seek trademark protections for her voice and image.
Artists and writers argue scrappy nature of self-published booklets is incompatible with artificial intelligence The self-published zine has long been central to cultural revolutions, from queer activism to Black feminism and the riot grrrl punk movement, producing titles such as Sniffin' Glue and Sweet-Thang along the way. But now the traditionally analogue art form faces a new shift: artificial intelligence. AI may seem incompatible with the these cult DIY booklets, but some creatives, designers...
NPR - 1 day 1 hour agoNPR's Michel Martin speaks with Quinn Slobodian, the co-author of the new book, "Muskism: A Guide to the Perplexed."...
The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes In Beirut's Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the third season of Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me), a feminist series in Arabic, the actor is in a padded muscle suit, wearing a slicked-back black wig and...
Australia says big tech companies have a choice: pay news outlets or pay the taxman. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled draft legislation that would slap a 2.25% levy on Australian revenue from major digital platforms currently Google, Meta and TikTok unless they strike fresh deals to pay local...
The oil and gas producing giant BP has recorded a more than doubling of profits as it benefits from high prices from the Iran war.
Secret Service faced challenges evacuating President, Vice President, Cabinet officials and Congressional leaders after gunman rushes D.C. gala.
GeekSpin - 1 day 9 hours agoBefore humans set foot on the Moon again, NASA is preparing to send something far more daring ahead of them a swarm of autonomous drones designed to leap across one of the most dangerous and unexplored regions in space. Under the MoonFall Project, these high-tech drones will hop across the lunar south pole, mapping […] Read the original article here: NASA is sending a fleet of drones to the moon...
Jury selection began in Elon Musk's civil trial against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. NBC News' Brian Cheung explains how both sides will try to make their case and how the jury selection is unfolding.
"I kinda like it," one Reddit user responded to news of an attack on Sam Altman. "I don't feel any semblance of sympathy for him."...
Meta Platforms Inc. is looking to power artificial intelligence data centers with solar energy collected in space, taking a novel approach to meeting its insatiable demand for electricity.
Observer - 1 day 18 hours agoEconomist Erik Brynjolfsson breaks down A.I.'s impact on early careers, the rise of vibe-coding and why human agency will define the future of work.
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Air and Space - 1 day 21 hours agoCreated for Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, the book is "perhaps the most significant artifact of Tudor intellectual history still in private hands," the seller says...
How the shape-shifting artist radicalized art itself.
Kris Kristofferson told her he was a poet when they co-starred in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Her new book tells the story of her life in poetry.
Printing industry analysts estimate that a typical home user spends roughly $120 a year on ink. That’s not a typo. Over five years, your “budget” $60 traditional inkjet printer has quietly eaten $600 in consumables. This is the razor-and-blades model perfected. Printer manufacturers sell hardware at or even below cost, then make their margins on...
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