Join a live discussion on October 7 about the AI gold rush. As generative AI has taken off since ChatGPT’s debut, inspiring hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and infrastructure developments, the top question on many people’s minds has been: Is generative AI a bubble, and if so,…
Apple nixes tracking apps after Trump admin claimed they put ICE agents at risk. Acting on a demand from the Trump administration, Apple has removed apps that let iPhone users report the locations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove…
WBD is banking on people paying for a dedicated CNN streaming service. HBO Max subscribers will no longer be able to watch CNN from the streaming platform as of November 17, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) informed customers today. After this date, HBO Max subscribers will still be able to…
If you like games that handle like Project Gotham Racing, you might love this. Over the years, racing sims have come a long way. Gaming PCs and consoles have become more powerful, physics and tire models have become more accurate, and after COVID, it seems like nearly everyone has…
If your iPhone is your main or only camera, the iPhone 17 Pro is for you. Apple’s “Pro” iPhones usually look and feel a lot like the regular ones, just with some added features stacked on top. They’ve historically had better screens and more flexible cameras, and there has…
Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. Fermenting milk to make yogurt, cheeses, or kefir is an ancient practice, and different cultures have their own traditional methods, often preserved in oral histories. The forests of Bulgaria and…
School buses are usually parked when the grid is under its biggest strain. The largest electric utility in Illinois is rolling out a program for a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) electric school bus-charging pilot with three Chicagoland school districts, testing the functionality of bidirectional chargers that could make energy cheaper for…
“We fully intend to recover the New Glenn first stage on this next launch.” There’s a good bit riding on the second launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket. Most directly, the fate of a NASA science mission to study Mars’s upper atmosphere hinges on a successful launch. The…
Rodney Brooks says humanoid robots pose hidden safety challenges and won’t learn dexterity from video alone. When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away from any full-size walking robot, you should probably listen. “My advice to people…
Who needs peer review? Plan offers easier grants to schools that agree to limits. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration had offered nine schools a deal: manage your universities in a way that aligns with administration priorities and get “substantial and meaningful federal grants,”…
