Official actions don’t challenge science, while unofficial docs muddy the waters. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency made lots of headlines by rejecting the document that establishes its ability to regulate the greenhouse gases that are warming our climate. While the legal assault on regulations grabbed most of the…
The content selection isn’t amazing, but the price is. At a time when subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming services keep getting more expensive and their ads more extensive, Roku’s new streaming service, Howdy, is worth a closer look. Howdy launched today in the US for $3 per month. It is…
Stopping people from falling for phishing attacks isn’t working. So what are organizations to do? Cisco said that one of its representatives fell victim to a voice phishing attack that allowed threat actors to download profile information belonging to users of a third-party customer relationship management system. “Our investigation…
Intel says it’s still on track to launch its first 18A Core Ultra chips in 2025. Intel has a lot riding on “18A,” its next-generation manufacturing process for silicon chips that the company claims will help it catch up to the lead that competitors like TSMC have built up…
Morgan’s heritage looks come with a BMW powertrain and a lot of FMVSS exemptions. Lift up either side of the new Morgan Plus Four’s engine decklid and no carburetors or velocity stacks materialize on the engine of this otherwise eminently classic-looking car. The latest generation of Plus Four returns…
Ohio is Rivian’s latest battleground for direct sales. Electric vehicle maker Rivian filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles this week in an effort to force the state to lift its ban on direct-to-consumer vehicle sales. Rivian is one of a number of new EV startups…
I like how the search engine is the product instead of me. Mandatory AI summaries have come to Google, and they gleefully showcase hallucinations while confidently insisting on their truth. I feel about them the same way I felt about mandatory G+ logins when all I wanted to do…
Genie 3 creates detailed worlds from a prompt or image. While no one has figured out how to make money from generative artificial intelligence, that hasn’t stopped Google DeepMind from pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with a big pile of inference. The capabilities (and costs) of these models…
The allegations are the latest to accuse Perplexity of improper web crawling. AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than three decades, network security and…
F1 now takes a monthlong summer break, but what’s the state of the championship? Formula 1 teams can start their annual summer break today. Sometime this month, each of the 10 teams has to close its factory for 14 consecutive days. Laptops stay in the office, email goes unchecked.…
