View OriginalWhat’s the Deal With All These National Sons and Daughters Day Posts?America is confused.
View OriginalWhat the Luddites Can Teach Us About Artificial IntelligenceAuthor Brian Merchant says understanding the real history of the Luddites can help workers grappling with the rise of AI.
View OriginalSBF on Trial: The Man Blamed for Crypto’s Collapse Is About to Get His Day in CourtThe week before his trial starts, disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried huddles with lawyers, subsists on peanut butter—and asks the judge for more Adderall.
View OriginalNetflix Just Shipped Its Last DVD. The Algorithms WonCollectively, separately, Netflix’s film nerds mourn. On X/Twitter, and in think pieces, and in private moments, they let out a collective sigh knowing that they’ll never see a red-wrapped DVD in their mailboxes again.
View OriginalThe anatomy of a Facebook account heistHungry for money, hackers in Vietnam have hacked into thousands of Meta accounts. Jessica Sems was on Facebook at 2 am when hackers struck in a series of attacks. First, she was locked out. Then, her account data — photos, posts, even her name — were all gone.
View OriginalGoogle Adds Bard to Its Biggest AppsGoogle announced a supercharged update to its Bard chatbot Tuesday: The tech giant will integrate the generative AI into the company’s most popular services, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and more.
View OriginalThe 10 Best YouTube Channels to Learn Graphic DesignGraphic design is a creative means to convey or sell ideas to any audience. Whether creating logos for your business, designing a website for a client, or making posters for an event, the art and the skill remain crucial in today’s digital world.
View OriginalNow you can chat with ChatGPT using your voiceFirst, ChatGPT now has a voice. Choose from one of five lifelike synthetic voices and you can have a conversation with the chatbot as if you were making a call, with it responding to your spoken questions in real time. ChatGPT also now answers questions about images.
View OriginalWe put our blind faith in Mercedes-Benz’s first-of-its-kind autonomous Drive Pilot featureTypically at a first drive event for a new car, the brand has journalists experience a twisty mountain road or scenic coastal route that best shows off the car’s capabilities.
View OriginalArtifact co-founder Kevin Systrom doesn’t believe in AI doomerismNews aggregation startup Artifact co-founder Kevin Systrom doesn’t believe in AI doomerism, even as he’s developing a new app that’s embracing novel AI technologies.
View OriginalHow the fight between tech founders and influencers shaped the internetIn Taylor Lorenz’s new book, extremely online women get their due.
View OriginalHere’s why I am coining the term “embryo tech”This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here.
View OriginalWhy Shouldn’t You Use the Same Password Everywhere OnlinePasswords are everywhere. They ensure that only we (or the persons we allow) are able to access our private information and belongings—be that money in the bank or social media identity. However, we often take them lightly, using the same password everywhere because it's easy to remember.
View OriginalExtremely Online Republicans Are Provoking a US Government Shutdownwashington’s biggest problem these days isn’t partisanship. It’s that far-right lawmakers are living in their own reality. Extremist Republicans have broken off from the rest of their party to create an alternate universe in which they’re in charge, empowered by Donald Trump’s followers.
View OriginalYale’s new smart locks work with your fingerprint or HomeKey, but not bothYale has expanded its Assure 2 lineup with two new smart locks: one with support for Apple’s HomeKey and one with a fingerprint reader. Both are firsts for the company, but unfortunately, you have to pick one or the other — there’s no model with a fingerprint reader and HomeKey.