Tag: Technology
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Thereâs Neuralinkâand Thereâs the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It
Unlike Elon Muskâs brain-computer interface, Synchronâs doesn’t require open-skull surgery, and it has an OpenAI chatbot baked in.
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Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. âFrugal techâ will build us all a better world
Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power
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Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams
Scientists hope their plumage project could someday lead to biocompatible lasers that could safely be embedded in the human body.
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Are AI Girlfriends Good, Actually?
AI chatbot companions are everywhere. And so are cautionary tales about their influence. But men are also using them as a way to process hard feelings amid a loneliness epidemic.
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The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT
AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.
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The Unseen Fury Of Solar Storms
Lurking in every space weather forecasterâs mind is the hypothetical big one, a solar storm so huge it could bring our networked, planetary civilization to its knees.
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âA managerial Mephistophelesâ: inside the mind of Jeff Bezos
The Amazon founderâs relentless quest for âcustomer ecstasyâ made him one of the worldâs richest people â now heâs looking to the unlimited resources of space. Is he the genius our age of consumerism deserves?
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Rebuilding the Maze
After a crucial section of a California freeway collapsed, this formidable construction boss pulled off one of the fastest, riskiest, most high-stakes reconstructions in U.S. history.
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Why Is Airplane Wi-Fi Still So Bad?
The service has been stuck in a limbo of mediocrity for two decades.