Vernor Vinge, prolific science-fiction writer, professor, and one of the first prominent thinkers to conceptualize the concepts of a “Technological Singularity” and cyberspace, has died […]
Tag: Internet
Wikipedia Has A Gender Gap Problem, Study Claims
BARCELONA, Spain — For over two decades, Wikipedia has served as a go-to source of information for countless people. Serving as the internet’s free-to-use encyclopedia, it […]
Airbnb finally bans all indoor security cameras
Certain Airbnb hosts will need to make a few adjustments to their properties. On Monday, the short-term rental service announced it is finally prohibiting the […]
How social media helps wildlife trafficking thrive in plain sight
This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. In the summer […]
TSA is testing a self-screening security checkpoint in Vegas
The Transportation Security Administration is launching the pilot phase of an autonomous self-screening checkpoint system. Unveiled earlier this week and scheduled to officially open on […]
OpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?
You probably don’t know about Automattic, but they know you. As the parent company of WordPress, its content management systems host around 43 percent of […]
The Apple Car is dead
It turns out that last month’s report on Apple kicking its tortured, multibillion dollar electric vehicle project down the road another few years was a […]
SLIM lives! Japan’s upside-down lander is online after a brutal lunar night
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday that its historic Smart Lander for Investigating Moon has defied the odds—after surviving a brutal, two-week lunar […]
Google pauses Gemini image tools after AI generates ‘inaccuracies’ in race
Facing bias accusations, Google this week was forced to pause the image generation portion of Gemini, its generative AI model. The temporary suspension follows backlash […]