technology
Here’s how “human work” will supplant the traditional idea of jobs.
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Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light.
A parlor-trick mystery explained at last.
The plan to stop megacorps from owning superintelligence is already underway.
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A new book on the music distribution service claims it is.
Musican. Actor. Fashion Icon. Internet Visionary?
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Soon, parents may be able to prescribe music to their kids to help them focus.
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Former NYTimes executive editor Jill Abramson dissects the big problem with internet news.
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Diabetics have to endure constant injections on a daily basis, but this new device could make staying alive easier.
A guaranteed basic income is an old solution to a new problem of labor automation.
An upcoming experiment will test how well the nation can function on its internal internet.
A recent test shows SpaceX’s Raptor engine is powerful enough to lift Starship and Super Heavy into space.
Millennials, engage! It’s the reason you keep losing to baby boomers.
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The Canadian professor takes issue with blocking free speech, but is he part of the problem?
In 2008, Elon Musk explained which of history’s tech geniuses was his role model.
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Where is your data now? Follow the money.
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The person whose phone was affected would have been given no indication that others were eavesdropping.
How did psychedelics and computers converge?
Algorithms and propagandists exploit the human instinct to connect to play us.
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Hollywood’s notions of future wars may be nothing like the real ones.
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A new study shows how machine-learning methods could examine your friends’ past tweets to accurately predict your future behavior online.
Upload your mind? Here’s a reality check on the Singularity.
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A NASA astronomer explains how astronauts dispose of their, uh, dark matter.
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It may create the conditions for further inequality.
Study looks at who/what they prefer learning from
Also, don’t offer screen-time as a reward for good behavior.
Co-ops are more pervasive than you think. They just suffer from a marketing problem.