Microsoft CTO on the Future of AI
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says that the AI large language models are still exponentially scaling. It takes 6-24 months to reach each successive scaling node but the scaling is still…
Google pulls its terrible pro-AI “Dear Sydney” ad after backlash
Enlarge / The Gemini prompt box in the “Dear Sydney” ad. (credit: Google) Have you seen Google’s “Dear Sydney” ad? The one where a young girl wants to write a…
What Can Solve the Huge Energy Demands of a Future with Abundant AI?
What kind of future energy does humanity really need to develop? We need a lot more energy than you think. We need to build faster and it needs to be…
MrBeast blames terrible Beast Games conditions on the CrowdStrike outage
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The CrowdStrike global IT outage that downed some 8.5 million Windows PCs, halting flights and affecting hospitals, banks and more, is now…
DOJ sues TikTok, alleging “massive-scale invasions of children’s privacy”
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) The US Department of Justice sued TikTok today, accusing the short-video platform of illegally collecting data on millions of kids and demanding a…
Buying shady weight loss drugs online is a bad idea, in case you were wondering
Enlarge (credit: https://www.uschemlabs.com/product/semaglutide-2mg-5-vials/) Buying counterfeit weight loss drugs from illegal online pharmacies that don’t require prescriptions is, in fact, a very bad idea, according to a study published Friday in…
Les Fridman Interviews Elon Musk on the Future of Humanity for 8 Hours
Lex Fridman interviews Elon Musk and the Neuralink team on the Future of Humanity for over 8 hours. Lex interviews them in sequence. Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX,…
The 2025 Explorer is the first Ford to get the new Android-powered infotainment system
The Ford Explorer’s new Digital Experience software. | Image: Ford Ford’s new Android-powered infotainment system is finally coming to a Ford-branded vehicle. The automaker’s so-called Digital Experience, which debuted with…
Legendary ROM hacking site shutting down after almost 20 years
Enlarge / A thing that exists through ROM hacking, and ROMHacking.net: Super Mario Land 2, in color. (credit: Nintendo/Toruzz) If there was something wrong with an old game, or you…
Tesla sues maker of ‘highly unsafe’ breakaway EV charging adapters
The Escape Connector sits between the car’s port and the EV charger’s plug. | Image: EVject Tesla suing a company that makes a MagSafe-style connector designed to let EV owners…