He was, he said in a memoir, “Witness to Grace” (2008), the unwanted child of an agnostic professor of religion at Yale University and a… Read More »John B. Goodenough, 100, deceased; Nobel laureate of the lithium-ion battery
In 2014, DeepMind was acquired by Google after showing striking results from software that used reinforcement learning to master simple video games. Over the next… Read More »Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, says the next algorithm will overshadow ChatGPT
Enlarge / This illustration shows a concept for a proposed NASA Sample Retrieval Lander, about the size of an average two-car garage, that would carry… Read More »NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag — and it’s colossal
In the richest countries in the world, the richer people are, the thinner they are. But in Uganda, one of the poorest countries, where nearly… Read More »In poorer countries, obesity can signal financial security
About once a For two weeks, David Ermes gets an email from a journalist or fact-checker along the lines of “Boys have to dress up… Read More »The US exports anti-LGBTQ hate online | WIRED
Enlarge / (left) Skull of a teenage girl from the 7th century AD. (right) Facial reconstruction as she might have looked in life. University of… Read More »See the likely face of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon teenage girl
Getty Images | style photography A federal judge filed a lawsuit and fined the plaintiff’s lawyers $5,000 after they used ChatGPT to examine court documents… Read More »Lawyers are having a really bad day in court after citing fake cases fabricated by ChatGPT
Now it is a different landscape. Bonds are more reliable than last year because yields are already high. Even if they continue to rise, there… Read More »Stocks may be booming, but don’t forget about cash and bonds
SmileDirectClub, which provides orthodontic services through the mail, has agreed to release customers requesting refunds from non-disclosure agreements as part of a settlement with the… Read More »SmileDirectClub releases customers from non-disclosure agreements in settlement
Mountaineers have long climbed to the top of Mount Everest, and scientists in submersibles have descended into the Antarctic Ocean. In recent decades, travelers with… Read More »Titan Submersible Tragedy sheds light on the lack of safeguards for high-risk travel
Thousands of workers in organized Starbucks stores across the country will go on strike over the coming week, their union said Friday, after workers in… Read More »Starbucks Union steps up pressure with plan to discontinue Pride decor
Enlarge / A PC with Windows 11. This week’s Dev Channel Windows Insider Preview build for Windows 11 adds another handful of useful and/or interesting… Read More »Windows 11 preview adds better passkey support, reverts File Explorer changes
Union film and television directors on Friday approved a new three-year contract with Hollywood studios, with 87 percent voting in favour. The Directors Guild of… Read More »Hollywood directors ratify their contract
Two of the world’s richest and most influential men, who happen to run rival social media networks, seemed to push each other into agreeing to… Read More »Elon Musk presents ‘Cage Match’ with Mark Zuckerberg
The North Sea has long been host to some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes and hundreds of oil and natural gas production platforms. Now,… Read More »North Sea sees potential shift from oil and gas to renewable energy sources
