Collaborate Disseminate
How will Apple change in September under its new CEO — former hardware chief John Ternus? The blog Geeky Gadgets is already expecting “significant updates to the iPhone over the next three years,” as well as streamlined internal engineering (plus… Continue reading How Will Apple Change Under Its New CEO?
Framework began shipping its new Laptop 13 Pro this week. And the Ubuntu variant is outselling the Windows variant, reports PC World:
[I]t’s selling quickly by Framework’s internal metrics, with six batches of the Intel version of the laptop already s… Continue reading Linux Version of Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro is Outselling Its Windows Variant
In March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the moon-orbiting “Lunar Gateway” space station was being “paused” to focus instead of missions to the moon’s surface. And Ars Technica agrees that the project was essentially “spending billion… Continue reading New Problem for NASA’s ‘Lunar Gateway’: Corrosion in Two Modules Caused by Supplier
The Washington Post reports that some teachers are now implementing “brain breaks” in their classrooms to cope with shorter attention spans, “including limiting screen time; cutting the time students spend on one activity; adding more engaging, hands-o… Continue reading How Teachers Fight Students’ Shortening Attention Spans Shorter Activities, Hands-On Projects, and Meditation
It’s “the curious case of… the Pokémon Go pro who celebrated too hard,” reports the gaming news site Aftermath. It all started on the first weekend in April…
Firestar73, a competitive Pokémon Go player who placed seventh at last ye… Continue reading Fans Angry Over Pokemon Go Champion’s Disqualification For Allegedly Shaking the Table
The Conversation published this warning from privacy/tech law/electronic surveillance attorney Anne Toomey McKenna (also an affiliated faculty member at Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences). The U.S. government “is able to purcha… Continue reading Privacy Advocate Accuses US Government of Investing in AI-Powered Mass Surveillance
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press:
The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, … Continue reading 40 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster, More Countries Are Turning To Nuclear Power
The AI industry is largely failing to ask a key design question, argues theoretical neuroscientist/cognitive scientist Vivienne Ming. Are their AI products building human capacity or consuming it?
In the Wall Street Journal Ming shares her experiment… Continue reading Is AI Cannibalizing Human Intelligence? A Neuroscientist’s Way to Stop It
America’s National Science Board (NSB) “was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation,” writes the Washington Post, “in an unusual structure within the federal government that echoes the setup of a company board in … Continue reading Trump Fires All 24 Members of America’s National Science Board
After Australia banned social media for users younger than 16, teenagers “immediately worked to circumvent the restrictions,” reports Fortune:
14-year-old in New South Wales, told
The Washington Post in December 2025, just
before the implementation of… Continue reading Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Isn’t Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds