Collaborate Disseminate
Has the rise of hyper-addictive digital technologies really shattered our attention spans and driven books out of our culture? Maybe not, argues social psychologist Adam Mastroianni (author of the Substack Experimental History):
As a psychologist, I … Continue reading Is the ‘Death of Reading’ Narrative Wrong?
Waymo surprised U.S. lawmakers Wednesday during a hearing on autonomous vehicles and their safety and oversight. Newsweek reports:
During questioning, Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, asked what happens when a Waymo vehicle encounters a dri… Continue reading Waymo Reveals Remote Workers In Philippines Sometimes Advise Its Driverless Cars
Despite urgent pleas to Americans to save the honeybees, “it was all based on a fallacy,” writes Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank. “Honeybees were never in existential trouble. And well-meaning efforts to boost their numbers have accelerated the … Continue reading Good News: We Saved the Bees. Bad News: We Saved the Wrong Ones.
Last Sunday, Bitcoin had dropped 13% in three days, to $76,790.
By Thursday it had dropped another 21%, to $60,062.
This morning it’s at $69,549 — up from Thursday, down from Sunday, but 44% lower than its all-time high in October of $123,742… Continue reading Bitcoin Dropped Nearly 30% This Week. But Why?
The Mozilla executive in charge of Firefox says that while some people just want AI tools that are genuinely useful, “We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI…”
“Listening to our community, alongside our ongoing commitment to offer cho… Continue reading Firefox Announces ‘AI Controls’ To Block Its Upcoming AI Features
Apple “is preparing to allow voice-controlled AI apps from other companies in CarPlay,” reports Bloomberg, citing “people familiar with the matter.”
Bloomberg calls it “a move that will let users query AI chatbots through its vehicle interface for th… Continue reading Apple Plans to Allow Outside Voice-Controlled AI Chatbots in CarPlay
Somewhere on America’s eastern coast, there’s an economic development agency in Massachusetts promoting green energy solutions. And Monday the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (or MassCEC) announced “a first-of-its-kind” program to see what happens wh… Continue reading Free Bi-Directional EV Chargers Tested to Improve Massachusetts Power Grid
Somewhere on America’s eastern coast, there’s an economic development agency in Massachusetts promoting green energy solutions. And Monday the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (or MassCEC) announced “a first-of-its-kind” program to see what happens wh… Continue reading Free Bi-Directional EV Chargers Tested to Improve Massachusetts Power Grid
Monday security researchers at cloud-security platform Wiz discovered a vulnerability that allowed anyone to post to the bots-only social network Moltbook — or even edit and manipulate other existing Moltbook posts. “They found data including API… Continue reading Moltbook, Reddit, and The Great AI-Bot Uprising That Wasn’t
The New York Times lists other reasons a company lays off people. (“It didn’t meet financial targets. It overhired. Tariffs, or the loss of a big client, rocked it…”)
“But lately, many companies are highlighting a new factor: artificial intelligenc… Continue reading Is AI Really Taking Jobs? Or Are Employers Just ‘AI-Washing’ Normal Layoffs?