Collaborate Disseminate
While we absolutely support the right of everyone to express their opinions, it seems to us that it’s rarely wise to turn your vehicle into a mobile billboard for your …read more Continue reading AI-Powered Bumper Sticker Provides Context-Sensitive Urban Camouflage
Economist, in an interactive post: In 2024, countries with more than half the world’s population — over four billion people — will send their citizens to the polls. But many elections are not fully free and fair. Some of these will have no meaningful… Continue reading 2024 is the Biggest Election Year in History
We cover all manner of stories here at Hackaday, including awesome hardware hacks, the latest trends and inventions, and in-depth guides to fascinating technologies. We also cover a few news …read more Continue reading The Case For A Technology Aware Lobby Correspondent
A study has found that a high sensitivity to pain may increase the likelihood that someone will be sympathetic to opposing political views, and may even cause a Trump supporter to vote for Biden and a Biden supporter to vote for Trump.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading People with higher pain sensitivity more likely to vote for ‘other side’
Javier Milei, the current front runner for president of Argentina, pledged to eliminate government spending on research and shut down the country’s main science agency, the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), which provides fu… Continue reading Argentina’s Presidential Front Runner Vows To Slash Science Funding
Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince withdrew from the race after an alleged sex tape circulated online. Ince claims it’s a deepfake using footage taken from “an Israeli porn site.” The Guardian reports: Ince, a two-time presidential candidate … Continue reading Turkish Presidential Candidate Quits Race After Release of Alleged Deepfake
The raw GPT-4 language model – and any model like it – is capable of writing more or less anything a human might. That includes obscene and pornographic content – anecdotally, a big favorite among many early users – as well as content many would define… Continue reading Mightier than the sword: OpenAI’s impossible truth and bias dilemmas
In 2017, Japan created a pioneering national hydrogen strategy, envisaging a carbon-neutral “hydrogen society.” But a Renewable Energy Institute report slams the policy as catastrophically misguided, with 70% of its 10-year budget “spent on bad ideas.”… Continue reading Report: Japan’s “hydrogen society” policy is a “complete failure”
The community feedback process makes for great internet videos and terrible public policy. Continue reading CYBER: Why ‘Community Feedback’ Doesn’t Work
The authors of a new study can’t say if this impacted the midterms, but say that it’s “plausible given just how stark the differences in vaccination rates have been, among Democrats and Republicans.” Continue reading Almost Twice as Many Republicans Died From COVID Before the Midterms Than Democrats