I’ve never bought into the idea that AI can magically transform society or that it represents a new age of human experience. Contrary to the hyperbolic declarations of some AI companies, I was immediately intrigued by the idea that AI chatbots…
Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that’s over 30 years old
Cumbersome and explosive In the early days of IVF, embryos earmarked for storage were slow-frozen. This technique involves gradually lowering the temperature of the embryos. But because slow freezing can cause harmful ice crystals to form, clinics switched in the 2000s…
Cash App opens up to Apple Pay and Google Pay with a group payment option
Cash App has a new group payment feature that allows folks who don’t even use the app to contribute to a kitty. Pools enables Cash App users to invite folks to chip in for a large purchase (such as a group…
Act now to save $50 on these powerful stargazing binoculars, perfect for observing August’s sturgeon moon
Want a pair of stargazing binoculars you can take on the go? Thanks to Amazon Prime Day, you can save over $50 on these super-powerful Celestron Skymaster 15×70 binoculars, in time to observe the Sturgeon moon this August 9. You can…
How to set up Calibre on Mac
Turn your Mac into a personal e-book cloud with Calibre, the surprisingly powerful — and totally free — tool for building cross-platform and web-accessible digital library you completely control. Calibre may not win any design awards, but it’s one of the…
OpenAI’s CEO says he’s scared of GPT-5
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said testing GPT-5 left him scared in a recent interview He compared GPT-5 to the Manhattan Project He warned that the rapid advancement of AI is happening without sufficient oversight OpenAI chief Sam Altman has painted a…
The Download: How China’s universities approach AI, and the pitfalls of welfare algorithms
Just two years ago, students in China were told to avoid using AI for their assignments. At the time, to get around a national block on ChatGPT, students had to buy a mirror-site version from a secondhand marketplace. Its use was…
Sony’s wireless fight stick is now called FlexStrike and it features mechanical switch buttons
Sony just dropped some more details about its upcoming wireless fight stick, including the real name. During development, it was known as Project Defiant but it’s officially called the FlexStrike. This is the very first fight stick controller designed by Sony…
Earth’s continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal
The world is losing fresh water at an unprecedented rate, two decades’ worth of satellite data has revealed. Measurements from NASA’s twin GRACE satellites and GRACE follow-on missions have shown that since 2002, the amount of land suffering from water loss…
Brad Pitt vehicle sets record as Apple’s top theatrical release
‘F1’ was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joseph Kosinski. Image credit: Scott Garfield/Warner Bros/Apple Original Films Apple’s F1: The Movie, starring Brad Pitt, will likely hit the $500M revenue milestone for the final weekend in July, according to industry…