Boston Dynamics, a company that originated from an MIT project in 1992, has been advancing rapidly with its diverse range of robots, showcasing their capabilities through viral videos.
How We Fell Out of Love With Dating Apps
Generation Z seems to see dating apps as either old fashioned, a bit creepy, mercantile, or the preserve of the needy.
Generation Z seems to see dating apps as either old fashioned, a bit creepy, mercantile, or the preserve of the needy.
Sometimes You Have to Ask: What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?
This is what happened when Amazon sold a $33 a spy camera hidden in a towel hook, advertising it as doing what it says on the tin.
This is what happened when Amazon sold a $33 a spy camera hidden in a towel hook, advertising it as doing what it says on the tin.
Why Is it Still So Easy to Create Fake Social Network Accounts?
Thanks to the arrival of generative algorithms able to create fake accounts, attributing behaviors to them and providing them with the ability to generate texts on a given topic.
Thanks to the arrival of generative algorithms able to create fake accounts, attributing behaviors to them and providing them with the ability to generate texts on a given topic.
Why Would Your Local Car Dealership Put You off Buying an EV?
A very interesting article in The Washington Post, “Electric vehicles are hitting a road block: car dealers”
A very interesting article in The Washington Post, “Electric vehicles are hitting a road block: car dealers”
Open Source Is a Wonderful Thing, but AI Is Exposing Its Weaknesses
When a certain number of people, diverse and not belonging to a single organization, coordinate to develop a software project, the results are usually good.
When a certain number of people, diverse and not belonging to a single organization, coordinate to develop a software project, the results are usually good.
Don’t Freak Out When Your Machine Hallucinates…
I find it disturbing that 22% of people believe that these issues are caused by governments or other entities with an agenda.
I find it disturbing that 22% of people believe that these issues are caused by governments or other entities with an agenda.
Could Paying for Online Services and Content Actually Improve the Internet?
The internet is changing: until now most people have assumed that content and services should be free; but the signs are that we’re going to have to get used to paying subscriptions for the good stuff.
The internet is changing: until now most people have assumed that content and services should be free; but the signs are that we’re going to have to get used to paying subscriptions for the good stuff.
What Is It About Perks That Employees Value So Much? It Certainly Isn’t the Money
Can unlimited enjoyment of the company’s own products become a perk in its own right?
Can unlimited enjoyment of the company’s own products become a perk in its own right?
Diffusion of Innovations and the Importance of Education
Innovation almost always has positive connotations.
Innovation almost always has positive connotations.
China’s Economic Future Is Going to Be Driven by the EV
In less than a decade, the Chinese EV market has grown to become the largest in the world, prompting complaints in some quarters it was manufacturing too many.
In less than a decade, the Chinese EV market has grown to become the largest in the world, prompting complaints in some quarters it was manufacturing too many.
When it Comes to Renewable Energy, Why Go Solo When You Can Go Community Solar?
Solar energy is, by far, the cheapest and most efficient way to generate electricity today.
Solar energy is, by far, the cheapest and most efficient way to generate electricity today.
What a Great Idea: Instead of Office Space, Let’s Redesign Our Inner Cities So People Can Live in Them
The idea, in addition to taking advantage of underutilized assets, is to breathe new life into a city center that is dying on its feet after huge numbers of people refused to return to the office after lockdown.
The idea, in addition to taking advantage of underutilized assets, is to breathe new life into a city center that is dying on its feet after huge numbers of people refused to return to the office after lockdown.
Have We Really Learned Nothing About Regulation From the Disastrous State of the Social Networks?
Let’s be clear: the standards and security testing of a technology can never ever be left in the hands of those who stand to make money from it. Never.
Let’s be clear: the standards and security testing of a technology can never ever be left in the hands of those who stand to make money from it. Never.
Robots Can Talk Like Us, but It Doesn’t Make Them Human
Boston Dynamics is adding ChatGPT’s new voice generation functionality to its Spot robot.
Boston Dynamics is adding ChatGPT’s new voice generation functionality to its Spot robot.
Unsurprisingly, the Jury Is Still Out on the Future of AI
The disruption AI and generative algorithms is causing has sparked a collective brainstorming session in the media.
The disruption AI and generative algorithms is causing has sparked a collective brainstorming session in the media.