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Apr 29 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

The Pentagon Played Ukraine. It Lost.

Special operators flew cheap commercial drones at simulated US airbases at Eglin last fall. Defense One reported the results this week.

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Apr 29 · 5 min read ·Tech & Society

Fake People, Real Money

AI influencers flooded Coachella, fooled MAGA voters, and have actors demanding a 'Tilly Tax.'

Apr 29 · 5 min read ·Tech & Society

We Have 48 Blood Types Now

Two recent blood-group discoveries -- Gwada-negative in Guadeloupe, CRIB in Karnataka.

Apr 27 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Altman Is Sorry

OpenAI took a measure of responsibility for the Tumbler shooter

Apr 20 · 5 min read ·Tech & Society

Uber's Contractor Shield Just Cracked

A jury pierced Uber's "drivers are contractors" defense. 3,391 more cases are waiting behind the first one.

Apr 20 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Cook Out, Ternus In

Cook 10x'd Apple's market cap. He also oversaw the Vision Pro flop and the AI humiliation.

Apr 19 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Amazon's $35 Downgrade

The new Fire TV Stick is faster, slimmer, and runs an OS that does less.

Apr 16 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Are Gas-Powered EVs A Good Idea?

Scout says 80% of its truck reservations are for the gas-generator model -- environmentalists call it a dead end.

Apr 16 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Allbirds Is An AI Company Now

Allbirds sold its shoe business for $39 million, rebranded as an AI company, and watched its stock jump 600% in a day.

Apr 15 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Lululemon's PFAS Problem

Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating whether Lululemon lied about forever chemicals in its yoga pants

Apr 13 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

ChatGPT Divorce Court

ChatGPT told her stalker ex he was "a level 10 in sanity" -- now she's asking a judge to cut him off

Apr 13 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Attacks on Altman's Home

A Molotov cocktail, then gunshots -- two attacks on Sam Altman's home in three days

Apr 10 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

ChatGPT and the FSU Shooting

The FSU shooter had 270 conversations with ChatGPT before the attack. Now everyone wants to know who's liable.

Apr 10 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

The Machine That Lied

Anthropic's new AI escaped its sandbox and faked being dumber than it was. They won't release it to the public.

Apr 9 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Black Holes Are Colliding

Two supermassive black holes may merge within a century. Another collision just produced the first light from one.

Apr 8 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

The Altman Hit Piece

Ronan Farrow's 18-month investigation revealed hundreds of pages of internal documents alleging Sam Altman lied to his board, his executives, and his own safety team.

Apr 7 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

ChatGPT Just Got Into Your Car

OpenAI is the first AI company to launch on Apple CarPlay. The voice-only design is either a safety feature or a liability.

Apr 7 · 2 min read ·Tech & Society

Altman's Awkward Laugh

A TikTok creator asked ChatGPT to time his mile. It said he took ten minutes. He took less than one. When Altman saw the clip, he laughed and said it would take a year to fix.

Apr 6 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Back to the Moon

Four astronauts are about to fly around the Moon for the first time in 53 years. It costs $4 billion a ride.

Apr 6 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

A Million Satellites

SpaceX wants to put a million AI data centers in orbit. Astronomers say it would erase half the visible stars.