As Bitcoin Falters, Crypto Miners Brace for a Crash
Last year, as bitcoin’s price rose as high as $68,000, miners were having a blast. Their profits, according to some estimates, were hovering just under 90 percent, and many of…
How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers
Ants, as a group, are creatures of habit. While an individual’s path isn’t certain, biologists who have spent a lot of time watching the behavior of entire colonies can predict…
Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct
When asked about Chatterjee, Google spokesperson Jason Freidenfelds provided a company statement confirming he was “terminated with cause.” Freidenfelds also provided a statement from Zoubin Ghahramani, vice president at Google…
You Need to Update iOS, Chrome, Windows, and Zoom ASAP
May has been another busy month of security updates, with Google’s Chrome browser and Android operating system, Zoom, and Apple’s iOS releasing patches to fix serious vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, things have…
‘Thinkwashing’ Keeps People From Taking Action in Times of Crisis
These make for some serious shortcomings to this imagined techno-utopia. But that doesn’t make these direct-air carbon capture efforts entirely useless. While these machines cannot decarbonize on our behalf, they…
Insta360 cameras take a speedy ride around Monaco’s F1 track
Ahead of last Sunday’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix, Insta360 stuck several of its action cameras on a classic F1 car and got a pro driver to capture some cool footage.
The Multifarious Multiplexity of Taika Waititi
About seven minutes into my second conversation with the actor, writer, and director Taika Waititi, he confessed, somewhat abruptly, that he doesn’t like being around people. There was “absolutely nothing…
Taika Waititi Is a Bundle of Contradictions
About seven minutes into my second conversation with the actor, writer, and director Taika Waititi, he confessed, somewhat abruptly, that he doesn’t like being around people. There was “absolutely nothing…
Sony’s PS Plus classics fix has only made things worse
Audio player loading… Sony has released a 60Hz patch for its classic PlayStation games, but it’s unfortunately introduced new visual problems. Last week, Sony launched its PS Plus rebrand in…
Oura has made a gold-laced Gucci smart ring, and it’s ludicrously expensive
Audio player loading… Oura has teamed up with Gucci to produce the Gucci x Oura Ring, a special-edition version of the Oura Ring that’s painted black, laced with 18 karat…