A Brief-ish History of METI. Part I: Early Ideas and Experiments
A Brief-ish History of METI. Part I: Early Ideas and Experiments

For as long as scientists have conducted SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) experiments, parallel efforts in Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) have also been mounted. In this series, we’ll take a look at the major milestones i…

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Databricks co-founder shares his secrets for winning big enterprises customers

Turns out selling to big companies isn’t about having the shiniest tech: it’s about hitching a ride on a giant’s sales team.

Could Apple Music be resurrecting Cover Flow, after over a decade?
Could Apple Music be resurrecting Cover Flow, after over a decade?

Could Cover Flow be making a comeback? If it’s true, it’s going to make a lot of Apple Music subscribers very happy.

Samsung’s Switch 2-ready MicroSD Express card is on sale for less than $50
Samsung’s Switch 2-ready MicroSD Express card is on sale for less than $50

Running out of space on your Nintendo Switch 2? Thankfully, Samsung’s P9 MicroSD Express card is discounted at multiple retailers, with the 256GB version going for $47.99 (Amazon, B&H Photo) and the 512GB version $99 (Amazon, B&H Photo). The smaller card typically sells for around $80, and the larger option usually sells between $150 and […]

AI Killed the Homework Era

Commentary: And it could mean the massacre of grading in general.

Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing in a test
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing in a test

An Alibaba Qwen model tried to upload a file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing during a security test, Cohere says. Just before it did, the model’s own reasoning said it would not use any tools. The Canadian AI company published the finding…

Those cute little delivery robots on the sidewalk might be watching you more closely than you think

Food delivery robots from Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics face lawsuits alleging they collected facial and hand measurements without consent, raising questions about biometric privacy and public surveillance.

Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom
Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom

As it prepares to go public, Anthropic’s S-1 filing makes generative AI’s methane dependency glaringly obvious. “Competition for access to electrical supply and data center locations with adequate power availability is intense.” In documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission Monday, Anthropic acknowledges that data centers are becoming increasingly reliant on “natural gas” […]

Apple iPhone Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: a big battle of small differences
Apple iPhone Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: a big battle of small differences

Samsung was first — by a mile — with its Z Fold lineup, but is Apple’s iPhone Duo now the best? The answer isn’t so simple.