In the Age of AI, ‘Her’ Is a Fairy Tale
When Spike Jonze’s Her came out in 2013, the film about a lonely man falling for an artificially intelligent operating system won widespread praise....
The Download: a microbiome gold rush, and Eric Schmidt’s election misinformation plan
Over the last couple of decades, scientists have come to realize just how important the microbes that crawl all over us are to our...
Thirty-two years of Linux and its community
Linus Torvalds has been working on Linux for 32 years, longer than many software developers have been alive. Surprisingly though, Linux, Torvalds’ earliest “hobby...
CodeOps: Using LLMs and modular coding to accelerate development
In 2009, DevOps emerged as an operational model for teams that wanted to realize the full potential of rapidly evolving Agile software development methods....
The Best Pet Cameras (2023): Treat Dispensing, Laser Pointer, and 360 Degrees
Our furry friends are important members of the family, and leaving them at home while we go out to do people things can be...
17 Gifts for People Who Really Need Some Sleep
Between anxiety and insomnia, I've always had trouble sleeping, and I'm not alone. Chances are, you or someone you know is not getting enough...
Eric Schmidt has a 6-point plan for fighting election misinformation
6. Invest in research. For all these approaches to work at scale, we’ll require long-term engagement, starting now. My philanthropic group is working to...
Netflix’s Big Data Dump Shows Just OK TV Is Here to Stay
Netflix just did the unthinkable: It released viewership numbers. After years of withholding information on how many hours subscribers spent watching its shows and...
The Download: beyond CRISPR, and OpenAI’s superalignment findings
Google DeepMind used a large language model to solve an unsolvable math problem The news: Google DeepMind has used a large language model to...
Vertex developed a CRISPR cure. It’s already on the hunt for something better.
Such drawbacks are why a pill to alleviate sickle-cell, if developed, could sweep CRISPR from the playing field. A pill version could also resolve...
