The problems AI has today go back centuries
In the same way, the paper’s authors argue, this colonial history explains some of the most troubling characteristics and impacts of AI. They identify...
GitHub roadmap reveals feature plans and timelines
GitHub has published a public roadmap, offering users a glimpse of what to expect from the popular code-sharing platform in the coming months. New...
How an EU tax could slash climate emissions far beyond Europe
Last week, European Union leaders approved the most aggressive climate-change plan in history.
The eye-catching part was the $600 billion dedicated to green measures, spread...
On Mars, an autonomous rover and helicopter will roam free
NASA’s Perseverance rover launched at 7:50 am ET on July 30, the first day of a flight that will take the fifth NASA...
Netflix’s Fake-News Thriller ‘The Hater’ Is Way Too Real
The Polish crime thriller The Hater, which just hit Netflix, is simultaneously cartoonish and way too real. It follows disgraced ex-law student Tomasz, a...
Jeff Bezos’s antitrust grilling was a reminder of Amazon’s power over its sellers
The world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, testified before US Congress members for the first time on Wednesday, but he said little to assuage one...
JDK 16 begins to take shape
Although not due to arrive until March 2021, Java Development Kit (JDK) 16 is beginning to take shape, starting with enabling C++ 14 language...
A new neural network could help computers code themselves
That’s why some people think we should just get machines to program themselves. Automated code generation has been a hot research topic for a...
The Fantasy and the Cyberpunk Futurism of Singapore
An eerily prescient moment in the landmark cyberpunk film Akira about nuclear destruction predicts the cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. By preternatural coincidence,...
Canada’s narwhals skewer Silicon Valley’s unicorns
Toronto and the corridor that stretches west to Kitchener and Waterloo is already Canada’s capital of finance and technology—and naturally, the region’s leaders want...
