2025-01-09

Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition

German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of "percolation problem." [...]

2024-12-20

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review: Fortune and Glory

A combination of puzzle-solving, bare-knuckle boxing, and brilliant performances recall the best of Indy's adventures. [...]

2024-12-23

Unfair decisions by AI could make us indifferent to bad behaviour by humans

Artificial intelligence (AI) makes important decisions that affect our everyday lives. These decisions are implemented by firms and institutions in the name of efficiency. They can help determine who [...]

2025-01-03

Meta sends its AI-generated profiles to hell where they belong

Meta has nuked a bunch of its AI-generated profiles from Facebook Instagram, the company confirmed, after the AI characters prompted widespread outrage and ridicule from users on social media.<br / [...]

2025-01-08

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang welcomes the rise of superintelligent AI at CES 2025

Surprising no one, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang isn't too worried about a future filled with robots and superintelligent AI. In fact, he welcomes it. During a CES Q&A session with media and analys [...]

2025-01-04

Microsoft is spending $80 billion on data centers this year

Microsoft has published a lengthy piece talking about its vision for artificial intelligence development over the next four years, under the incoming Trump administration. In the piece, the company ha [...]

2025-01-08

Bluetti Is Solving a Common Problem With Home and Portable Batteries at CES 2025

No more separate battery products to power your home, off-grid, camping or RV. Bluetti unveiled its new line that can do it all. [...]

2024-01-26

The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever

AI is elbowing its way into ever more jobs, but while how we work will change, people skills will still be the most important factor. [...]

2025-01-05

Could Humans Have a Brain Microbiome?

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as well. [...]