Trump’s Racist Rants against Immigrants Hide under the Language of Eugenics
Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. comes straight out of the playbook of eugenics, deeply dishonest scientism that criminality, poverty and a host of other ills were all genetically inherited.....»»
Scholar of white supremacy visits all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed, says Richmond gets it right
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South's racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four years after it was toppled in Virginia......»»
The death of a robot designed for autistic children proves Apple"s on-device AI is the right path
The Moxie robot that used cloud processing for a large language model was designed to be a companion and education tool for autistic children, and it's being unceremoniously shut down by the owners. This absolutely insensitive and destructive move pr.....»»
US businesses will lose $1B in one month if TikTok is banned, TikTok warns
US ban would also impact tens of millions of global users, TikTok claimed. TikTok is doing everything it can to delay a potential ban starting the day before Donald Trump takes of.....»»
TikTok’s two paths to avoid US ban: Beg SCOTUS or woo Trump
TikTok loss could lead to US ban next month. On Friday, a US appeals court upheld a federal law that could ban or force a sale of TikTok early next year. Biden signed the Protecti.....»»
Rocket Report: NASA delays Artemis again; SpinLaunch spins a little cash
A report in which we read some tea leaves. Welcome to Edition 7.22 of the Rocket Report! The big news is the Trump administration's announcement that commercial astronaut Jared Is.....»»
Speaking crystal: AI learns language of atom arrangements in solids
A new artificial intelligence model that can predict how atoms arrange themselves in crystal structures could lead to faster discovery of new materials for everything from solar panels to computer chips......»»
iOS 18.2 adds natural language search to Apple Music and Apple TV app
Apple has been testing iOS 18.2 for a while now, and the update brings a lot of new features related to Apple Intelligence such as Genmoji and Image Playground. However, there’s another small but important change for users of the Apple Music and Ap.....»»
How did the CEO of an online payments firm become the nominee to lead NASA?
Expect significant changes for America's space agency. President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday his intent to nominate entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman.....»»
Study shows chimpanzees perform the same complex behaviors that have brought humans success
A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes diverged millions of years ago. The findings were published 5 December 2024 in the journal PeerJ......»»
Bitcoin hits $100,000
Trump-fueled crypto rally rages on as bitcoin hits new high. Late Wednesday, bitcoin hit $100,000—a major milestone for the cryptocurrency, which has been experiencing a massive.....»»
Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to become the next NASA administrator
"We will never again lose our ability to journey to the stars and never settle for second place." President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman,.....»»
Q&A: How China tariffs could backfire on US—scholar says higher prices, supply-chain disruptions for Americans
President-elect Donald Trump's longstanding plans to hit China with stiff tariffs would likely deal a blow to China's already faltering economy, but it could also trigger some unintended negative consequences for the U.S. economy and foreign relation.....»»
Trump names billionaire private astronaut as next NASA chief
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA......»»
Review: Miko Mini is a fun and affordable AI bot for kids
Large language model AI has been a leap forward for me in how I use technology. So naturally, ChatGPT is something that my 7 and 11 year old kids are already familiar with, but there isn’t an AI that they interact with regularly. Enter , a fun and.....»»
US plan to protect consumers from data brokers faces dim future under Trump
Wyden: "Unfortunately, it will be up to Trump's CFPB to finalize this proposed rule." The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is trying to rein in data brokers that sell A.....»»
Your personality changes when you speak another language, but that"s not always a bad thing
Have you ever wondered whether the language you speak influences the way you see the world? Well, according to a number of studies in psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and linguistic anthropology, it does. Languages don't just allow us to commu.....»»
Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why
Filter resulting from subject of settled defamation lawsuit could cause trouble down the road. OpenAI's ChatGPT is more than just an AI language model with a fancy interface. It's.....»»
New Trump administration could bring shift in approach to Snake River dam breaching
The change from the Biden to the Trump administration is primed to alter the trajectory of salmon recovery in the Snake and Columbia river basins......»»
Might be time to buy EVs, laptops and smartphones ahead of Trump tariffs
Price hikes are widely expected to be passed onto U.S. consumers should the incoming Trump administration carry out its plans to impose across-the-board tariffs on imports......»»
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