The cost of the smart home is going up
…It only notifies you about things it considers unusual — but this means there’s a risk it could miss something. Reliably finding the anomalies and alerting you to them, rather than sending…
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US Elections
…The Times’ Nate Cohn called this “Good news,” but that probably depends on your anxiety level. 2024 Presidential Election Results Live: Harris vs. Trump [ The New York Times ] Sarah Jeong Nov 6…
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
…time they conduct a layoff. He also called for worker-led safety committees that report to the city, “so that if any AI developed in your facilities is becoming a risk to…
Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband
…Ignored by critics was the fact that completely remapping the entirety of US internet access took significant time, and was something private monopolies and Republicans had long opposed because it risked highlighting…
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
…Especially when I could do all of the tasks I asked Spark to do on my own — they would just take more time. Spark also works best if you’re already deep…
Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
…This time, he says he discovered over 985,000 photo IDs sitting on the public internet for any half-decent hacker to steal. If you’ve visited a cannabis club in Spain…
Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits
…Callahan said, “It’s also inaccurate to say that we have plans to terminate these employees or told them they were at risk of termination.” The news comes shortly after Seattle officially…
Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are
…Semi-solid-state batteries are a bridge to the future, with a gel-like composition that offers some benefits of solid-state, with far less risk of the thermal runaway exhibited by…
AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review
…There is an enormous and growing asymmetry between the time it takes to produce new work and the time it takes a subject-matter expert to vet it. For Marit Moe…
How Netflix made us fall in love with K-dramas
…And Netflix’s three most-watched TV show seasons of all time, in any language? All Korean. Those three seasons are seasons 1–3 of Squid Game. The life-or-death competition…