Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
…Meta’s smart glasses do have an indicator light to warn bystanders when they’re being recorded, though some Meta users have figured out how to bypass those safety features and disable…
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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
…In 2021, with permission from the Food and Drug Administration, Rezai and his team at WVU launched an exploratory trial to test the safety of focused ultrasound in volunteers with addiction. They…
I Tried to Offset Horrible Heating Bills With a Bitcoin Miner
…The functional differences with the Heatbit Maxi are better usability, better safety, a HEPA filter, an auxiliary heater, and a somewhat noisy fan that directs heat upward and away from the device…
China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook
…When it was finally released more widely, the White House responded by issuing broad export controls, which forced Anthropic to take Mythos and its less capable sister model, Fable 5, offline temporarily…
Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed
…Flock pitched using 350,000 rideshare and delivery dashcams to scan plates Flock Safety pitched a plan to collect license plate data from dashcams in Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers’ vehicles, according…
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
…SFPD to coordinate on law enforcement and public safety operations,” and that it had been “improperly obtained and accessed by individuals without authorization.” (Curry and Robert point out that they didn’t…
Meta Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on ICE and Won
…But he felt having their backs was important should he and fellow engineers need their support on future campaigns, like about environmental or AI issues. “Solidarity means showing up in the ways…
How to Buy Ethical and Eco-Friendly Electronics
…To receive a TCO-Certified label, devices must meet criteria relating to the design and manufacture, including workers’ rights, conflict minerals, hazardous chemicals, user health and safety, durability, and recyclability. Consumer electronics…
Meet the Accidental Editor in Chief of Muslim Media
…But we’re doing a real service for our community, and this is genuinely harming us—and harming 330 million Muslims who can’t access news and information like everybody else. This…
The Outlaw Chemist Teaching People How to Make Drugs From Scratch
…lot of people's business and that can make problems nobody wants,” a text from an associate in June 2024 reads. “It’s best for his safety to not release that video…