Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
We discuss AI doomers, 9/11 posting, and Barbie.
My commentonFeeling sad about AI— Hacker News.I'm not sure how useful it is to say this, but I think a lot of people (myself included, a few years ago now) have been through this moment of existential...
Amazon recently debuted a new feature for its Ring cameras that the company is callingThrow Away the Key Encryption(TAKE). The idea is to cut back on the amount of video content available to the compa...
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Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. As 404 Media reported on Wedne...
Bloomberg reports (paywalled) that Sam Altman told OpenAI employees the company is open to slowing the pace of AI development alongside other leading labs as concerns grow over increasingly capable sy...
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Big Tech Meta New images show a detailed view of Meta's upcoming mixed reality headset The device known as Project Phoenix is a new form factor for Meta. By Karissa Bell Sept. 11, 2026 1:28 pm EST Met...
In Brief Posted: 9:46 AM PDT · September 11, 2026 Kirsten Korosec Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO Nscale, the buzzy U.K.-based AI data center startup, has...
In this specially-numbered podcast episode that lines up quite nicely with our Retrocomputing Challenge, Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met over surprisingly low-latency and loud beverages to brin...
Workers at Automattic, which owns WordPress.com and several other platforms, have said the company has endured years of chaotic leadership decisions.
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The UK government has rejected proposals for an emergency AI "kill switch," arguing that blocking access to dangerous models inside Britain would do little if the same systems remained available or we...
Low-energy 3D printing could turn Martian dirt into sturdy structures
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