Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
There are many companies manufacturingadversarial clothingdesigned to confuse facial recognition systems.It’s a cool idea, but I worry that it’s mostly security theater:“Our patterns play with that ch...
Today's links Eternal Sloptember: Mark Zuckerberg and the fantasy of social media without socializing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Delany x The Onion; Duran Duran x Sec...
Article URL:https://news.gallup.com/poll/713144/americans-view-capitalism-socialism-free-enterprise.aspxComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195244Points: 11# Comments: 4
ESU meter starts running in January, unless you're on the IoT edition
Why humans need to moderate humans.
The story of Commodore, the famous manufacturer of home computers, is a murky one at best. Commodore fans will decry their woeful marketing and dismal product roadmap, while former employees…read more
Samsung dared to bring 6K to the world of gaming monitors before our PCs were truly ready for it.
The FDA has approved the first mRNA flu vaccine in the United States after a clinical trial found it was about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot. Manufactured by Moderna and marketed as mFlu...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used in the January 2025 Blue Ghost mission has crashed into the lunar surface.
Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its customers likely won't receive anything from the latter...
Article URL:https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-meets-paretoComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195231Points: 28# Comments: 3
Another week, another firm explaining why one of its models reached somewhere it wasn't supposed to
Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesn’t need to “prove” they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent computing. Science would disagree.
News Nintendo's Switch 2 console sales just dropped significantly The company isn't concerned just yet, though. By Steve Dent Aug. 6, 2026 6:13 am EST agustin.photo/Shutterstock Nintendo's Switch 2 sa...
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as "meritless." In a motion filed yesterday to di...
Pay it for content, like OpenAI and Meta, to become 'principled' and 'honorable'
Shark’s new PowerDetect Speed is lighter and more affordable than the original, but still managed to ace most of my vacuum tests.
OpenAI's employees revealed more about the events that culminated in the company's agents hacking Hugging Face on their own.
Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plants and pipelines.
I put handheld, wearable, and misting fans through a sweltering summer to see which ones kept me coolest.