When high school English teacher Kelly Gibson first encountered ChatGPT in December, and the existential angst was building fast. While the Internet was delighted with the chatbot’s seemingly sophisticated responses to user queries, many educators were less surprised. If someone could ask ChatGPT to “write 300 words about what the green light symbolizes in The...

Not too long back movie villains are easily recognizable by facial scars, evil laughter and oddly high collars— but the shorthand has changed a lot in recent years. Turtlenecks and sweatshirts are hallmarks of today’s sinister supervillains as the tech billionaire increasingly becomes the antagonist of choice. Take Rian Johnson’s Oscar nomination, for example. Glass...

For many years The cryptocurrency economy is rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering, despite the bizarre fact that in this economy virtually every transaction is recorded on a permanent, immutable blockchain ledger. But new evidence suggests that years of progress in tracing the blockchain and prosecuting this illicit underworld could be...

When you need powered by your laptop, connect your charger wisely to get the best performance. However, Apple’s early M1-powered MacBook Pros drastically changed that philosophy, offering comparable performance whether you were plugged into a wall outlet or not. The new 2023 MacBook Pro models, equipped with the upgraded M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets,...

For some residents San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Passenger calling services from Cruise and Alphabet, GM’s subsidiary Waymo, allow them to book a ride without a driver using an app. But some riders may have become too accustomed to this technology. In a letter filed yesterday with a...

“There are countries we can no longer travel to,” Stanford says of himself and the core admin team. In recent years, the Saudi Arabian government has tried to push international aviation regulators to ban or prevent the public distribution of ADS-B data, although the proposal has not gone far. Musk, on the other hand, has...

After a few weeks almost constant rain and floodCalifornia is finally drying up, but hopefully not getting too much dry because the state needs all the rain it can get to deal with the historic drought. This is California at its most violent and controversial: climate change is making both dry spells and rainstorms more...

“I personally find it embarrassing to explain to friends and family why I’m being fired,” says one former Meta employee who was fired as part of layoffs in late 2022 and asked not to be identified so as not to jeopardize her future job. perspectives. But not only the suddenness, but also the inhumane way...

In 2004 Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were involved in a comically passive-aggressive IPO road show. They ditched business suits in favor of casual wear, refused to answer many of the questions of financial tycoons, and warned investors that instead of focusing on profits, the new public company could use its resources “to...