Leben (Life aka misc)
The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting
Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. But many companies are rethinking the approach after a trail of canceled contracts and questions about whether the artificial intelligence-powered bots are meeting Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s
Hatim Sharif, a civil and environmental engineer – has spent more than two decades staring at maps and spatial data. Sharif finds one connection especially fascinating: the link between spatial reasoning and why taxi drivers Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Toxic Underground Fires Are Spreading at California Landfills
Three years ago environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside California’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill. Few imagined the calamity that would follow. Somehow the landfill’s pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch
On July 22, a Google DeepMind engineer, Vidy Thatte, shared a snippet of a browser he built that treats every URL as a prompt and generates a site from scratch on his X account. Just Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta’s Smart Glasses
With nearly 70% of the market, Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit. But after some users found ways to disable the light that warns people they’re being filmed, “the high-tech specs Read more…