Leben (Life aka misc)
Low-Income Homes Drop Internet Service After Congress Kills Discount Program
The death of the US government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is starting to result in disconnection of Internet service for Americans with low incomes. On Friday, Charter Communications reported a net loss of 154,000 Internet subscribers that it said was mostly driven by customers canceling after losing the federal discount. Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
AI Won’t Replace Human Workers, But People Who Use It Will Replace Those Who Don’t
AI experts tend to agree that rapid advances in the technology will impact jobs. But there’s a clear division growing between those who see that as a cause for concern and those who believe it heralds a future of growth. Andrew Ng, the founder of Google Brain and a professor Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Sam Altman Issues Call To Arms To Ensure ‘Democratic AI’ Will Defeat ‘Authoritarian AI’
In a Washington Post op-ed last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasized the urgent need for the U.S. and its allies to lead the development of “democratic AI” to counter the rise of “authoritarian AI” models (source paywalled; alternative source). He outlined four key steps for this effort: enhancing security Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
NASA’s Mars Rover Detects ‘Building Blocks of Life’ in Rock
“Scientists working with NASA’s Perseverance rover state emphatically that they are not claiming to have discovered life on Mars,” writes the New York Times. “But many would regard a rock that the rover just finished studying as ‘Most Likely to Contain Fossilized Microbial Martians’…” The rover has drilled and stashed Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Sharks Near Brazil Test Positive For Cocaine
The BBC are reporting sharks have tested positive for cocaine. Thirteen sharpnose sharks which were captured off the coast near Rio de Janeiro. They were tested for the drug in liver and muscle tissue samples — and returned positive results at concentrations as much as 100 times higher than previously Read more…
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Trump Says He’d Oppose CBDCs, Pardon Ulbricht, and Create a ‘Strategic National Bitcoin Stockpile’
Speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a number of cryptocurrency-related pledges. In a speech which lasted for over an hour, the 78-year-old former president also criticized his political opponents, touching on topics like inflation, immigration, and his promise to “drill, baby, drill.” But Read more…