“According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 73% of businesses reported that their workers rarely or never engaged in remote work in 2022 — closing in on pre-pandemic levels,” writes a Seattle Times business columnist. “But this minority of the civilian workforce working remotely casts a large shadow Read more…
As an “ambassador” for FTX, football quarterback Tom Brady appeared at the company’s conference in the Bahamas, and in TV commercials promoting the exchange as “the most trusted” institution in crypto, remembers the New York Times. And it was all about to go very bad… “His money was also at Read more…
We’ve just had the world’s first press conference with AI-enabled, humanoid social robots. Click here to jump straight to Slashdot’s transcript of all the robots’ answers during the press conference, or watch the 40-minute video here. It all happened at the United Nations held an “AI for Good” summit in Read more…
The world’s largest spherical structure “squats on the Las Vegas skyline like an enormous spaceship, black and mysterious,” reports CNN, “until night falls, when it will glow like the Earth from space.” The $2 billion arena — called “The Sphere” — was built just east of the Venetian hotel/casino. It’s Read more…
Age discrimination is something many tech workers think about — especially once they get into their 40s and 50s. But imagine what it would be like if you thought that every job in every field shunned you at an even earlier age. In China, you apparently don’t have to imagine, Read more…
Scientists have designed an AI tool that can rapidly decode a brain tumor’s DNA to determine its molecular identity during surgery — critical information that under the current approach can take a few days and up to a few weeks. Knowing a tumor’s molecular type enables neurosurgeons to make decisions Read more…
Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he may have found fragments of alien technology from a meteor that landed in the waters off of Papua, New Guinea in 2014. CBS News reports: Loeb and his team just brought the materials back to Harvard for analysis. The U.S. Space Command confirmed with Read more…