In what is becoming a recurring theme, Gen Z keeps harkening back to nostalgia. Whether low-rise jeans or disposable cameras, they can’t seem to get enough of vintage technology from the past. Their latest obsession? Flip phones. Why this fascination? Several reasons. Flip phones are far less expensive than any Read more…
In case there are any doubts that the hiring party is over at Amazon, the number of open jobs in the Software Development category has declined to 299 in January 2023 from 32,692 in May 2022, according to Amazon’s Jobs site. Internet Archive captures of Amazon’s Software Development jobs category Read more…
Technology news outlet CNET has been found to be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write articles about personal finance without any prior announcement or explanation. The articles, which numbered at 73, covered topics such as “What Is Zelle and How Does It Work?” and had a small disclaimer at the Read more…
“When Robert Wood came to Harvard University 17 years ago, he wanted to design an insect-sized robot that could fly,” reports the Boston Globe. And finally Last month, technology from Wood’s “RoboBee” project was commercialized for the first time, “spinning out as a surgical-robot startup backed by venture capital firm Read more…
“Can editing code feel more tactile, like painting with Photoshop brushes?” Researchers at GitHub Next asked that question this week — and then supplied the answer. “We added a toolbox of brushes to our Copilot Labs Visual Studio Code extension that can modify your code…. Just select a few lines, Read more…
UpNext, Airbus’s future technology-focused subsidiary, reported on Thursday that it has entered the final three months of testing tech it hopes will automate the process of getting a plane from the air to the gate. The system, called DragonFly, tackles automated operations like diversions, landings, and taxi procedures through a Read more…
An artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot can write such convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists are often unable to spot them, according to a preprint posted on the bioRxiv server in late December1. “I am very worried,” says Sandra Wachter, who studies technology and regulation at the University of Oxford, UK, and Read more…