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February 8th 2024

Remember When Yahoo Ruled the Internet?

We felt terrible for missing Yahoo's birthday, so here are some of its greatest hits.

Tech News Florence Ion Feb 8

December 18th 2023

OpenAI’s New Board Members Are Now the Boss of Sam Altman (If They Want to Be)

OpenAI’s Board has the final say in unleashing superhuman AI, but this board is a lot friendlier to Altman.

Artificial Intelligence Maxwell Zeff Dec 18

November 30th 2023

Sam Altman’s New Order Doesn’t Include OpenAI’s Chief Scientist

Everyone, even Microsoft, has a seat at the new OpenAI, except for Ilya Sutskever.

Artificial Intelligence Maxwell Zeff Nov 30

November 24th 2023

The Week When AI Got High on Its Own Supply

It may seem like Sam Altman's messy drama was the only thing happening in AI this week, but the world kept turning.

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Nov 24

November 22nd 2023

Sam Altman Is So Back at OpenAI, but Its Board Is So Not Back

OpenAI’s CEO returns to the helm alongside Greg Brockman. The new board is less AI doom, more economic boom.

Artificial Intelligence Maxwell Zeff Nov 22

November 13th 2023

‘Magic Intelligence in the Sky’: Sam Altman Has a Cute New Name for the Singularity

OpenAI’s board members, who are definitely not Effective Altruists, will determine when its created artificial general intelligence. It may or may not kill you.

Tech News Thomas Germain Nov 13

August 29th 2023

Meta Discovers Its Biggest Misinfo Campaign Yet

Meta found 7,704 accounts and 954 pages on Facebook and Instagram boosting pro-China content and criticizing US policies.

Privacy & Security Mack DeGeurin Aug 29

June 27th 2023

Google Says the Reddit Blackout Made Search Worse

A senior Google VP said earlier this month that Google users who couldn't add "Reddit" to their queries were “not quite happy” following the protest.

Internet Kevin Hurler Jun 27

May 1st 2023

A Tech CEO Is Spending Over $2,000 a Month on ChatGPT for All His Employees

Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies, says he’s already seen work accelerate with the help of ChatGPT, despite his workforce only using the AI for a month.

Artificial Intelligence Kevin Hurler May 1

February 5th 2019

I Just Accidentally Re-Liked Hundreds of Old Tweets and I’m So, So Sorry

Today, I accidentally re-liked hundreds of years-old tweets, alarming some, delighting others, and leaving me very, very sorry.

Tech News Harri Weber Feb 5

December 5th 2015

Will Technology Progress Enough Over The Next Billion Years to Save Us From The Dying Sun?

So you think the human race is going to survive the next billion years? We have been on the last few moments of the doomsday clock since the invention of nuclear weapons. The fact that a small group of bad actors has the bomb keeps that clock at nearly midnight perpetually. We’ve been pumping industrial…

Tech News Jeff Kay - QUORA Dec 5

November 13th 2015

What Is The Farthest Human-Made Object?

The farthest human-made object is also the fastest human-made object, Voyager 1. Cast into space on September 5, 1977, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mounted on a Titan IIIE/Centaur launch vehicle, Voyager 1 is now the farthest human-made object from Earth. It takes light about 16 Hours and 10 minutes to…

Tech News Brian Roemmele - QUORA Nov 13

November 6th 2015

How Are Laptops Used On The International Space Station?

When the ISS was being designed, they wisely concluded that installing physical interfaces into the structure of the ISS was not a good idea. It’s very hard to upgrade and/or repair interfaces that are part of the vehicle, whereas if laptop computers are used, upgrading/repair is as simple as launching a CD-ROM, uploading a file,…

Tech News Robert Frost - QUORA Nov 6

October 21st 2015

Does The International Space Station Have An On-Call Doctor?

The answer is yes…and no! It all depends on your definition of “on call.” The ISS Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas has a staff of flight controllers available 24/7, 365 days a year. One of those flight controllers carries the moniker of Flight Surgeon. They serve as the medical eyes and ears for every…

Tech News Clayton C. Anderson - Quora Oct 21

September 25th 2015

What Modern Achievement Would Most Impress a Time Traveler From the Roman Empire?

Strap the Roman visitor into the passenger seat of something like this. Start the engine. Explain to him that there’s a box full of a special sort of oil that’s burning in constant tiny explosions, making that thing in front that’s like three sword blades fastened together spin around 2700 times per minute. If he’s…

Tech News Stephen Tempest - QUORA Sep 25

September 11th 2015

How Much Money Would It Take To Be Batman?

Is it possible to be Batman? Okay, better question, who could afford the technology to be Batman? Could we even make much of what we see being used by Batman in the Dark Knight movies? Certainly some of the technology exists, but putting it together in a way that can be used the way the…

Tech News Thaddeus Howze - Quora Sep 11

September 4th 2015

How Could Google’s New Logo Be Only 305 Bytes When Its Old Logo Was 14,000 Bytes?

The old logo uses a complicated serif font which can only be created using bezier curves. All together, it has 100 anchor points, resulting in a 6 KB (6,380 bytes) file. When compressed, the size comes down to 2 KB (2,145 bytes). A simplified version of the new logo, on the other hand, can be…

Tech News Ilya Yakubovich - QUORA Sep 4

August 17th 2015

How Did the Bicycle Evolve?

The quest for a human powered, stable, fast and energy efficient vehicle has taken us a long way. Let’s see how it all started. 1790s – The beginning The first reference to a two-wheeled vehicle driven by one rider was a toy-like simple machine, with just two wheels attached to a rigid wooden frame. The…

Tech News Raj Arjit - QUORA Aug 17

August 4th 2015

How Do Astronauts Sleep In Space?

The brief answer to your question? I slept fine! There is really no specific training that astronauts receive with regard to sleeping and sleeping conditions. As a matter of fact, the best advice I got for sleeping was from my STS-117 Shuttle Commander C.J. “Rick” Sturckow. He told me to bring a good book and…

Space & Spaceflight Clayton C. Anderson - QUORA Aug 4

July 30th 2015

Why Did NASA End The Space Shuttle Program?

At the time the space shuttle program ended, the three remaining shuttles had flown 25, 33, and 39 times respectively. They were designed for a lifetime of 100 flights each. Though troubled with parts obsolescence throughout the program, it would have been possible to continue to adapt and fly the vehicles for many more years,…

Tech News Mark Adler - QUORA Jul 30

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Remember When Yahoo Ruled the Internet?

OpenAI’s New Board Members Are Now the Boss of Sam Altman (If They Want to Be)

Sam Altman’s New Order Doesn’t Include OpenAI’s Chief Scientist

The Week When AI Got High on Its Own Supply

Sam Altman Is So Back at OpenAI, but Its Board Is So Not Back

‘Magic Intelligence in the Sky’: Sam Altman Has a Cute New Name for the Singularity

Meta Discovers Its Biggest Misinfo Campaign Yet

Google Says the Reddit Blackout Made Search Worse

A Tech CEO Is Spending Over $2,000 a Month on ChatGPT for All His Employees

I Just Accidentally Re-Liked Hundreds of Old Tweets and I’m So, So Sorry

Will Technology Progress Enough Over The Next Billion Years to Save Us From The Dying Sun?

What Is The Farthest Human-Made Object?

How Are Laptops Used On The International Space Station?

Does The International Space Station Have An On-Call Doctor?

What Modern Achievement Would Most Impress a Time Traveler From the Roman Empire?

How Much Money Would It Take To Be Batman?

How Could Google’s New Logo Be Only 305 Bytes When Its Old Logo Was 14,000 Bytes?

How Did the Bicycle Evolve?

How Do Astronauts Sleep In Space?

Why Did NASA End The Space Shuttle Program?

Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead With The Golden Dome

‘Kamen Rider’ Is Ready to Take on the World

Twitter Just Can’t Stop Leaking Movies

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

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Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

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