Nasty Scammers

"How One Man Lost $740,000 to Scammers Targeting His Retirement Savings"

AI BS'ing

"Scholars: AI isn't 'hallucinating' -- it's bullshitting". (Via W.R.)

TSA Facial Recognition

"Traveling this summer? Maybe don't let the airport scan your face."

Quantum Computing Update

"New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 -- and it consumes 30,000 times less power"

Exoskeleton Update

"SF woman first to receive $100K exoskeleton through health insurance in Bay Area". (Via C.M.)

Fusion Ever?

Brian Potter: "Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?"

AI Math Update

"AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems". (Via D.J.)

Apple Flip Phone?

"Apple's iPhone of the future is a flip phone"

Smartphones And Horror Moview

"A Smartphone Can't Help You Now: How Horror Movies Solve Their Cell Problem"

Dynamic Pricing

CNN: "You're not going crazy -- you may actually be paying higher prices than other people"

Nuclear Spaceships

"We're building nuclear spaceships again -- this time for real"

NPR On xz

Planet Money: "The hack that almost broke the internet"

Seven Logical Fallacies

"Logical fallacies: Seven ways to spot a bad argument"

Breaching Air Force Security

"This Air Force security team can breach an 'impenetrable' SCIF in one minute"

AI Wildfire Detection

"Douglas County wildfire first detected by cameras equipped with AI". (Via H.R.)

Kidneys In Space

"Would astronauts' kidneys survive a roundtrip to Mars?" (Via W.R.)

Asteroid Defense Update

"Outdoing the dinosaurs: What we can do if we spot a threatening asteroid"

AI Vs. Human Translators

"If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?" (Via W.R.)

Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs

Scott Alexander: "Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs"

The On Call Radiologist

Hah! I totally relate to this video by Dr. Glaucomflecken: "The On Call Radiologist"

Gene Editing Update

"A 'Word Processor' for Genes -- Scientists Unveil Fundamentally New Mechanism for Biological Programming". (Via H.R.)

Loneliest Man

"A Man Apart: Is Jimmy Sabatino America's Loneliest Prisoner?"

Sabatino may be the most locked-down, buried-in-oblivion prisoner in the entire federal system. The “special measures” in his case are special indeed. He is prohibited from communicating with anyone on the entire planet, inside or outside of prison, except for two people: his 75-year-old stepmother, with whom he can have fifteen-minute monitored phone conversations twice a month, and his attorney. That’s an even more limited circle of approved contacts than El Chapo is allowed. Such measures are deemed necessary because Sabatino has demonstrated an amazing talent for engineering multi-million-dollar scams even from the confines of prison.

Inner Voices (Or Not)

"Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming through Their Head"

AI Protein Generation

"Former Meta scientists unveiled an AI model that can generate new proteins"