Space insurers make record-breaking loss as orbit gets cramped
By The Register Published on May 01, 2024 The space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together. Space insurers paid out a record $995 million in claims during 2023, according to a report from Slingshot Aerospace. This surge in orbital launches and […]
The manicure economy
By FINANCIAL TIMES Published on May 21, 2024 Jon Hilsenrath is a former senior writer at the Wall Street Journal, and author of ‘Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval’ Tia Lee didn’t foresee a career when she first took a part-time job at a Macy’s make-up counter at […]
Internet addiction alters brain chemistry in young people, study finds
By The Byte Published on May 08, 2024 Young people with internet addiction experience changes in their brain chemistry which could lead to more addictive behaviours, research suggests. The study, published in PLOS Mental Health, reviewed previous research using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine how regions of the brain interact in people […]
Plasma Physicist Warns That Elon Musk’s Disposable Satellites May Be Damaging the Earth’s Magnetic Field
By The Byte Published on April 17, 2024 The Earth is a ball magnet that we’re surrounding with fast-moving metal trash. Dead satellites and other debris are constantly burning up as they fall out of Earth’s orbit. Conventional wisdom is destroying all that space junk is good, because it keeps orbit […]
Congress one step closer to reauthorizing controversial federal surveillance tool
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An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
By The New York Times Published on April 23, 2023 A track like “Heart on My Sleeve,” which went viral before being taken down by streaming services this week, may be a novelty for now. But the legal and creative questions it raises are here to stay. Read More
The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis
By npr Published on April 23, 2023 Back in 2017, psychologist Jean Twenge set off a firestorm in the field of psychology. Twenge studies generational trends at San Diego State University. When she looked at mental health metrics for teenagers around 2012, what she saw shocked her. “In all my analyses of generational […]
How Adobe’s bet on non-exploitative AI is paying off
By MIT Technology Review Published on March 26, 2024 Since the beginning of the generative Al boom, there has been a fight over how large Al models are trained. In one camp sit tech companies such as OpenAI that have claimed it is “impossible” to train AI without hoovering the internet of copyrighted […]
HOW GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD AFFECT WORK IN THE UK – AND HOW TO MANAGE IT
By Institute for Public Policy Research Published on March, 2024 Technological change is a good thing. It has brought exponential gains to living standards and is the foundation of modern society. Yet unmanaged technological change has always come with risks and disruptions. With another technological wave driven by generative AI on the […]