A conversation about the “mediocre monopolists” of Big Tech, the weirdness of crypto, and the real lessons of science fiction.

Less than a week ago OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world, and it kicked off what feels like a seismic shift in many people’s understand of the capabilities of large …

The retirement of Gore-Tex Shakedry is just the tip of the iceberg

Rescue services were able to locate the man, who had been traveling by snowmachine, via GPS coordinates sent from his iPhone 14.

A paraplegic former member of the Canadian military shocked MPs on Thursday by testifying that she was offered, in writing, the opportunity for a medically assisted death — and that the Department of Veterans Affairs even offered to provide equipment.

It’s hard to imagine where you might see something like this today.

Stop picking that nit, it’ll never heal.

The “ivory tower” has long been the lens through which American popular culture views higher education. The phrase conjures up images of seminar rooms and high-minded ideas debated at a … Continue reading "Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower"

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New materials are opening up applications for terahertz radiation in the physical, biological and medical sciences. Joe McEntee reports

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Federal, state and local authorities on Monday said they were continuing to press their investigation into Saturday night's attack on two power transmission substations in Carthage and West End.

Archaeologists around the world are disputing Graham Hancock's latest psuedo-archaeological docuseries on Atlantis for Netflix.

Today Rebecca Burger Becky Heineman shares the tale of porting Doom to the 3DO console under extreme conditions. There is an engine to tweak, deadlines to hit, hardware acceleration to get working, and dramatic rock anthems to record.We also learn about how…