Jeeves and Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years
In the digital wilds of Y2K, we came to him with our most probing questions. He told us about Britney…
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These Countries Embrace E.V.s to Avoid Oil Price Shocks
Costa Ricans buy more electric vehicles per person than almost any other country in the Western Hemisphere, a fact that…
Driving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable
Driving an electric vehicle on a road trip can be challenging enough in the United States. Would it be even…
How Running Shoes Have Evolved, From Ancient Greece to a Record-Breaking Marathon Time
When the messenger Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persians…
Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work
The Pentagon announced on Friday that it had reached deals with some of the technology industry’s biggest companies in an…
OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
This week, OpenAI announced a loosened partnership with Microsoft and an aggressive new strategy to secure computing power. We unpack…
Why So Many People Already Own Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Anthony Scaramucci has said he owns shares of SpaceX. So does 2 Chainz, the rapper; Betsy DeVos, the former education…
Musk vs. Altman: What Is This Really About?
new video loaded: Musk vs. Altman: What Is This Really About? In a landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI’s…
Apple Reports 17% Sales Jump, Powered by iPhones
Apple will have a new chief executive in September, after 15 years with Tim Cook as its leader. In the…
Is A.I. a Threat to Humanity? Not in This Trial.
Since he had a testy fireside chat about artificial intelligence with the Google co-founder Larry Page more than a decade…