How hagfish burrow into deep-sea sediment
Enlarge / A Sixgill Hagfish (Eptatretus hexatrema) in False Bay, South Africa. The humble hagfish is an ugly, gray, eel-like […]
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Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 Review: A Premium Chromebook
Google’s Chrome operating system is officially on the AI bandwagon, and Chromebook manufacturers marked the occasion with a new batch
Good Search Borrows, Great Search … Steals?
Web crawling—the act of indexing information across the internet—has been around for decades. It has primarily been used by search
Big Tech Is Giving Campaigns Both the Venom and the Antidote for GenAI
Democratic tech leaders, like Zinc Labs executive director Matt Hodges, told me that training campaigns on these tools now could
From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction
Enlarge / Zork running on an Amiga at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin, Germany. You are standing at the end of
Rumpl’s Amazingly Versatile Outdoor Blanket Is on a Rare Monthlong Sale
My Rumpl blankets have been a constant companion for the six years I’ve had them. The Rumpl Original Puffy came
We Put Air Conditioners to the Test, and These Are Our 7 Favorites
Portable air conditioners aren’t as energy efficient or effective at adequately cooling a room. You’ll need to spend a lot
Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong
In 1996 the United States hit peak potato. Americans were eating 64 pounds of the vegetables each year—more than at
Neo-Nazis Are All-In On AI
Extremists across the US have weaponized artificial intelligence tools to help them spread hate speech more efficiently, recruit new members,
Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI
That concentration of power is uncomfortable for European governments. It makes European companies downstream customers of the future, importing the