The costs of some parts of solar farms will drop to near zero. But some obstacles remain to make this energy cheaply available everywhere. As a result, the entire energy industry will change.
Interactive visualization of the history of the latin alphabet, showing the temporal and formal relationships of the different scripts and typefaces to each other
In 2001 CNN put out a number of puff pieces promoting Elon Musk as a tech entrepreneur. It's unclear why he and the producer of this particular segment believed it portrayed him in a positive light.
One prompt -> an entire novel!
Just describe the high-level details, and a chain of AI systems will write an entire book for you in minutes.
- complete w/ cover art
- packages your book as a real e-book
And it's open-source!
Millionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson (who already has a cult-like following) plans to start his own NATION for anti-agers... where pizza, donuts and alcohol will be illegal https://t.co/jZaiPdNsjZ
This is a village run by AI. The tribe has different personas managed by ChatGPT, from smart to aggressive or grumpy, and when new things appear they're drawn in realtime by StableDiffusion 3. You can influence what happens in the Twitch chat, or have it run autonomously forever.
Reminder—ALL advanced driver assistance systems available today require the human driver to be in control and fully engaged in the driving task at all times. https://t.co/OpPy36mOgC
New result on immigrants & US economy
For 1,078 founders of 500 US unicorns, I identified founders' countries of birth. Conclusion: Over four out of ten unicorn founders are first gen immigrants.
@StanfordGSB #startups #immigration #unicorn
We investigate the internal mechanisms used by Claude 3.5 Haiku — Anthropic's lightweight production model — in a variety of contexts, using our circuit tracing methodology.
Small Data Small data appears to be a very exciting movement that is moving the overton window away from Big Data onto much simpler and cheaper solutions ...
In 1623 the German Wilhelm Schickard produced the first known designs for a mechanical calculator. Twenty years later Blaize Pascal produced a machine of an improved design, aiming to help with the large amount of tedious arithmetic required in his role as a tax collector.
The interest in mechanical calculation showed no sign of reducing in the subsequent centuries, as generations of people worldwide followed in Pascal and Wilhelm’s footsteps, subscribing to their view that offloading mental energy to a machine would be a relief.
Remote Work's Long-Term Effects: Why Dell and Amazon Are Bringing Employees Back
Discover why major companies like Dell and Amazon are ending remote work despite its popularity. This data-driven analysis reveals the hidden productivity and wellbeing challenges of long-term work from home arrangements that are reshaping workplace policies in 2025.
Mumbai’s Dharavi: What’s life like in Asia's largest slum?
Did you know that around 60% of Mumbai’s plastic waste is recycled at Dharavi? It is one of the biggest and most efficient ones in the world. Another thriving micro-economy is Dharavi’s leather industry. This leather industry is such an important part of Dharavi that there are tours that will even take you deep inside the factories where you will be able to see how leather goods are processed, from start to finish.
Indonesia bans Apple iPhone 16 in the country; calls phone's use “illegal” in the country
TECH NEWS : Indonesia has banned the iPhone 16 due to Apple's unfulfilled investment commitments. The device is illegal without IMEI certification and cannot be s
Science News: NEW DELHI: It is well known that AI-use in medicine can improve diagnosis and disease management. But a new study published in Lancet Gastroenterology.