Scrolling down Facebook’s home page is sometimes messy — you can’t find the post you saw before and you’re bombarded with often unrelated content. But, finally, things are changing. In a Facebook…
Month: July 2022
Here’s what happened when we let an AI write a movie script
This article was originally published on Built In by the Co-founders of Calamity AI The script starts simply enough: A couple is at the end of dinner. Conversation winds down, the wine is almost finished. After…
Scientists used quantum psuedotelepathy to cheat reality
A team of scientists in China recently used what’s essentially the quantum physics version of stage magic to demonstrate just how brittle our concept of reality is. Abracadabra, you don’t really exist….
Influencer is a popular career choice for young people, but it has a dark side
A 2019 poll found that children would rather be YouTubers than astronauts. It made headlines and led to plenty of grumbling about “kids these days”. But it’s not surprising that young people…
Kylie Jenner’s flight controversy sends a warning to short-haul eVTOLs
This week, the masses are up in arms with the news that entrepreneur, fashionista, and reality TV star Kylie Jenner uses her $70 million luxury private jet to take short-haul flights. But…
The EU’s Digital Market Act takes aim at Big Tech’s monopoly
In a huge blow to Big Tech, the EU is stepping up to regulate their long-criticized, monopolist market strategies. On Monday, the European Council adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a set…
Here are the 10 best movies and series about developers
This article was originally published on .cult by Eli McGarvie. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other…
Deepfakes are taking over TikTok — here’s how you can spot them
One of the world’s most popular social media platforms, TikTok, is now host to a steady stream of deepfake videos. Deepfakes are videos in which a subject’s face or body has been…
Solid-state tech can reduce EV batteries’ CO2 emissions by nearly 40%
One of the biggest criticisms against EVs is that they’re not as green as you might think due to the CO2 emissions produced by their lithium-ion batteries. These occur during the extraction…
Engineers in Japan to build artificial gravity habitat on the Moon by 2050
It sure looks like a lot of fun when we see videos of astronauts floating around in zero-gravity environments. But did you ever stop to think what prolonged weightlessness does to the…