Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media
Florida’s Legislature has passed a sweeping social media bill that would make the state the first to effectively bar young people under 16 from holding accounts on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. The measure — which Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would “be wrestling with” over the weekend and has not yet signed — could […]
Science Fiction Short: Hijack – IEEE Spectrum
Andrew Archer Which brings us to our story… Simon Okoro settled into a lawn chair in the Heaven runtime and watched as worlds were born. “I suppose I should feel honored you chose to watch this with me,” said Martin as he sat down next to Simon. “Considering that you don’t believe I exist.” “Can’t […]
7 Best Theragun-Alternative Massage Guns (2024): Portable, Affordable, and Heat Therapy
Lyric Massager for $172: Lyric’s massager was one of our top picks. As of this writing, the brand’s website is down to prepare for “a whole new Lyric experience,” but it was like that the last time we checked in November. Hopefully it actually does come back. If you happen to find it in stock, […]
What are the benefits of snow days?
We had many superstitions when I was a kid. Wear your pajamas inside out. Or wear your underwear on the outside of your PJs. Gargle a bit of saltwater right before bed. When you put your shoes away, make sure they’re backward; left shoe on the right-hand side, right on the left. Our teachers would […]
AI chip race: Groq CEO takes on Nvidia, claims most startups will use speedy LPUs by end of 2024
Everyone is talking about Nvidia’s jaw-dropping earnings results — up a whopping 265% from a year ago. But don’t sleep on Groq, the Silicon Valley-based company creating new AI chips for large language model (LLM) inference (making decisions or predictions on existing models, as opposed to training). Last weekend, Groq suddenly enjoyed a viral moment […]
A Democratic operative hired a magician to make the phony Biden robocall
A magician from New Orleans claims that a Democratic operative hired him to create the phony Biden robocall. According to text messages, call logs, and Venmo transactions, the creator shared with NBC News — a Democratic consultant working for a rival presidential campaign paid a magician in New Orleans to use artificial intelligence to impersonate […]
Yelp: It’s gotten worse since Google made changes to comply with EU rules
Anjali Nair; Getty Images To comply with looming rules that ban tech giants from favoring their own services, Google has been testing new look search results for flights, trains, hotels, restaurants, and products in Europe. The EU’s Digital Markets Act is supposed to help smaller companies get more traffic from Google, but reviews service Yelp […]