1+ week, 4+ day ago   (605+ words) A look at how tech evangelists are trying to stifle democracy and the rise and fall of a toad smoking enthusiast...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) These ‘pervert glasses’ can record people without their consent The smart-glasses backlash is here, again, said Anthony Cuthbertson in The Independent (U.K.) Twelve years after privacy concerns killed off Google Glass—whose wearers were labeled “glassholes”—Meta…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (541+ words) Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (449+ words) Landmark UK government-led trial hopes to slash the aviation sector’s impact on global warming The sight of a white cloud-like trail streaming behind a plane “set against a bright blue sky creates a romantic image of aviation”, said Aerospace Global…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (427+ words) The Facebook founder wants superintelligence for all Mark Zuckerberg believes that “the biggest risk of AI” is not rogue agents or mass unemployment, but corporate control, said Nilesh Christopher in the Los Angeles Times In a sweeping 6,500-word manifesto…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (281+ words) AI start-up is expected to float at a valuation of $2 trillion or more, putting SpaceX’s IPO in the shade Just a couple of years ago, Anthropic was an underdog in the AI race Now the San Francisco start-up, co-founded by…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (362+ words) When Armageddon comes and an attempt to rehab Freud ‘Biological War: A Scenario’ by Annie JacobsonAnnie Jacobsen’s new best seller “moves like a meteor,” said Dwight Garner in The New York Times The investigative reporter who…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (462+ words) Changes are afoot at the tech giant...