October 23, 2023 Stanford researchers challenge OpenAI, others on AI transparency in new report Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Wednesday, Stanford University researchers issued a report on major AI models and found them greatly lacking…
October 23, 2023 Mike Flanagan’s Next Stephen King Adaptation Adds to Its Marvelous Cast Loki’s Tom Hiddleston is already aboard as The Life of Chuck’s title character, and Mark Hamill—coming off an excellent turn in Mike Flanagan’s The…
October 23, 2023 Chemists Unveil the Slickest Surface Ever to Ward Off Water A duck’s back is not the only slippery surface water is prone to slide off of. Researchers have developed a new method of coating…
October 23, 2023 CVS to Pull Cold Medicines After FDA Scientists Say They Don’t Work The era of a common over-the-counter cold medicine is coming to an end. Major retail chain CVS said this month that it will be…
October 23, 2023 9 Great Sci-Fi Crews That Inspired My Interstellar Graphic Novel My latest book, The Hard Switch, is about the crew of a small cargo ship, comprising Ada, Haika, and Mallic (an extractor, pilot, and…
October 23, 2023 Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge trailer confirms it missed the message Netflix has dropped a trailer for the upcoming reality series Squid Game: The Challenge. The forthcoming show starts with 456 contestants competing for a…
October 23, 2023 Aquaman’s James Wan Says More Topo Is on the Menu Sure, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has been delayed multiple times, but that just means the DC Movie Machine has had more time to prime…
October 23, 2023 Apple HomePods now have native YouTube Music support The Venn diagram of HomePod owners and YouTube Music subscribers probably doesn’t have a lot of overlap. However, those who use both Apple’s speakers…
October 23, 2023 Build-your-own-chip startup wants everyone to design and fab their own processor via a simple UI – but Nvidia, Intel et al needn’t worry for now Chip design, particularly building Custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), normally costs more than $100 million and takes roughly three years to move from…
October 23, 2023 The U.S. Is in for a Warm, Wet Winter With El Niño Temperatures are currently cooling down across the U.S., but much of the country is in for a warmer, wetter winter than usual, the National…