Google search result quality getting worse due to ‘SEO spam’: study
The quality of Google’s search engine results has “gotten worse” due to rampant spam, according to a study out of Germany. The findings were based on a year-long analysis of...
These robot dogs paint and fetch up to $40K for their art
Agnieszka Pilat is not your typical artist. She doesn’t use brushes, pencils or even her own hands to create her artwork. Instead, she uses robots — specifically, robot dogs made by...
Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs
Google boss Sundar Pichai identified “durable cost savings” among the tech giant’s key goals in 2024 – even after the company spooked some employees by teeing up renewed rounds of...
Elon Musk expects 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth by 2040s
Billionaire Elon Musk took to social media to express his agreement with a fellow tech leader’s prediction that there will be about 1 billion humanoid robots on Earth in two decades....
Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It
In 2017, detectives at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department working a cold case got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the...
AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Many years before ChatGPT was released, my research group, the University of Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory, wondered whether it was possible to have neural networks generate misinformation. To achieve this,...
Self-made millionaire shares 4 secrets to his success
Who wants to be a millionaire? A New Yorker is sharing his four secrets to success — perseverance, endless curiosity, innovation, and balance — after inventing an app at just...
Can other tech companies catch up to NVIDIA in the AI age?
AI, or artificial intelligence, has taken the world by storm since the launch of Chat GPT in late 2022 — shaking the windows and rattling the walls of every institution,...
Apple AirPods Max can cause ear infections, users allege
Those headphones you love could be hazardous to your health. The popularity of Apple’s AirPods Max reached fever pitch in 2023, with celebrities and internet personalities alike conspicuously toting the...
