Windows 11’s First Big(ish) Update Is Now Available
Plus: Framework has a new ultra-repairable Chromebook, there’s a cheaper Google Chromecast, and Amazon refreshes its Fire HD tablets.
The Best Coffee Subscriptions We’ve Savored
These services deliver freshly roasted, delicious coffee right to your door—each with its own twist.
Philadelphia’s Diatom Archive Is a Way, Way, Wayback Machine
A cache of phytoplankton at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is helping researchers reconstruct historical coastlines.
Unlocking AI at the edge with new tools from Deci
Key to edge AI and computer vision, Deci AI this week has released a set of semantic segmentation models, DeciSeg.Read More
Why DeepMind isn’t deploying its new AI chatbot — and what it means for responsible AI
DeepMind considers Sparrow to be a research-based, proof-of-concept model that is not ready to be deployed.Read More
The DeanBeat: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will auto-populate the 3D imagery of the metaverse
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will auto-populate the 3D imagery of the metaverse.Read More
7 AI startups aim to give retailers a happy holiday season
These are seven of the hottest AI startups that are helping retailers meet their holiday goals and customer demands.Read More
Slack’s and Teams’ Lax App Security Raises Alarms
New research shows how third-party apps could be exploited to infiltrate these sensitive workplace tools.
Twitch’s Crypto Casino Ban Ignores the Bigger Play
The company is going after cryptocurrency gambling—but will that be enough to satisfy concerned streamers?
Can We Learn from the Mistakes of Futurism?
In their new book, brothers Steven, Jay, and Bob Novella try to improve on the futurism of yesteryear by identifying 10 “futurism fallacies” that have bedeviled earlier predictions.