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Dan Huttenlocher, SM ’84, PhD ’88, leads the way up to the eighth floor of Building 45, the recently completed headquarters of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “There’s an amazing view of the Great Dome here,” he says, pointing out a panoramic view of campus and the Boston skyline beyond. The floor features a…
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MIT’s (mostly) secret society
“We meet in the name of Osiris.” With these words, solemnly intoned, members of the MIT Osiris Society began their clandestine meetings for nearly 70 years. Created in 1903 as a “senior society” and modeled on both the fraternities of Cornell and the mythology of ancient Egypt, Osiris gave MIT’s senior leadership an opportunity to…
Published on: December 23, 2024 | Source:Smudge before flight
“I’m moving to Boston in three weeks!” At my high school graduation, I had just learned I’d been accepted into the Interphase EDGE program, an incredible opportunity to acclimate to life at MIT before the 2022 school year began. I was glad to have that chance, since I faced a big change from life at…
Published on: December 23, 2024 | Source:Moment captured when drones collide and fall to ground at Florida holiday event – video
An onlooker filmed the moment when several drones with red and green lights fall out of formation and crash to the ground at a holiday show in Orlando on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident after a seven-year-old boy was seriously injuredSeven-year-old boy begins open-heart surgery after being hit in Florida drone show Continue reading...
Published on: December 23, 2024 | Source:How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank
One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”
Published on: December 23, 2024 | Source:‘Security through obscurity’: the Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war
Amid claims of sabotage of undersea cables, a small wooden structure houses a key cog in Europe’s digital connectivityAt the end of an unmarked path on a tiny island at the edge of Stockholm’s extensive Baltic Sea archipelago lies an inconspicuous little wooden cabin, painted a deep shade of red. Water gently laps the snow-dusted rocks, and the smell of pine fills the air.The site offers few clues to the geopolitical...
Published on: December 23, 2024 | Source:AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.
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Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Data-Driven Deliveries: Walmart’s Catchment Area Model Revolutionizes Holiday Shopping
This holiday season, Walmart has taken a significant step forward in data science innovation.Continue reading on Major Digest »
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Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Enhancing System Oversight with System Monitoring Center
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Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:The Uncertainty of AI Risks: A GAO Report Raises Concerns
The report, released earlier this week, concludes that the DHS needs to improve its risk assessment guidance.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:New Year Contest is LIVE! 300 @STON + NFTs Await!STON.fi
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Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Xion Airdrop Listing Date — New Claim Opportunity
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Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:How far do Elon Musk and Reform UK share a political vision?
Immigration, culture wars and shrinking the public sector all feature highly on their agendasThe get-together last week of Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s treasurer, Nick Candy, was not just a gathering of Donald Trump fans. It was a meeting of minds.Immigration, culture wars and shrinking the public sector all feature highly on their political agendas, developed under the umbrella of Trump’s Maga vision....
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Brain rot 2024: the best and funniest viral moments of the year
From holding space to a baby pygmy hippo, there’s much to be learned about the world through the memes and trends that dominated our social media feeds this year“Brain rot” has been named Oxford’s word of the year, meaning “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or...
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Generation TikTok: how sportswomen set the bar higher than the men
Female athlete power on social media became ever more strident in 2024 – but the backlash also damaged careers and wellbeingLina Nielsen remembers the moment she had the idea. She was sitting around the Olympic Village in Paris with her sprinting teammates – and she was bored. “I said to Yemi Mary John: ‘I’m gonna make this TikTok’,” Nielsen recalls. She took herself to her bedroom, got out the flip phone each athlete...
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Nobel-Winning Economist Warns of AI Hype
He projects that the true productivity gains from AI will be a mere 0.53%, and that GDP will only grow by about 1% over the next decade.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Berachain Airdrop Eligibility: How to Qualify
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Published on: December 22, 2024 | Source:Join the Nexus Protocol Airdrop for Free Psi Tokens
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Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Top Best Crypto to Buy Now: Investment Guide 2024
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Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:EtherFi Airdrop Season 2: New Updates & Rewards
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Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Intel Issues Report on Arrow Lake’s Subpar Performance
To get the benefit of these solutions, you need to avail yourself of two main updates.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Stop Using SizedBox, Gap For Spacings, Use This Instead — Flutter Bytes
Time to Make Your Code Less Cluttered!Continue reading on ITNEXT »
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:NextEra Energy Partners with Phillips 66 on Largest On-Site Solar Facility
In 2021, Phillips 66 said it would cut its emissions of greenhouse gas by 30 percent by 2030.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Snapchat Rolls Out Expanded Creator Monetization Program
As creators continue to adapt and innovate, one thing is certain: the future of social media is bright, and its potential is limitless.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company
Suchir Balaji, listed in court filing as having ‘relevant documents’ about copyright violation, died on 26 NovemberSuchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four...
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:‘We’re figuring out cool ways of storytelling’: how TikTok is changing the way we watch musicals
Jorge Rivera-Herrans’s musical sensation Epic is just one of a series of works making a splash on the online platformWhen Jorge Rivera-Herrans released part of Epic: the Musical last Christmas, he managed to push Taylor Swift off the top of the US iTunes album charts. So there is a lot at stake when the final instalment of his musical retelling of the Odyssey is released on Christmas Day.Rivera-Herrans’s project has...
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:It’s probably just a plane: drone experts advise calm over New Jersey sightings
Although politicians have called to shoot them down, experts say the lights are likely legal drones, planes – or starsAt first, in mid-November, the mysterious lights were seen blinking across the night skies of New Jersey. Then, they spread. Reports of incandescent flying objects were logged in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Bystanders in Virginia Beach said they saw an aircraft “unlike any other they’ve seen”....
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
Plagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.
Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source:Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
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