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ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
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From Sidemen to MrBeast: how YouTube and its creator economy took over TV
Stars and their high-quality content enable streamers and others to pull in younger audiencesFrom MrBeast creating the world’s most expensive reality TV show and Jake Paul’s record-breaking clash with Mike Tyson to the British supergroup Sidemen’s Netflix deal, YouTube’s superstar creators are taking over mainstream television.Last month Netflix launched the second series of Inside, the Sidemen’s reality show that was...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The best pressure washers: eight expert picks for cleaning garden furniture and patios
Our expert puts the best power washers through their paces on the toughest – and muckiest – outdoor chores, from grimy paving slabs to dirty decking• How to get your garden ready for summerThe trouble with the great outdoors is that it gets a bit untidy. Your lawnmower might do a good job of keeping your garden in check, but keeping your patio, decking and outdoor furniture spick and span can take hours, especially if...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Meta’s Monopoly Made It a Fair-Weather Friend
As the FTC trial has shown, a lack of competition allowed the company to shift its focus away from users—and toward its bottom line.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Tape Two) review – love, grief and self-recrimination as the girls reunite
PC, PS5, XBox; Don’t NodThe concluding half of this two-parter may be lacking in interactive challenges, but is profound, sensitively structured and emotionally resonantOne thing you realise as you get older is that memories are plastic and that the stories you tell about your life change with every recollection, depending on who you are at the time. This is one of the themes – and indeed the mechanics – of Lost...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’
Turmoil spreads at company over Israel’s extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza warFor the second time in the last month, Microsoft employees disrupted high-level executives speaking at an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary on 4 April, in protest against the company’s role in Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza.The AI executive Mustafa Suleyman was interrupted by the employees Ibtihal...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining
At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end spas. What sets it apart is out of sight: a closet full of cryptocurrency-mining computers that not only generate bitcoins but also heat the spa’s pools, marble hammams, and showers. When cofounder Jason Goodman opened Bathhouse’s first location in Williamsburg…
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit
Forests are the second-largest carbon sink on the planet, after the oceans. To understand exactly how much carbon they trap, the European Space Agency and Airbus have built a satellite called Biomass that will use a long-prohibited band of the radio spectrum to see below the treetops around the world. It will lift off from…
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:How creativity became the reigning value of our time
Americans don’t agree on much these days. Yet even at a time when consensus reality seems to be on the verge of collapse, there remains at least one quintessentially modern value we can all still get behind: creativity. We teach it, measure it, envy it, cultivate it, and endlessly worry about its death. And why…
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments
The quest for long, healthy life—and even immortality—is probably almost as old as humans are, but it’s never been hotter than it is right now. Today my newsfeed is full of claims about diets, exercise routines, and supplements that will help me live longer. A lot of it is marketing fluff, of course. It should…
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:How to Make AI Think Twice: Reason, Sense, and Ethos in Action
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Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:“Google Maps Gets a Major Shake-Up: EU Forces Removal from Search Results — What This Means for…
Google Maps has been a staple for millions of users worldwide, seamlessly integrated into Google Search to provide instant directions…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:What is Ghibli Art? How do we create this VIRAL TREND? Is it safe?
So, you’ve scrolled past those dreamy, pastel-hued AI-generated images flooding your feed lately—floating islands, whimsical forests…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Building a Pong Game with Cursor AI: A Beginner’s Guide
In this guide, we’ll show you how to build a simple Pong game for your web browser using Cursor AI—an AI-powered code editor that can…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:A Google Gemini model now has a “dial” to adjust how much it reasons
Google DeepMind’s latest update to a top Gemini AI model includes a dial to control how much the system “thinks” through a response. The new feature is ostensibly designed to save money for developers, but it also concedes a problem: Reasoning models, the tech world’s new obsession, are prone to overthinking, burning money and energy…
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Google Is Once Again Deemed a Monopoly, This Time in Ad Tech
The future of Google's advertising business is at stake after a federal judge found the company illegally monopolized parts of it.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Google illegally monopolized online advertising markets, US judge rules
Federal judge deals blow to tech giant and paves way for government to break up company’s advertising productsAlphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products.The US district judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia,...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests
Here's what you need to know about surveillance technology and protests—and how you can best protect yourself.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:The philosopher’s machine: my conversation with Peter Singer’s AI chatbot
The world’s most famous living philosopher has launched a chatbot to deal with ethical dilemmas. One former philosophy student-turned-journalist tests it out “Hello. I’m Peter Singer AI,” the avatar says. I am almost expecting it to continue, like a reincarnated Clippy: “It looks like you’re trying to solve a problem. Can I help?” The problem I am trying to solve is why Peter Singer, the man who has been called the...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord’s features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:The Download: the US office that tracks foreign disinformation is being eliminated, and explaining vibe coding
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,…
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Resulted in Higher Prices on Amazon—Yet
The ecommerce site penalizes sellers for abrupt price hikes, and many are hesitant to make risky changes amid a volatile trade war.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Opt out: how to protect your data and privacy if you own a Tesla
Data via trackers and sensors can paint an intricate picture of your life – here’s what to know about privacy in your carWelcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border. If you’d like to skip to a section about a particular tip, click the “Jump to”...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:These four charts sum up the state of AI and energy
While it’s rare to look at the news without finding some headline related to AI and energy, a lot of us are stuck waving our hands when it comes to what it all means. Sure, you’ve probably read that AI will drive an increase in electricity demand. But how that fits into the context of…
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics
As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Shack as a kid. While my dad was locating capacitors and resistors, I was in the toy section. It was there, in 1984, that I discovered the best toy of my childhood: the Armatron robotic arm. Described as…
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:NASA has made an air traffic control system for drones
On Thanksgiving weekend of 2013, Jeff Bezos, then Amazon’s CEO, took to 60 Minutes to make a stunning announcement: Amazon was a few years away from deploying drones that would deliver packages to homes in less than 30 minutes. It lent urgency to a problem that Parimal Kopardekar, director of the NASA Aeronautics Research Institute,…
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:We need targeted policies, not blunt tariffs, to drive “American energy dominance”
President Trump and his appointees have repeatedly stressed the need to establish “American energy dominance.” But the White House’s profusion of executive orders and aggressive tariffs, along with its determined effort to roll back clean-energy policies, are moving the industry in the wrong direction, creating market chaos and economic uncertainty that are making it harder…
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Temu and Shein warn of US price hikes from next week due to Trump tariffs
Shein says ‘operating expenses have gone up’ as both Chinese retailers also drop ad spending in USTwo of China’s largest fast fashion retailers, Temu and Shein, have warned US customers that they will face price increases from next week, as Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on Chinese imports come into force.Both companies will be hit by new import levies, which will mean taxes of up to 145% being applied to Chinese goods....
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Apple iPad Air M3 review: the premium tablet to beat
New iPad has laptop-level power, reliable battery life, great video call camera and a choice of screen sizesApple’s iPad Air continues to be the premium tablet to beat, with the latest version featuring a chip upgrade to keep it ahead of the pack.The new iPad Air M3 costs from 599 (699/$599/A$999) – the same as its predecessor – and comes in two sizes with either an 11in or 13in screen. It sits between the base-model...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:This Laptop Add-On Turned My Workspace Into a Productivity Powerhouse — But Only After a Bit of…
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Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Packaging the Product Marketer: Lessons from Turning Myself Into an Action Figure
Yes, you read that right. After launching over 200 products, writing three books, and recording countless podcast episodes—I did what…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Building a Gaming PC With My 10½-Year-Old Son: A Learning Experience We Won’t Forget
When my 10-year-old son asked, “Can we build a gaming PC together?”, I wasn’t entirely sure what I was getting into. As a parent, I’m…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Panopticon Paradise: Where Big Brother Meets Big Fun
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Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:The Tragedy of the Commons at 35,000 Feet
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