Dougherty thinks that Sheth’s research is “essential.” He adds, “Hopefully they can get enough data from a small group of people so that we can move away from [implanting multiple temporary electrodes].”... Read more »

The advance demonstrates the basic viability of fusion energy, which researchers have been chasing since the 1950s. But the scientific experiment required the world’s most powerful lasers and is not an immediately... Read more »

2 Limitless clean energy could be on the horizonThe US Department of Energy is poised to confirm that a fusion reaction has created a net energy gain for the first time today.... Read more »

Deeper Learning Grant money meant to help cities prepare for terror attacks is being spent on “massive purchases of surveillance technology” for US police departments, a new report by the advocacy organizations... Read more »

Stability.AI, the company that developed Stable Diffusion, launched a new version of the AI model in late November. A spokesperson says that the original model was released with a safety filter, which... Read more »

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 ChatGPT doesn’t always tell the truthBut it states things so confidently that it’s easy to be fooled. (NYT... Read more »

Analysis of the satellite images by Soar Earth, an Australian startup that aggregates satellite imagery and crowdsourced maps into an online digital atlas, suggests that the workers have already excavated around 26... Read more »

One of the main commercial uses for satellite imagery is to help companies understand how their rivals or entire countries are faring in the global marketplace—to see, for example, “how many cranes... Read more »