Podcast Episodes

Llama 3.1 released by Meta, Netflix hired former Epic Games exec, and Russia-linked hackers targeted industrial controllers in Ukraine

Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance, Netflix hired a former Epic Games exec as its new President of Games, and Russia-linked hackers cut the heat to Ukrainian buildings in…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Another 'missing link' black hole discovered near the center of the galaxy

The intermediate-link black hole is believed to be a seed for supermassive black holes that formed just after the Big Bang.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Delta Airlines is still affected by the Crowdstrike outage, Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome, and Condé Nast accused Perplexity of plagiarism

The CrowdStrike outage is still affecting Delta Airlines, Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome after all, and Condé Nast accused AI search startup Perplexity of plagiarism. It's Tuesday…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Boeing and NASA engineers have wrapped up ground tests on the Starliner thruster

Now they just have tons of data to review before the crew can come home.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

8.5 million devices affected by Crowdstrike's disastrous update, Rivian opened its first Charging Outpost, and Bethesda Game Studios unionized

Outage caused by CrowdStrike’s disastrous update affected 8.5 million devices, Rivian opened its first Charging Outpost, it’s a crunchy not-gas station near Yosemite, and the workers at Bethesda Game…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study

The study is part of a new pilot program with The Center for Open Science.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Faulty cybersecurity update takes out major companies worldwide, Proton Mail has an AI assistant, and NASA scraps VIPER

A faulty cybersecurity update took out banks, airlines and other major companies worldwide, Proton Mail now has a privacy-focused AI writing assistant, and NASA scraps its VIPER project that aimed to…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

The European Space Agency will follow a skyscraper-sized asteroid as it flies past Earth

The Apophis asteroid will reach within 20,000 miles on Earth in April 2029.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Meta gave access to data for a teen mental health study, a skyscraper-sized asteroid will get a close look, and YouTube transcripts were used to train its AI models

Meta gave access to Instagram data for a teen mental health study, The European Space Agency will follow a skyscraper-sized asteroid as it flies past Earth, and Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic reportedly…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Three senators introduce bill to protect artists and journalists from unauthorized AI use

The COPIED ACT is a bipartisan effort to combat and monitor the rise of AI content and deepfakes.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago