3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (556+ words) I spent over a week trying to get my head around Atlas, a “brain wearable device” worn behind the ear, which the launch press release said can “map your brain and master your mind.” Sounds scary, I thought, until reading…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (822+ words) Autonomous functions will become the operating model as generative AI gives brands an opt-out from browser cookies in this rewired world. The technological transition is not theory, but rather a way for brands to gain better targeting options from advertising…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (284+ words) Google added a live National Football League game feed to search on Wednesday, allowing fans and spectators to follow along with game developments as they unfold on the field. Active games will show a “Live” icon in search. Selecting this…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (284+ words) Google added a live National Football League game feed to search on Wednesday, allowing fans and spectators to follow along with game developments as they unfold on the field. Active games will show a “Live” icon in search. Selecting this…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (423+ words) Previously, weather targeting had operated via broad city or postal codes. Data from WeatherNext 3 will allows Google to target ads based on micro-climates such as a sudden rainstorm in one specific neighborhood while a neighboring suburb remains sunny. The blog…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (551+ words) Government and political backlash related to building data centers to support a growing need for energy and processing power to run AI has been accelerating rapidly into an intense, bipartisan populist movement. No one wants these gigantic buildings in their…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (419+ words) Here’s a number I didn’t expect to be writing about this year: my AI bill is up 15x on a single seat in thirty days. Not because we did anything reckless, but because the ground moved. “Negotiating a better contract” is…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen, issued a warning this week that artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to widespread unemployment and societal decline if world governments and AI labs do not take immediate action…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (384+ words) Web browsers are becoming obsolete as agentic services kick in and artificial intelligence (AI) engines answer long queries. On Thursday, OpenAI announced it would shutter its Atlas browser and move the agentic capabilities into ChatGPT and Codex. "We are building…...