A.I. Tools All Use the Same Sparkly Icon. That’s a Surprisingly Big Problem.

“Not every experience should be pleasurable. Sometimes we need friction, safety warnings,” Turner said. Those disclosures ...
Interesting Engineering

Cosmic Christmas tree: Star cluster 2,700 light-years away shows active star formation

A Christmas Tree-shaped star cluster inside NGC 2264 reveals active star formation 2,700 light-years from Earth.

What Microsoft engineer's original original post said

No, Microsoft is not rewriting Windows in Rust. The clarification comes after a LinkedIn post by a Microsoft Distinguished ...
Tech Xplore

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...
Comicbook.com

Every Lightsaber Color in Star Wars (& the Characters That Use Them), Ranked

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The two most important groups in Star Wars are the Jedi and the Sith. Opposite sides of the same ...
Rolling Stone

5 Seconds of Summer Keep Growing Up and Branching Out

The initial life spam of a multi-headed teen-idol entity tends to be brief, often dissolving in a morass of wounded egos and waning fanbases. Not so with the Aussie foursome 5 Seconds of Summer, who ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Lee Zeldin, ...
Law

New York Restricts the Use of Algorithms in Setting Rents

In light of recent changes in the law and closely monitor developments in this area, New York landlords and software companies should review the design and deployment of any algorithms used in ...
Reuters

US lawmaker says licensing deal for TikTok algorithm would raise serious concerns

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm, as part of a deal by China-based ByteDance to ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Savvy Senior: Tips for using Medicare’s star rating system

Dear Savvy Senior: What does Medicare factor into its star rating system? I need to find a new Medicare plan during the open enrollment period and want to get it right this time. — Medicare Shopper ...
IEEE

A Low-Cost Wireless Sensor Network to Soil Data Acquisition Using A-Star Algorithm

Abstract: Currently, the latest research on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) focuses on several types of applications, given the progress in microelectronics and telecommunication. One of the most ...
CNN

TikTok’s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...