18 Oct Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door The ambitious identity-verification project Worldcoin, now called World, wants a future where humans are “orb-verified.”
18 Oct How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL Even the makers of the Guardian Cap admit it looks silly. But for a sport facing an existential brain-injury crisis, once unthinkable solutions have now become almost normal.
17 Oct Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals The US has accused two brothers of being part of the hacker group Anonymous Sudan, which allegedly went on a wild cyberattack spree that hit hundreds of targets—and, for one of the two men, even put lives at risk.
17 Oct Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2024 New iPads are here. We break down Apple’s current lineup to help you figure out which one of Apple’s tablets is best for you.
17 Oct Here’s Just How Massive Elon Musk’s $75 Million Trump Donation Is Elon Musk isn’t the only Silicon Valley billionaire to line up behind Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. See how his donations, which total $75 million, make everyone else look tiny in comparison.
16 Oct Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.
16 Oct Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be The new frontier in large language models is the ability to “reason” their way through problems. New research from Apple says it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be.
16 Oct The 32 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (October 2024) Disclaimer, Slow Horses, and Bad Monkey are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.
15 Oct 7 Best Bug Sprays We Tested and Reviewed Our writer tried some of the most popular insect repellents during runs, hikes, and evenings. These are the ones we recommend.
15 Oct The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.
