Texts from Binance Reveal Plan to Elude US Authorities

Reuters writes: Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, developed a plan to avoid the threat of prosecution by U.S...

Neal Stephenson Believes AI-Generated Creative Output Is 'Simply Not Interesting'

Neal Stephenson "sees artificial intelligence in general, and ChatGPT in particular, as underwhelming," reports CoinDesk. "I ...

Neal Stephenson Celebrates 'Snow Crash' 30th Anniversary by Auctioning Sword with NFT, Manuscripts

The auction house Sotheby's is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash in a big way, reports Forbes. Stephe...

Why is Meta Slashing Prices on its VR Headsets?

"Meta is cutting prices for two of its virtual reality headsets as it continues trying to boost adoption for the nascent technology on ...

DJI quietly discontinues its drone-detecting AeroScope system

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge DJI’s no longer producing AeroScope, the drone-detecting system accused of helping Russians target and...

AI's Latest Problem? Screwing Up Orders at McDonalds

Perhaps AI "needs a little more work," writes ZDNet columnist Chris Matyszczyk — noting problems with the automated voice-recognit...

Amazon Employees Are Fighting on Slack About Returning to the Office

An anonymous reader shares this report from Entrepreneur: Amazon employees are fighting it out about the company's planned return to the...