Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A time traveler visiting from an earlier era might reasonably conclude that humanity has entered the age of cyborgs and cybernetics. Pedestrians regularly walk down city streets with tiny computers in their hands and even smallerContinue Reading
Meta says the estimated 31,000-mile subsea internet cable could come online sometime by the end of this decade. Credit: Meta Over the weekend, Facebook owner Meta announced âProject Waterworth,â an ambitious plan to build out a globe-spanning, 31,000-mile subsea internet cable. Thatâs longer from end to end than the circumferenceContinue Reading
President Trump’s embrace of fossil fuels could lead to even more oil and gas-powered AI data centers. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images Some of the biggest names in tech came together this week to announce âStargate,â a project they say will receive $500 billion in investment for US-based artificial intelligenceContinue Reading
Moxie relies on a cloud-based AI system which will go offline in the coming days. Credit: Moxie Children across the US will likely spend the coming days and weeks saying goodbye to an AI-powered friend named Moxie. The small dog-sized companion botâwhich used a ChatGPT-style large language model and expressiveContinue Reading
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