Elon Musk has announced that his AI company, xAI, will create a new AI-powered gaming studio to compete with big gaming corporations. Musk plans to challenge what he sees as the growing trend of video games being influenced by political and ideological messages. He said his new gaming studio will focus on making games better, … Read more
A new app”Death Clock,” powered by AI, is making waves by predicting when you might die. According to Bloomberg, the app has been downloaded 125,000 times since it launched in July. It uses AI trained on a huge dataset from over 1,200 life expectancy studies with 53 million participants. The app takes into account factors … Read more
Meta is planning to build a massive subsea cable that will span the globe, costing around $10 billion. The cable, which is expected to be over 40,000 kilometers (around 24,850 miles) long, will be built for Meta’s exclusive use. This means Meta will own and control the entire network, unlike its current setup, where it … Read more
Today, social media apps are everywhere, and almost everyone uses them. Whether you’re scrolling through Instagram, watching videos on YouTube, or browsing posts on X (formerly Twitter) or Reddit, you can’t avoid seeing ads. These ads have become a big part of the experience, and it’s hard to find a moment when you’re not being … Read more
Starting in the fall of 2025, undergraduates from families with incomes below $200,000 will be able to attend MIT tuition-free, thanks to expanded financial aid. This initiative will benefit 80% of American households. For families with incomes under $100,000, parents will pay nothing for the entire cost of attendance, including tuition, housing, dining, fees, and … Read more
Google’s Pixel phones have been growing in popularity in the US, but some recent data about this growth has been hard to believe. In early November, a report from StatCounter showed that Pixel phones had a huge jump, growing three times in just one month, which seemed too good to be true. Later data showed … Read more
Billionaires are funding the development of ‘Life-Extending Pills’, which might soon be available to the rich, as reported by New York Post. A CEO warns that if this happens, the world could be filled with “posh zombies”—wealthy people living for much longer but with little purpose, leading to an unfair and unequal society. Several prominent … Read more
Three men in India tragically died after following Google Maps directions that led them to drive off an unfinished bridge (reported by The Economic Times). The bridge, which crossed the Ramganga River, had been damaged during a flood months earlier, and parts of it were still under construction. The men were traveling from Gurugram to … Read more
A new theory has been developed that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level, and it has helped scientists figure out the exact shape of a single photon (a particle of light). Researchers at the University of Birmingham published their findings in Physical Review Letters, showing how photons are created by atoms … Read more
The internet as we know it is quietly/rapidly changing—and not necessarily for the better. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quietly taking over much of the digital world, and soon, we may find ourselves living in a reality where almost everything we see online is artificially generated. From social media feeds to image searches, AI is slowly … Read more