This article from IEEE Spectrum discusses the CRASH Clock, a warning system that predicts the time before a catastrophic satellite collision in low Earth orbit

"TikTok is designed to remove every natural stopping point that once told your brain a moment had passed. There is no beginning, no middle, no end. Just a stream of novelty that never asks you to pause. When your brain cannot find edges, it cannot store memories properly"

I've argued for some time that AI models are at an interesting cul-de-sac. There are least three reasons

AI Assistants Misrepresent News Content 45% of the Time

R.I.P. Pariser Klimaabkommen

"Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.

Inspired by Ben Wallace, I made a bot that crawled YouTube and found 5 million of these videos! Watch them below, ordered randomly."

xD

Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure

National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time

Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’

So habe ich auch mal angefangen. Blieb aber zum Glück nur ein Seitenpfad.

I just listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. As music, it’s good. As art, it’s truly great

Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn

For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions

Test if any site is blocked by the Great Firewall of China in real time

NTP-Erfinder stirbt mit 85

Faszinierende Geschichte mit diesem frühen Social-Networking-Tool Finger :-)

The Climate Clock
Tracking Global Warming in Real Time

Spiele, die es nie zur Veröffentlichung auf dem C64 geschafft haben: heute "Time Crystal"

"Die Teedrachengesellschaft" - zuckersüßer Webcomic über (leider nur) 46 WordPress-Seiten zu allerwelts Lieblingsthema: natürlich Teedrachen, T-e-e-d-r-a-c-h-e-n!

Willkommen in unserer Zeit, hier der aktuelle Statusbericht!

Mutige Cover-Sammlung von Wochen-Magazinen: Februar ist Anti-Trump-Monat