Khari Johnson Business Jul 26, 2023 7:00 AM Meta’s Open Source Llama Upsets the AI Horse Race Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems. PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: WIRED …
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Israel’s Tech Companies Are Fighting Netanyahu—or Leaving the Startup Nation
Morgan Meaker Business Jul 26, 2023 7:00 AM Israel’s Tech Companies Are Fighting Netanyahu—or Leaving the Startup Nation As protests rage over Israel’s controversial reforms to the supreme court, many tech companies have been moving their money and headquarters offshore. Demonstrators clash with Israeli riot police during a protest against …
Read More »Hot tub-like temperatures are burning coral to death in the Florida Keys
Water temperatures off southern Florida have reached about 38 C in recent weeks, and marine biologist Phanor Montoya-Maya says that heat is wreaking havoc on marine life — but work is underway to save the coral. Marine biologist says affect on ocean has been devastating, but work is underway to …
Read More »Is Earth ready for some sunblock? Big ideas for slowing climate change — and big risks, too
Humans have given it a low-key name: geoengineering. But it's nothing less than changing the Earth — the air, the clouds, the oceans — so that we can hold off on global warming's most devastating effects until we cut our carbon pollution. Tinkering with skies, clouds and oceans is risky, …
Read More »The ‘chonkiest’ animal ever may have been this massive ancient whale
The bizarre bones of an ancient whale suggest it may have been the most massive animal that ever lived — outweighing today’s blue whale. Fossil whale Perucetus colossus was shorter than record-holding blue whale, but may have outweighed it The bizarre bones of an ancient whale suggest it may have …
Read More »X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter
Joel KhaliliPeter Guest Business Jul 24, 2023 1:32 PM X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter Twitter’s rebrand to X is both a bad joke and an attempt by Elon Musk to realize his decades-long ambition for an all-conquering super app. Photograph: JOEL SAGET/Getty Images Save this story Save …
Read More »It’s Getting Harder for the Government to Secretly Flag Your Social Posts
Paresh Dave Business Jul 24, 2023 7:00 AM It’s Getting Harder for the Government to Secretly Flag Your Social Posts Social apps prioritize content moderation tips from governments and online watchdogs. A US court ruling and a new EU law could restrict the practice, but they still leave loopholes. Photograph: …
Read More »Everyone Wants Ukraine’s Battlefield Data
Morgan Meaker Business Jul 24, 2023 2:00 AM Everyone Wants Ukraine’s Battlefield Data Global companies are offering free products to get access to live combat data. The Ukrainian government wants to keep this resource for its own emerging defense industry. Photograph: Getty Images Ukraine: 500 Days of Resistance How a …
Read More »World’s oldest jellyfish? Fossils found in Canada are 1st of their kind
When did jellies start swimming through the sea as jellyfish? Scientists say fossils found in Canada’s Burgess Shale are the oldest jellyfish of their kind ever found. Burgess Shale fossils from B.C. are oldest adult swimming jellyfish ever found, scientists say Five hundred million years ago, the ancient, shallow sea …
Read More »Archaeologists identify Iron Age remains as those of a female warrior
Remains found in an Iron Age burial chamber on the Isles of Scilly belonged to a female warrior, according to the authors of a new study that challenges long-held assumptions about the historical role of women in warfare. New technique that identifies sex using tooth enamel is changing historical narratives …
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