For years, quantum computing’s news cycle was dominated by headlines about record-setting systems. Researchers at Google and IBM have had spats over who achieved what—and whether it was worth the effort. But the time for arguing over who’s got the biggest processor seems to have passed: firms are heads-down and preparing for life in the…
In the US, the Federal Trade Commission is also closely watching how companies collect data and use AI algorithms. Earlier this year, the FTC forced weight loss company Weight Watchers to destroy data and algorithms because it had collected data on children illegally. In late December, Epic, which makes games like Fortnite, dodged the same…
US actor Tom Cruise checks uses a talkie-walkie during the filming of “Mission Impossible : Lybra” … [+] on October 6, 2020 in Rome. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Whether it’s a low-budget film or top-grossing sequel, making a movie at any scale…
I abandoned my laptop mid task to hang off the side of my bed. I lay motionless for hours, stirring only to turn the pages of that jaw-dropping, heart-wrenching novel. Taylor Jenkins Reid left me clinging to a paperback in a way that I hadn’t for years. So I’m determined not to let Netflix ruin…
Illustration: Benjamin Currie/Gizmodo Those inclined to think apocalyptically know that tech, in its purest form, spells civilizational disaster. It is true that we might never see a world filled with violent hypertrophic CRISPR babies, and uncontrollable self-driving cars, and AI intent on twisting humans into paperclips. Our tech-hastened end, if and when it does arrive,…
