10+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (656+ words) Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are becoming popular and influential. In the way gambling took over sports media, betting is threatening to influence political coverage too Max Read notes that these companies are posting in a familiar style. â…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (292+ words) This week, nearly 15 years later, Snap announced its own long-gestating take on the concept, the $2,195 Specs: On paper, Specs are much more powerful than Google Glass ever was. Rather than a little floating display off to the side, the screen…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (167+ words) 4 days into june and we used like 75% of copilot credits for the department… It’s going to be a manual coding month. I work at a big telecom. They’re cutting back and placing strict budgets of like $30 per developer unless it’s…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago   (138+ words) The particulars of the Venezuela market are important here, as are the mechanics of the platform. The market wasn’t initially proposed to be resolved based on its title alone but on the following rules: This market will resolve to “Yes…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (862+ words) This was the broad Moravec vision — about as broad as any vision gets. It would nonetheless get broader. In the decade after Mind Children, he elaborated excitedly on it in talks, articles, online discussions, interviews, and a second book, Robot…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (838+ words) After successfully expanding Steve Jobs’s vision, Tim Cook is stepping aside as Apple faces a disorienting moment for tech. John Herrman examines Cook’s legacy and what’s next for the company under device-guy John Ternus. At long last, the elders have…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (478+ words) Now, the U.S. finds itself in a position that may be similar to Russia’s. Although our military has watched developments in Ukraine with great interest, it has never fought in a protracted attritional drone war — until now. Here’s what the Pentagon…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (559+ words) because the accounts are constructed with a unique feature allowing organizations, such as cities, state...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (284+ words) Committee. Here are six questions she needs to answer. So which is it? Is the Justice Department investigating...running the show anyway, the AG or her deputy?) The answer here is “no,” and that’s a problem. In its cover...current…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1102+ words) Powell took the unprecedented step of responding publicly to the news, and the inquiry sparked criticism from many Democrats and even some Republicans. Here are the most notable reactions. Yellen went further in her own comments to CNBC, saying she…...