2025-03-03
Unreasonable Goals Are Actually Easier to Achieve: Here's Why
"Be realistic" is a common advice, but it's often backward, says the author. Most people are convinced they're incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for "reasonable" goals. This...
Apple Details Upcoming Changes and Improvements to Child Accounts, App Store Age Restrictions, and More
Dan Moren, writing at Six Colors: In a whitepaper posted to Apple’s developer site entitled “Helping Protect Kids Online”, the company details several improvements it’s rolling out in upcoming software...
“No constitutional text is well written enough to save the rule of...
“No constitutional text is well written enough to save the rule of law when the American people elect a president who doesn’t believe in the Constitution, especially when he is...
High Schools Training Students for Manual Labor as AI Looms Over College and Jobs
High school shop classes are back in a big way as students prepare for a future in which artificial intelligence has taken over so-called "white-collar" jobs. As the Wall Street...
Menswear writer Derek Guy on Zelenskyy’s lack of suit in the WH:...
Menswear writer Derek Guy on Zelenskyy’s lack of suit in the WH: “I dislike the idea of respectability in dress…because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing...
First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth
Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed to be the first "commercial deep space mission in history." The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft,...
America Alone
From Angry Staffer on Bluesky on the Trump/Vance/Zelenskyy meeting: The public nature of the meltdown amplifies the embarrassment. Unlike past Oval Office tensions — like Nixon’s private rants or Clinton’s...
Analysts Warn That If AI Agents Succeed, the "Internet Will Go Dark"
Personal AI assistants are slated to take over this year — and if they do, the internet as we know it may not exist any longer. As Business Insider reports,...
Jeremy Keith on the Web on Mobile
Jeremy Keith, writing at Adactio: Ask anyone about their experience of using websites on their mobile device. They’ll tell you plenty of stories of how badly it sucks. It doesn’t...
The Size of the US Federal Workforce Has Not Grown in the Last 50 Years
John Cassidy, writing for The New Yorker (requires a free account to read, annoyingly): Of course, these calculations can’t be taken literally. Even Musk has said that he wants to...
Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him...
Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife. “What happens if Russia unleashes its aggression against Europe, unchecked or even aided by the United...
Good grief, the last two paragraphs of Heather Cox Richardson’s piece on...
Good grief, the last two paragraphs of Heather Cox Richardson’s piece on Trump’s not-so-new alliance w/ Russia. Kremlin spokesperson: “The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This...
Netflix Is Using AI to Upscale a 1980s Sitcom and the Results Are Borderline Horrific
From the very first second, you can tell there's something's very wrong with Netflix's AI-powered remastering of "A Different World," a "Cosby Show" spin-off that aired on NBC from 1987...
“The Conscience of the Nation Must be Roused”
In the NY Times crossword for Sunday, March 2, the clue for 47-down reads, “‘At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed’: Frederick Douglass”. The answer...
VisionOS 2.4, Now in Beta, Will Add New ‘Spatial Gallery’ App and Support for Apple Intelligence, Along With a ‘Vision Pro’ App for iPhones
Jason Snell, writing last week at Six Colors: While a lot of us have gotten excited about the potential of Apple’s immersive video format, the truth is that the Vision...
Judges Are Fed up With Lawyers Using AI That Hallucinate Court Cases
Another lawyer was caught using AI and not checking the output for accuracy, while a previously-reported case just got hit with sanctions.
How Custom Web Apps Are Driving Innovation in Supply Chain Management
Custom web apps are leading the charge in the world of supply chain management. They can help businesses manage multiple operations and streamline their operations.
Building Generative AI for Everyone: Lessons From Kaustav Das Sharma and Gumloop
Kaustav Das Sharma is the founding engineer at Gumloop, an AI platform. He has designed tools that make AI easier to adopt and use. His work includes tools for faster...
Meet Spacecoin: HackerNoon Company of the Week
This week, HackerNoon features Spacecoin, the first Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) project to harness blockchain and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communication satellites.
Coldware Intensifies Blockchain Adoption Game
Coldware (COLD) is rapidly emerging as a contender for mainstream blockchain adoption, leveraging a scalable and decentralized infrastructure model that appeals to both institutional investors and everyday users. Unlike XRP,...
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