2025-05-10
M10 Booker Is RIP (But The Army Still Needs a New Light Tank)
The demise of the M10 Booker spares the U.S. Army from a project that lost sight of its purpose. Instead of a light tank to provide mobile fire support for...
Scientists Claim AI Can Tell Cancer Patients Their Odds of Living by Looking At Their Selfies
Some of us look old for our age, while others look young. It's a fact of life. These differences, though, may not be superficial. Our appearances, youthful or seasoned, could...
Canada’s F-35 Nightmare Truly Just Keeps Going and Going
Key Points: Canada’s relationship with Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet has grown complicated. -Despite selecting the F-35 to replace aging CF-18s, recent statements by Defense Minister Bill Blair suggest Ottawa...
Glass box learners want to be black box
Published on May 10, 2025 11:05 AM GMTEpistemic status: intuitive speculation with scattered mathematical justification.My goal here is to interrogate the dream of writing a beautiful algorithm for intelligence and...
Google is Building Three New Nuclear Plants for Its Extremely Power-Hungry AI
It's no secret that AI eats kilowatts for breakfast. Just one AI-generated image consumes as much energy as it takes to charge a smartphone. At scale, that energy demand is...
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Teachers Using AI to Grade Their Students' Work Sends a Clear Message: They Don't Matter, and Will Soon Be Obsolete
Talk to a teacher lately, and you'll probably get an earful about student attention spans, reading comprehension, and AI cheating. As AI becomes ubiquitous in day to day life —...
Takes and loose predictions on AI progress and some key problems
Published on May 10, 2025 10:11 AM GMTThanks to Gavin, Kaivu, Kushal, Nikola for giving feedback. AI is moving fast. I wanted to put down some thoughts on the future...
HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier: Britain’s $8.2 Billion Royal Navy Mistake?
Key Points – Britain’s flagship carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has faced persistent operational setbacks, including propulsion issues that forced the ship to miss critical NATO exercises in 2024 and the...
China Unveils Strange Device to Find Invisible Objects
You might've heard that incredible things are happening in China. The country is currently outpacing the world in robotics production, building safer alternatives to uranium reactors, and flooding the globe...
France Wants to Roll Out Robot Army by 2040
Though armed conflict is becoming increasingly rare as the decades go by, global military spending is rising sharply with each passing year, reaching unprecedented numbers in the history of warfare....
The Astute-Class Submarine Has a Message for the U.S. Navy
Key Points: Britain’s Astute-class submarines rival the US Virginia-class in stealth, speed, and lethality. Equipped with powerful Rolls-Royce nuclear reactors that require minimal maintenance, they move silently at up to...
Wild Video Shows Entire Mountain Range in China Covered With Solar Panels
We know from international reporting and economics analysis that China is becoming a world leader in solar energy. The country has pivoted hard to renewable energy in recent years, But...
The Royal Navy’s Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for Any Nation On Earth
Key Points – The HMS Prince of Wales has struggled with mechanical setbacks, including propulsion failures and flooding, sparking concerns about Britain’s naval capabilities. -Despite these early issues, the carrier...
The TechBeat: Big Monitoring, Small Budget: Powering Observability on Kubernetes with Prometheus, Grafana & Mimir (5/10/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set...
The Wild Story of the 29yo Who Nearly Wrecked British Airways
The small mistake that cost British Airways $5 billion.Continue reading on The Startup »
What if we just…didn’t build AGI? An Argument Against Inevitability
Published on May 10, 2025 3:37 AM GMTNote: During my final review of this post I came across a whole slew of posts on LessWrong and the Effective Altruism Forum...
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The Best Way to Protect Your Packages and Your Ethics
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