This ‘rater’ is paid $10 hourly to teach Google’s algorithm
Google Search may feel like magic, but the engine’s efficacy relies on hourly employees who work for a subcontractor. In the internet age, these are, quite literally, the people who…
Astronomers discover a rare ‘black widow’ binary, with the shortest orbit yet
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The flashing of a nearby star has drawn MIT astronomers to a new and mysterious system 3,000 light years from Earth. The stellar oddity appears to…
Google Is Discontinuing the YouTube Go App for Android — Best Life
If you own an Android, you’re hardly alone out there, as nearly 3 million people use Android devices worldwide. The operating system (OS) for these devices has been owned and…
This time, can Boeing’s Starliner finally shine?
Enlarge / Boeing says its Starliner spacecraft is ready to roll to the launch pad in Florida. Boeing Boeing and NASA say the Starliner spacecraft is ready for a do-over…
NFT Market Crashes As Square Sells Tomb Raider For Blockchain
Screenshot: Square Enix You know what no one could ever have predicted? That a market based on imaginary ownership of infinitely duplicable jpeg images might not be end-game, long-term sustainable.…
The Vanishing Variants: Lessons from Gamma, Iota and Mu
In early 2021, scientists in Colombia discovered a worrisome new coronavirus variant. This variant, eventually known as Mu, had several troubling mutations that experts believed could help it evade the…
Apple claims Mountain View startup poached engineers who took secrets
Apple has filed a lawsuit against a Mountain View startup called Rivos it claims poached employees who took chip-design secrets on their way out of the Cupertino iPhone giant. “Rivos…
Stanford’s Futuristic Gravity Telescope Could Image Exoplanets – 1,000x More Powerful Than Current Technology
A futuristic technique conceptualized by Stanford University scientists could empower astronomical imaging far more advanced than what is presently possible. Credit: Alexander Madurowicz A futuristic “gravity telescope” technique conceptualized by…
Reggie Fils-Aimé Had “A Serious Conversation” About Bringing Mother 3 West With Iwata
Image: Nintendo Life / Zion Grassl Today has been a day full of Reggie Fils-Aimé tidbits. The former President of Nintendo of America’s new book, Disrupting the Game, launches in…
Rocket Lab will try helicopter catch again, but it may take months
Despite saying the fix needed to make the rocket capture work is “trivial,” Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told reporters at a post-flight briefing that the company will need to…