Looking to photograph a solar eclipse with your smartphone? Try these features and think about creative angles
Your phone can’t take a perfectly clear picture of a solar eclipse like a professional camera can, but there are lots of other creative directions you can take to capture the rare moment.
April 1, 2024 • ~7 min
AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics
Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.
March 18, 2024 • ~8 min
AI helps students skip right to the good stuff in this intro programming course
Learning to program requires mastering the nitty-gritty of code syntax. Generative AI turns out to be good at that. Adding AI to intro programming courses frees students to focus on problem-solving.
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~5 min
Data brokers know everything about you – what FTC case against ad tech giant Kochava reveals
It’s no surprise that corporations harvest vast amounts of data about people, but documents in an FTC lawsuit detail the stunning amount that data brokers know about you and everyone else.
Jan. 12, 2024 • ~10 min
Britain likely to generate more electricity from wind, solar and hydro than fossil fuels for the first year ever in 2023
An important milestone set to be passed – if it remains windy.
Dec. 22, 2023 • ~6 min
ChatGPT turns 1: AI chatbot's success says as much about humans as technology
ChatGPT’s interface fueled the technology’s phenomenal rise to prominence. By being good at talking with us, it spoke to us.
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~7 min
Why Google, Bing and other search engines' embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry
Search engines run by generative AI could fundamentally change the online ecosystem.
Oct. 20, 2023 • ~8 min
'Digital necromancy': why bringing people back from the dead with AI is just an extension of our grieving practices
It might seem creepy but digital necromancy is a natural extension of how we grieve in the age of AI.
Sept. 19, 2023 • ~7 min
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