Those constantly distracted by their phone will just find other ways to procrastinate if it isn't nearby, study suggests
A new study published in Frontiers in Computer Science investigated if placing smartphones just out…
The Download: how people fall for pig butchering schemes, and saving glaciers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a way to peer inside a large language model…
What is Signal? The messaging app, explained.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to…
“Spare” living human bodies might provide us with organs for transplantation
This week, MIT Technology Review published a piece on bodyoids—living bodies that cannot think or…
The Download: peering inside an LLM, and the rise of Signal
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Study shows people in Japan treat robots and AI agents more respectfully than people in Western societies
Imagine an automated delivery vehicle rushing to complete a grocery drop-off while you are hurrying…
Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there
Heading north in the dark, the only way Gavesh could try to track his progress…
How to save a glacier
Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their…