IT総合 No tears, only launches now: Virgin Galactic heads back to space as Virgin Orbit goes under
In space, no one can hear you cry. That’s probably why Virgin Galactic is headed up there so soon after the untime...
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IT総合 28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files
It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig. Finally we...
IT総合 Kenya’s Tawi takes on auditory processing disorder to win Microsoft Imagine Cup
Microsoft’s student tech-for-good competition, the Imagine Cup, has crowned this year’s winner: Tawi, a team...
IT総合 OpenAI leaders propose international regulatory body for AI
AI is developing rapidly enough and the dangers it may pose are clear enough that OpenAI’s leadership believes tha...
IT総合 From root to crown, Mast Reforestation is regrowing the tree economy for the 21st century
Here’s the problem: the planet is burning, and there’s not much we can do about it.
Forests are in peril not...
IT総合 SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AI-powered interactive lessons
Millions of people use sign language, but methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as qui...
IT総合 Acapela lets anyone back up their own voice for free in minutes — just in case
Synthetic speech can be a fearful object these days when paired with deepfakes and other AI deceptions, but it’s a...
IT総合 Optery using its new funding to evolve from data broker opt-outs to personal info platform
We can all agree that data brokers are creepy and bad, and that in this age they have feasted upon our personal informat...
IT総合 Navier’s hydrofoiling electric cruises west coast waterways to line up first pilot programs
Electric boats are still a rarity on America’s waterways, but everyone seems to agree they represent a cleaner, qu...
IT総合 Google and OpenAI are Walmarts besieged by fruit stands
OpenAI may be synonymous with machine learning now and Google is doing its best to pick itself up off the floor, but bot...
IT総合 Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech
Vint Cerf has been a near-constant influence on the internet since the days when he was helping create it in the first p...
IT総合 FTC moves to completely prohibit Meta from monetizing kids
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Meta has “repeatedly violated” privacy rules, and proposes to tigh...
IT総合 Satellite-to-phone race heats up with voice calls and cross-Canada access
The prospect of contacting a satellite to send a text or contact emergency services may soon be an effortless reality as...
IT総合 Why ChatGPT lies in some languages more than others
AI is very much a work in progress, and we should all be wary of its potential for confidently spouting misinformation. ...
IT総合 Colorado’s new right-to-repair law ensures tractor and wheelchair owners get the parts they need
Colorado’s governor signed a refreshingly straightforward “right-to-repair” bill into law this afterno...
IT総合 Elon Musk reportedly rushing to assemble a rival to OpenAI
Not satisfied with dismantling Twitter, Elon Musk is reportedly planning to take on his erstwhile ally OpenAI, and is cu...
IT総合 OpenAI looks beyond diffusion with ‘consistency’ based image generator
The field of image generation moves quickly. Though the diffusion models used by popular tools like Midjourney and Stabl...
IT総合 Prohibition of AI that ‘subverts state power’ in China may chill its nascent industry
Chinese regulators have proposed restrictive rules around AI models like ChatGPT being built in the country, requiring u...
IT総合 Researchers populated a tiny virtual town with AI (and it was very wholesome)
What would happen if you filled a virtual town with AIs and set them loose? As it turns out, they brush their teeth and ...
IT総合 YC’s latest batch sure was a lot of ‘maybe AI can do… this?’
Sitting through hundreds of startups on YC Demo Days, you’re not always sure whether you are actually perceiving p...
IT総合 Can AI commit libel? We’re about to find out
The tech world’s hottest new toy may find itself in legal hot water as AI’s tendency to invent news articles...
IT総合 The takeaways from Stanford’s 386-page report on the state of AI
Writing a report on the state of AI must feel a lot like building on shifting sands: by the time you hit publish, the wh...
IT総合 The Great Pretender
There is a good reason not to trust what today’s AI constructs tell you, and it has nothing to do with the fundame...
IT総合 Ethicists fire back at ‘AI Pause’ letter they say ‘ignores the actual harms’
A group of well-known AI ethicists have written a counterpoint to this week’s controversial letter asking for a 6-...
IT総合 NASA’s DAGGER could give advance warning of the next big solar storm
There’s enough trouble on this planet already that we don’t need new problems coming here from the sun. Unfo...
IT総合 That was fast! Microsoft slips ads into AI-powered Bing Chat
Microsoft is “exploring” putting ads in the responses given by Bing Chat, its new search agent powered by Op...
IT総合 Saildrone takes the wraps off its Voyager autonomous research vessel
Saildrone has quickly risen to the surface of the growing field of autonomous seagoing vehicles — a category you could b...
IT総合 Krisp expands from noise canceling to on-device transcription
Krisp got its start as an AI-powered noise cancellation service, but now the startup is moving beyond that with instant ...
IT総合 Framework refines its laptops and adds a cute way to reuse old parts
Framework is one of a few companies leading the charge against disposable electronics, in particular laptops. It just sh...
IT総合 Blue Origin releases report on launch anomaly and plans to fly again ‘soon’
It’s been nearly 6 months since Blue Origin’s 23rd suborbital launch experienced an anomaly, and the company...