
Cheap or free access to AI models keeps improving, with Google the latest firm to make its newest models available to all users, not just paying ones. But that access comes with one cost: the environment.
In a new study, German researchers tested 14 large language models (LLMs) of various sizes f

As anti-ICE protests intensify across the country, kids are turning Roblox into a protest ground online.
Last week, thousands took to the streets to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Meanwhile, on Roblox, avatars faced off with players dressed in police SWAT gear in the popular Brookhaven roleplay world (based on the real city of Brookhaven, Georgia), as Taylor Lorenz

Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The world’s three best-selling makers of bitcoin mining machines—all of Chinese origin—are setting up manufacturing footholds in the United States as President Donald Trump’s tariff war reshapes the

It’s been almost 400 years since the leaders of New Amsterdam (now New York City) confronted a growing threat on their streets: people moving too fast. In 1652, the colonial council passed what may be North America’s first speed limit: “No wagons, carts or sleighs shall be run, rode or driven at a gallop within this city of New Amsterdam,” with Broadway (then a commercial corridor) as the lone exception.
Violators were fined the equivalent of $150 to $200 in today’s dollars,

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app, the White House announced Tuesday.

The Backrooms started as internet folklore posted on 4Chan. Now it’s been greenlit by A24.
Last week, it was announced that 19-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons will direct the sci-fi/horror concept The Backrooms for A24, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve set to star. This makes Parsons the youngest director the company has ever worked with.
Variety described the

Microsoft has been one of OpenAI’s biggest backers over the past three years, as OpenAI’s flagship product, ChatGPT, has steadily embedded itself into our lives. But the multibillion-dollar relationship now appears to be on shaky ground, with rumors that OpenAI might file an antitrust complaint

The average consumer subscribes to 4.5 streaming services, many of which offer content that feels largely indistinguishable from one another.
When Netflix disrupted film and television in the late 2010s, it introduced a new model of viewership: an endless blend of originals and archives, delivered through a

Can we measure what is in our hearts and minds, and could it help us end wars any sooner? These are the questions that consume entrepreneur Shawn Guttman, a Canadian émigré who recently gave up his yearslong teaching position in Israel to accelerate a path to peace—using an algorithm.
Living some 75 miles north of Tel Aviv, Guttman is no stranger to the uncertainties of conflict. Over the past few months, miscalculated drone strikes and imprecise missile targets—some intended for l