Under the influence of psychedelics, the usual organization of the human brain loosens. That’s what scientists have generally thought, with several studies showing that when we take these substances, the signals pinging between our neurons become more diverse and unpredictable. This increased entropy in our gray matter may underlie the strange, random, and often memorable…
Lambda, an AI cloud company that buys computing chips and rents them out to businesses, has raised $1 billion in private, short-dated debt to buy Nvidia’s AI chips that it will lease to Microsoft, Bloomberg reports. The terms of the deal, which Bloomberg says was arranged by JP Morgan Chase, signal that Lambda is betting…
Mechanical Turk was built to supply the “human intelligence” computers could not provide. After 21 years, Amazon is shutting it down as that boundary becomes increasingly difficult to define. Amazon Web Services said Mechanical Turk will permanently close Sept. 30, 2026, giving workers and businesses a little more than a month to move away from…
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If the name Motorola isn’t already in your smartphone lexicon, then you’ve been missing out on terrific Android devices from one of the most legendary tech brands. In fact, it practically invented the industry, having unveiled the world’s first cell phone in the 1970s (respect!). From ethe DynaTAC in the 1980s, to the StarTAC of…
I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for a new format in which to experience them. So when XREAL, the smart glasses company, sent me an a01 — one of its newer models, which it released in May of this…
Nvidia is reportedly buying one of AI’s biggest model-sharing platforms, potentially extending its reach beyond chips and deeper into the software ecosystem. The company has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the deal. The companies have not publicly confirmed the transaction, and reports indicate…
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take…
President Donald Trump interrupted Nvidia’s all-hands staff meeting on Thursday morning when he called CEO Jensen Huang midway through, three sources who witnessed the interaction tell WIRED. Nvidia’s all-hands meetings typically involve Huang presenting or answering questions, on stage, to in-person staff at the company’s Santa Clara, California, headquarters, while thousands of remote employees tune…
The hype around humanoid robots isn’t particularly new. Thank Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Optimus robot, as well as the myriad videos of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot, for that. Behind that hype, though, there is real progress. The physical capabilities of robots continue to improve, and researchers now believe that the AI techniques behind large…
