3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1034+ words) “Bankruptcy cannot become the new land grab for AI.” Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. Kreuzkamp founded a…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (546+ words) Talarico talk to be on YouTube to save ABC stations the hassle of dealing with FCC. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel said he will be interviewing a Democratic candidate for Senate tonight, but the interview will be on YouTube only and not…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (426+ words) The trick from Next Generation would be even more effective in real life. Níckolas de Aguiar Alves, a physicist at the Federal University of ABC in Brazil, had first watched Next Generation as a Master’s student. When he got to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (856+ words) Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name. On Thursday, Elon Musk’s X won a court order blocking Operation Bluebird from launching a new app taking over the Twitter name. In his opinion,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (813+ words) Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints. The Federal Communications Commission today said it will create a robocall mitigation scorecard to rate phone companies on how effectively they block illegal spam calls. The scorecards could include…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (165+ words) The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time. Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver’s license, a high-resolution scan…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (685+ words) He reported from space that only “fat” Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness. The first Japanese citizen to launch into space, Toyohiro Akiyama was also the first commercially sponsored cosmonaut and the world’s first journalist to file reports while on a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (142+ words) Director Dave Green’s live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the classic cartoons. It took three years, but Coyote vs. Acme is finally in theaters and delighting audiences of all ages with its irresistible blend of slapstick humor,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (609+ words) New data compiled by a Bay Area anti-surveillance advocacy group shows that not only are American localities dropping cameras from Flock Safety, but they are doing it at an accelerating rate. Communities from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas, are ending…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (560+ words) James Cameron’s 1991 sci-fi blockbuster returns to theaters this weekend for its 35th anniversary. (Many, many spoilers below.) “T2 was made for theaters, and our lovingly prepared 3D version, coming back to the big screen, is the absolute best way to see the film,…...