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Programmer Breaks Out of the Matrix

"There was something very programmed about the way I was living." The post Programmer Breaks Out of the Matrix appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

Programmer Breaks Out of the Matrix

WIRED Science

Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy

States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power.

1 hour ago

WIRED Science

Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy

Futurism

Residents Say Data Centers Are Radiating Bizarre Frequencies

Infrasound, which is inaudible, is the new enemy. The post Residents Say Data Centers Are Radiating Bizarre Frequencies appeared first on Futurism.

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Residents Say Data Centers Are Radiating Bizarre Frequencies

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Futurism

Scientists Scan Gruesome Crystal Formed by Nuclear Blast, Find Something Bizarre

The Trinity test may have went down in 1945, but scientists are still finding new discoveries at the blast site. The post Scientists Scan Gruesome Crystal Formed by Nuclear Blast, Find Something Bizarre appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

Futurism

Scientists Scan Gruesome Crystal Formed by Nuclear Blast, Find Something Bizarre

WIRED Science

Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking

On May 18, an asteroid about the size of Chicago’s Cloud Gate will fly four times closer to Earth than the moon.

3 hours ago

WIRED Science

Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking

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Futurism

Meta Employee Attacks Zuckerberg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke

“But zooming out, I don’t want to live in a world where humans — employees or otherwise — are exploited for their training data." The post Meta Employee Attacks Zuckerberg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke appeared first on Futurism.

18 hours ago

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Meta Employee Attacks Zuckerberg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke

Futurism

Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold

"Please describe, in as much detail as possible, what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting." The post Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It's AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold appeared first on Futurism.

19 hours ago

Futurism

Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold

New York Times Science

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.

20 hours ago

New York Times Science

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

Futurism

AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for “Reasons” That Are ...

"I crawled out of a f**king black hole." The post AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for "Reasons" That Are Completely Unfair appeared first on Futurism.

21 hours ago

Futurism

AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for “Reasons” That Are ...

WIRED Science

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and receiver out of stuff you have at home—and explore the weirdness of wireless.

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WIRED Science

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

WIRED Science

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

National Science Foundation

NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced $1.5 billion over the next decade toward the NSF X-Labs initiative to tackle pressing scientific challenges through novel and innovative...

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National Science Foundation

NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts

WIRED Science

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

New York Times Science

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge

In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge