by bleffel | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
On Monday, Pope Leo XIV unveiled an encyclical letter addressing the societal implications of artificial intelligence. The letter, titled Magnifica Humanitas, warned that the “use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect...
by bleffel | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Erin Brockovich has launched a new project to give people ‘a platform to speak up and voice concerns about AI data centers.’
by bleffel | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on May 20, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has put the US economy through the wringer. Since taking office, he has: Imposed...
by bleffel | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on May 20, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has put the US economy through the wringer. Since taking office, he has: Imposed...
by bleffel | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Search engine company DuckDuckGo says it experienced a ‘sustained surge’ of installs in the week that followed Google I/O.
by bleffel | May 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV’s latest encyclical about AI’s impact on humanity. An analysis by Linch Zhang posted on the forum LessWrong found certain paragraphs of Magnifica Humanitas to be between 40 percent and 100...
by bleffel | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, NASA announced several upcoming lunar missions to the Moon’s South Pole region. These missions will pave the way for the crewed Artemis landing slated for 2028, starting with three Moon Base missions NASA says are “the first of more than a...
by bleffel | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Donald Trump at Morristown Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on May 22, 2026. | Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political...
by bleffel | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Justice Amy Coney Barrett | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Remember DOGE, the Elon Musk-led “government efficiency” project that spread chaos during President Donald Trump’s first few months back in office, fired tens of thousands of federal employees, and then...
by bleffel | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Fitbit app is no more. Along with the launch of the new Fitbit Air (which you can expect a full review of once we’ve spent more time with it), Google has officially replaced it with Google Health, as previously announced, and many of the responses...
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