Cade Metz
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Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92
He and seven others left the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to create their own silicon company, Fairchild Semiconductor, which is now seen as ground zero for...
Can a Machine Learn Morality?
Researchers at a Seattle A.I. lab say they have built a system that makes ethical judgments. But its judgments can be as confusing as those...
Google Launches Company Dedicated to Drug Discovery
Isomorphic Labs is a spinoff of the London-based artificial intelligence lab DeepMind.
One Man’s Endless Hunt for a Dopamine Rush in Virtual Reality
From Burning Man to spaceships, the technology has carried him through a 10-year fascination that delights, disappoints and continues to improve.
A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code. That’s Good News for Humans.
A new technology called Codex generates programs in 12 coding languages and even translates between them. But it is not a threat to professional programmers.
Your Batteries Are Due for Disruption
This week, a more efficient type of battery arrives in a wristband fitness tracker. It could soon reach smart glasses, cars and even aircraft.
Zoom Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Zoombombing’
The videoconferencing company said it would pay $85 million to settle the suit, which claimed that it violated users’ privacy, in part by allowing hackers...