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Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
Evidence shows that “centaurs” — human–AI teaming — produce better performance than either people or software can achieve alone.
We need more data centers for AI. Developers are getting creative about where to build them.
There is one obstacle that reliably blocks innovative ideas: how we fund science.
These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.
His $1 million ARC Prize competition is designed to put us on the right path.
What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?
The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.
Quibi was so focused on foresight they forgot the basics of hindsight.
The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.
And, more importantly, what’s being done to get them online?
What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
In “Not Born Yesterday,” author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.
Comparing Elon Musk’s Mars rocket to NASA’s new ride.
The military is courting tech startups to help it win the AI arms race.
Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.
Nestor Maslej, research manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), talks us through key findings in the 2024 AI Index Report.
TikTok and its allies won’t go down without a legal fight.
Should social media platforms have the right to decide what speech to allow online? Should the government?
A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what’s next.
This may be the largest helium reservoir in U.S. history.
Astranis is on a mission to help everyone in the world get online.
Most counties in the U.S. have only one local newspaper, often one that publishes weekly instead of daily.
“Stargate” could be used to train the world’s most powerful AIs.
Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
On the morning of April 20, 1961, all conditions were “go” for an attempt at free flight. A man was on standby with a fire extinguisher. Just in case.