Monthly Archives: March 2025
When Chris Knight started teaching in 2011, overhead projectors were being replaced by smartboards and teachers could finally project slides directly to the whiteboard from their laptops. Technology was emphasized as a utility in the classroom, said Knight. But a decade later in 2021, when in-person classes resumed after a year online, Knight noticed a […]
The lunar eclipse this week had many of us gazing up at the night sky to marvel at the red-tinged moon, and now we can see what that eerie effect looked like from the other side thanks to images captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. From the lander’s perspective on the moon, the phenomenon on […]
According to Deadline, Humans writers Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent are working on an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1953 novella, The Variable Man. The show is being produced by Motive Pictures in a partnership with Electric Shepherd Productions, which is run by the late author’s daughter, Isa Dick Hackett. The Variable Man follows a tinkerer […]
Key Takeaways SearchGPT, powered by OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs), goes beyond traditional search engines by delivering tailored, context-aware insights for winter energy planning. Whether you’re looking for time-of-use discounts, winter rebates, or heating system optimization tips, SearchGPT provides direct answers and real-time data to help you cut costs. The platform offers side-by-side overviews of […]
President Donald Trump promises he’ll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds. This week’s mass layoffs by his secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees delivered a crippling blow to the agency’s ability to tell the public how schools […]
SpaceX’s Crew-10 launched into space Friday to bring home two NASA astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) since June 6. The crew of four geared up in the “suit-up room” amid photos of the Apollo crew, before driving to the launchpad in multiple Teslas adorned with “LIF10FF” license plates — […]
OpenAI is calling on the Trump administration to give AI companies an exemption to train their models on copyrighted material. In a blog post spotted by The Verge, the company this week published its response to President Trump’s AI Action Plan. Announced at the end of February, the initiative saw the White House seek input […]
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is looking into whether the Biden administration tried to “censor” artificial intelligence. Representative Jim Jordan has sent subpoenas to sixteen different tech companies that work with AI in some capacity to ask for any and all communications from the previous administration about limiting “harmful bias” and “algorithmic discrimination.” Subpoenas were […]
IN shocking news this week, we learned that Nigel Farage has a huge ego. I know, I was as surprised as you to find out the leader of Reform UK doesn’t take prisoners when it comes to public spats with his own party colleagues who dare to take him on. This week, we learned that […]
The now iconic image of an elated Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw may be unsettling – even to dyed-in-the-wool Republicans – but it does effectively capture the daunting challenges facing the Trump administration’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE’s seemingly draconian steps to lay off federal workers in large numbers are the inevitable […]