Understanding viral justice
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the word “viral” has a new resonance, and it’s not necessarily positive. Ruha Benjamin, a scholar who investigates the social dimensions of science,Read More →
Armando Solar-Lezama named inaugural Distinguished College of Computing Professor
The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing named Armando Solar-Lezama as the inaugural Distinguished College of Computing Professor, effective July 1. Solar-Lezama is the first person appointed to thisRead More →
Xbox Live Gold becomes Game Pass Core in September, same price with 25 games
Starting September 14, Xbox Live Gold will become Xbox Game Pass Core, a new basic tier of Microsoft’s game subscription service. For $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year –Read More →
Millions of US military emails have leaked to the domain of a Russian ally for nearly a decade
The problem stems from the similarity of the US armed forces email suffix (.mil) and the country identifier for Mali (.ml). Mali is a country in West Africa, just southRead More →
Samsung prices ViewFinity 5K monitor at $1,599, the same as Apple’s Studio Display
Sammy said the screen covers 99 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut, has a typical brightness of 600 cd/m2, and comes factory calibrated for Delta E <2 out of theRead More →
Israeli defense forces employ more AI weapons systems in reinvention of warfare
Bloomberg reports that Israeli military officials have confirmed the use of an AI recommendation system that analyzes swathes of data to determine which targets to select for air strikes. TheRead More →
Tesla’s Giga Texas plant rolls the first production Cybertruck off the assembly line
Earlier this year, Musk told earnings call participants that mass production of the company’s EV pickup wouldn’t begin until sometime in 2024, with manufacturing beginning sometime in the summer ofRead More →
A look into a gaming addiction clinic: Violence, running away for Wi-Fi, and theft
Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones had been contacted by relatives of young gamers asking for help while she was director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic. It led her to believe peopleRead More →
Assassin’s Creed haptic feedback shirt will let players feel every punch, stab, and fall
Sometimes after a hard day, you just want to come home and unwind. Other times you want to come home, put on a tight shirt, and feel simulated punches andRead More →
Goodbye, Calibri; hello, Aptos: A new default font for Microsoft Office
Microsoft writes that its 15-year relationship with Calibri has come to a natural end. The font replaced Times New Roman across Microsoft Office back in 2007, but the twilight ofRead More →