IN MEMORIAM | 4-MINUTE READ Google Mourns Veteran Engineer Luiz André Barroso Who Invented the Modern Data Center BY PARESH DAVE |
Brazilian engineer Luiz André Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died. His radical ideas for data centers laid the foundations for cloud computing. |
RIP-OFF | 6-MINUTE READ The Bizarre Cottage Industry of YouTube Obituary Pirates BY KATE KNIBBS |
If you Google someone who recently died, you might see a flood of near-identical videos of men reading obits. Here's why. |
PRIME DAY | 3-MINUTE READ 6 Best Early Prime Day Deals on Apple Devices BY BRENDA STOLYAR AND GEAR TEAM |
Prime Day is back in October. But we've already gathered up the top discounts on Apple products, from MacBooks to MagSafe accessories. |
BONE TO PICK | 6-MINUTE READ A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis BY MARYN MCKENNA |
Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true. |
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ROCK ON | 5-MINUTE READ NASA's OSIRIS-REx Is About to Bring Asteroid Pieces Back to Earth BY RAMIN SKIBBA |
The OSIRIS-REx probe is carrying rock samples from the asteroid Bennu, millions of miles away. If it works, it will be only the third such retrieval in history. |
JOY OF PROMPTING | 3-MINUTE READ OpenAI's Dall-E 3 Is an Art Generator Powered by ChatGPT BY WILL KNIGHT |
OpenAI has launched Dall-E 3, which uses ChatGPT to take the pain out of prompting. Now you can modify artwork by simply talking to the chatbot. |
ROUNDUP | 4-MINUTE READ Microsoft Shows Off New Surface Laptops and AI-Enhanced Windows BY BRENDA STOLYAR AND JULIAN CHOKKATTU |
Microsoft's annual product showcase was all about Surface, Copilot, and the Copilot assistant coming to Windows. |
GEAR SHIFT | 5-MINUTE READ Workers Demand Job Security in the Autonomous, Electrified Future of Transport BY CAITLIN HARRINGTON |
Truck drivers, auto workers, and others are fighting for the greener, smarter era of transportation to also include better pay and more protections for humans. |
IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ In a Battle Between Harassment and Censorship, the Choice Is Clear BY KATHERINE ALEJANDRA CROSS |
Abuses on Kiwi Farms have sparked debate about harassment, safety, and free speech, with activists on both sides caught in an ethical minefield. |
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