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SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according…
Netflix admits it used generative AI in a big sci-fi hit to cut costs

Netflix admits it used generative AI in a big sci-fi hit to cut costs

Netflix used generative AI to create a scene in the Argentinian sci-fi series The Eternaut — a first for one…
How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyber Spies

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyber Spies

Topsec and Venustech were two firms alleged to have assisted these efforts. Topsec employed a number of former Honkers, including…
Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according…
With her app Smash, Kesha can be whoever she wants – even a tech CEO

With her app Smash, Kesha can be whoever she wants – even a tech CEO

Kesha – yes, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack Kesha – is now a startup founder. But if…
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

The bottom line, says William Agnew, a postdoctoral fellow in AI ethics at Carnegie Mellon University and one of the…
Lettuce Grow Indoor Farmstand Review: Grow Your Own

Lettuce Grow Indoor Farmstand Review: Grow Your Own

Upon receiving the Lettuce Grow Indoor Farmstand in the mail, I did not expect that I’d be enjoying some tea…
Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice

Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice

Meta has refused to sign the European Union’s code of practice for its AI Act, weeks before the bloc’s rules…
Roborock Saros Z70 Review: OmniGrip Doesn’t Quite Work

Roborock Saros Z70 Review: OmniGrip Doesn’t Quite Work

I spent a few weeks lying in wait around my house, stalking it. My poor OmniGrip got into trouble all…
Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films

Companies developing video AI models and tools often talk about working with Hollywood studios to make certain workflows possible. On…