Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks
Indigenous advocates who have been fighting for their rights to be acknowledged in global regulations for seabed m...
Design is not just how it works. Design is how it wins.
In the age of AI, “working” is a commodity while “winning” is the new mandate...
The US barely bothers to track geoengineering. What could go wrong?
People have tried to manipulate the weather for thousands of years, whether through magic, superstition, or scienc...
Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?
Last fall, as venture capitalists were sinking record sums into artificial intelligence, a group of investors gathered to appraise...
The future of geothermal energy may depend on fossil fuel workers
Mike Fleming was always interested in geothermal energy — how it works, how sustainable it is, and how efficiently...
The fight for the heart of the US Environmental Protection Agency
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The last interface
Will AI agents kill design as we know it?At the end of February a report by Citrini Research caused major shockwaves through the softwa...
This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work
Deveillance also claims the Spectre can find nearby microphones by detecting radio frequencies (RF), but critics say finding a mic...
Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?
That’s because until the last several decades, people weren’t generating massive clouds of data that opened up new possibilities ...