It's Just Technology
New text-to-image generators powered by artificial intelligence, including OpenAI Dall-E 2 and Stability AI DreamStudio, let you type in almost any phrase and get an image.
WSJ’s Joanna Stern explains the tech and pits it against a real photographer and a real man in a robot suit.
WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
Imagine that tomorrow, the world magically got 1% better. Nobody would notice. But if the world got 1% better every year, the “compounding” effect would be very noticeable — in the same way that compounding grows a bank account.
When technology solves a problem, it creates new problems. The solution is not less technology but better technology.
Kevin Kelly of WIRED magazine calls this incremental progress toward a better world “protopia.” Protopia is a direction, not a destiny.
Cryptocurrency is truly a new idea, and it’s rare for society to encounter fundamentally new ideas.
Cryptocurrency is well positioned to serve a crucial financial and transactional role as a globalized internet grows to include more of our lives.
Crypto enthusiasts espouse grand plans that do not sound realistic, while crypto skeptics fail to appreciate the revolutionary nature of the technology.
They’re high schoolers, lawyers, IT professionals, and hobbyists. And they’ve made millions hacking Google in their free time.
Over the last decade, Google’s Bug Hunter Program has rewarded thousands of people from 84 different countries over $35 million to hunt down over 12,000 bugs in Google products. Their motives vary – cash, clout, curiosity – but their mission is the same: find undiscovered vulnerabilities.
Amazon has 118+ private label brands, some that carry the Amazon name and others cleverly disguised without it. And it’s been accused of using its data prowess to make nearly identical versions of bestselling brand-name items, like Peak Design’s Everyday Sling Bag.
Amazon says it’s continuing to invest in its popular brands, despite rumors its scaling back on private label to appease regulators. Amazon may be pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable in private labeling, there’s nothing illegal about copying brand-name products. It’s a business practice that, in some capacity, is widely used by most major retailers.
Here’s how private labels work, and why experts say the high margin products like AmazonBasics batteries are going nowhere.
America is building nuclear power again, but it’s been a long time coming.
In this video, we’ll discuss what transistors are, what they do, and how they’re used in modern-day technology.
The Chinese government cracked down on Jack Ma, Alibaba, Ant Financial, Tencent and pretty much every Chinese internet company you might have heard of, wiping out trillions of dollars in value. Here’s why.
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists for their work in quantum computing.
WSJ science reporter Eric Niiler joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss their work and what it means for the future of superfast computers and encrypted communications.
They have one job: hack Google from the inside.
Go behind the scenes with the Red Team, the elite hackers dedicated to attacking Google’s own network. They sneak into buildings, launch phishing campaigns, and distribute malware across the company. Countless crucial protections have been created in response to the Red Team’s relentless assault on Google’s products.