More than two A dozen new suspected scam complexes have been built or significantly expanded in war-torn Myanmar over the past six months, according to satellite images and analysis of the area reviewed by WIRED. The apparent growth in criminal operations indicates how an alleged crackdown on the sites last year did little to stop
Forget about cheating homework buddies and chatbot. Some kids are jumping on a new AI trend: thinking it sucks. In the four years since chatbots became mainstream and their marketing campaigns accelerated, young people have become increasingly skeptical of the hype around LLMs. Yes, many of them still use technology for schoolwork and company, but
Entropy is a of the most maligned and misunderstood concepts in science. You may have heard it defined as the “amount of disorder” in a system. And the second law of thermodynamics says that the entropy of a closed system always increases with time. So you might think, why should you clean your office if
The frontier of physical AI is a game of Jenga in a warehouse in San Leandro, California. That warehouse is occupied by Encord, a company that builds data tools used to train AI models. Andrew Ceja is a pilot (the company’s term for its robotic trainers) and he’s carefully removing blocks of wood from a
home theater projectors They are all over the place in terms of price and performance. It is often the case that you get what you pay for. High-end projectors that mimic what you see at your local movie theater can cost more than $6,000. On the low end, you could easily pay less than $1,000
Other models we tested Photography: Martín Cizmar TCL Q-Series Air Conditioner (10,000 BTU) for $369: Chinese electronics company TCL has been making air conditioners for only five years, but it’s approaching the category like it did with televisions—that is, quickly gaining ground with excellent value. I tested the 10,000 BTU version of the Q Series
