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29.05.2025

Why Pope Leo has so much to say about AI, briefly explained | Vox

The Catholic Church should talk about artificial intelligence. So should every religion.

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24.05.2025

AI 2027 forecasts a world utterly changed by artificial intelligence | Vox

If AI progress happens the way the authors of AI 2027 predict, we’re not remotely ready.

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24.05.2025

Why Bill Gates thinks billionaires need to give faster | Vox

The Gates Foundation has set its end date. More philanthropies should follow.

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23.05.2025

What AI means for parenting | Vox

Now is a good time to think about tech training wheels.

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22.05.2025

What I learned after switching to a flip phone for a month | Vox

Social media gives the illusion of connection. My friendships bloomed when I ditched my iPhone for the HMD Barbie Phone, an affordable dumbphone.

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21.05.2025

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos love Iain M. Banks’s Culture series | Vox

They missed the books’ point completely.

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15.05.2025

If AirPods and glasses can be hearing aids, why isn’t everyone wearing them? | Vox

Hearing aids are cool now.

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13.05.2025

Best AI assistants tested: What works, what doesn’t, and which to use | Vox

From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Anthropic’s Claude, from Google’s Gemini to Elon Musk’s Grok, the best and the worst of consumer AI chatbots.

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11.05.2025

What population decline means for the world | Vox

A rapidly falling global population would be bad for everyone — and the environment.

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08.05.2025

Why AI still struggles to predict the future | Vox

Humans still beat AI forecasters.

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08.05.2025

A new laser device could prevent pandemics, diseases, bird flu in mid-air | Vox

Solid state far-UVC lamps could be a huge deal.

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05.05.2025

New study finds self-driving cars safer than human drivers | Vox

New research from Waymo shows self-driving cars hugely reduce crashes and injuries compared to human drivers. Robot vehicles may be the future of safer roads.

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03.05.2025

OpenAI ChatGPT-4o update makes an AI overly sycophantic | Vox

Screenshots show ChatGPT praising every user as a genius and egging on conspiracies. Experts warn engagement-driven AI could harm billions.

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25.04.2025

OpenAI: How should we think about the AI company’s nonprofit structure? | Vox

The AI company’s nonprofit structure was meant to keep it working for you. Can it be fixed?

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24.04.2025

What’s going on with electric vehicle charging infrastructure? | Vox

Will the EV transition stop because of Trump? Not likely.

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24.04.2025

Energy: Will AI blow up our ability to reach climate goals? | Vox

Should we be worried about how much energy computers and AI use?

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23.04.2025

A battery-charged home? How you can ween your life off fossil fuels | Vox

Extreme weather is getting worse — leading millions more to experience debilitating blackouts. Luckily, the home battery industry is booming.

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21.04.2025

What unites Luigi Mangione and unabomber Ted Kaczynski | Vox

Luigi Mangione had previously expressed admiration for the unabomber manifesto.

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19.04.2025

Trump tariffs: Silicon Valley’s bet on Trump isn’t paying off | Vox

Silicon Valley billionaires bet that Trump would strengthen the US economy. But his tariffs, cuts to scientific research, and crackdown on foreign student visas is doing the opposite.

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18.04.2025

Why Trump tariffs will make smartphones, laptops, and toys more expensive | Vox

Prices of everything from clothes to toasters will go up and could lead to shortages.

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18.04.2025

Will the courts break up Google? The company’s anti-trust problems, briefly explained | Vox

Both Trump and Biden have both targeted at the search giant, and Google is starting to lose in court.

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17.04.2025

AI art creates risk of moral injury, not just copyright infringement | Vox

After OpenAI’s Studio Ghibli trend, artists should go beyond arguing about fair use and intellectual property.

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11.04.2025

AI can help do your 2025 taxes. It’s not as scary as you think. | Vox

Tax software like H&R Block and Turbotax have AI chatbots. There can be a surprising advantage to using them.

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10.04.2025

Trump’s immigration crackdown and funding cuts risk killing US science | Vox

Massive cuts to science agencies like the National Institutes of Health and a culture of fear on immigration will erode US science for good

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08.04.2025

Will AI become God? That’s the wrong question. | Vox

Tech pioneer Jaron Lanier argues for a different way to think about AI.

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06.04.2025

Are car headlights brighter than they used to be? | Vox

From BMWs to Mazdas, car headlights are brighter than ever. LED lights and safety ratings can explain why.

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04.04.2025

Is the Light Phone the key to quitting your iPhone? | Vox

I spent a week living with the minimal smartphone alternative. It wasn’t long enough.

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29.03.2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court race: Are Elon Musk’s $1 million payments to voters legal? | Vox

Here’s what election law experts say.

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27.03.2025

The rise of chatbot “friends” | Vox

The rise of ChatGPT, LLMs, and other AI friends is making philosophers question the very nature of relationships.

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22.03.2025

The United States needs a conservative party to replace the party of Trump and Musk | Vox

“Move fast and break things” has no place in government.

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21.03.2025

Spotify, YouTube, and Apple use algorithms to feed you music. You can make them better. | Vox

It took months of living without Spotify’s algorithm to realize I had trained it too well.

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What is the job market like for new college graduates? | Vox

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s fallout, explained | Vox

Musk-Trump feud: How Elon Musk could hurt the Republican Party | Vox

ChatGPT and Claude privacy: Why AI makes surveillance everyone’s issue | Vox

Is the Trump-Musk feud the end of Golden Dome? Landing on Mars? | Vox

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Trump-Musk breakup: What to know | Vox

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3 ways artificial intelligence is already making the world better | Vox