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What’s the Safest Seat on an Airplane?
The back, though liable to separate from the plane in a catastrophic crash, is more likely to stay intact than the front and middle portions that are still connected to the engines.“The rear section often will break off,” Adjekum says,…
Google Thinks It Can Cash In on Generative AI. Microsoft Already Has
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says his company is already doing it.Both companies reported better-than-expected…
Team Biden Is Posting Through the Looming TikTok Ban
I mentioned this in our first newsletter, but Representative Jeff Jackson from North Carolina had to issue a full-out YouTube-style apology video after his TikTok followers figured out he voted in support of this bill. Jackson’s posted…
How to Clean a Coffee Grinder (2024)
A burr grinder is the automatic, electronic version of the manual coffee mills people have been using to grind coffee for centuries. Whether it’s a flat or conical burr grinder (I explain the differences in my Best Coffee Grinders…
How to Set Up a VPN on Your Router to Protect Your Home Wi-Fi Network
Perhaps the easiest option here is ExpressVPN: Not only is it one of the best VPN providers around, it also sells routers with its software baked in. If you're looking for a solution that just plugs in and works, then this is probably…
Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet
The Federal Communications Commission has voted—once again—to assert its power to oversee and regulate the activities of the broadband industry in the United States. In a 3-2 vote, the agency reinstated net neutrality rules that had been…
There’s a Rare $25 Discount on the Nintendo Switch OLED Right Now
There's a strong chance we will see Nintendo's next-generation console in 2025, but if you just have been itching to play some Nintendo games, the Switch remains an excellent buy. You're in luck because Amazon is offering $25 off when…
Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels
Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta’s decision last week to release Llama 3, a powerful open source large language model that anyone can download, run, and build on.Pesenti used to be vice president of artificial…
No, a Shadowy Figure Is Not Buying Tents for Columbia Student Protesters
A number of elected officials, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, law enforcement officers, right-wing media outlets, and far-right extremists have boosted a baseless conspiracy theory that Jewish Hungarian billionaire George…
The TikTok Ultimatum Is Here. What Does It Mean?
Leah Feiger: And I trust, baby.Vittoria Elliott: But if it does happen, what bank will give him money after seeing what he did to Twitter?Leah Feiger: If he tweets about it, though, in the next week or a half, Tori, you're going to have…