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A tragic case has sparked international debate about the risks of artificial intelligence in everyday life. A grieving mother has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that her son’s death by suicide was directly influenced by interactions with an AI chatbot. According to the lawsuit, the young man, who struggled with personal difficulties, ...
The Caribbean island of Anguilla may be small and hard to spot on a map, yet it has become one of the most surprising players in the digital economy. The reason is not its tourist resorts or exports, but the two-letter internet domain .ai, assigned to the island back in the 1990s. At the time, it was nothing more than a formal country code for t...
A unique type of business has developed in Japan called yonigeya, which translates as "night movers." These companies offer a service that at first glance seems like something out of a movie: they help people disappear without a word in a single night. No arguments, no goodbyes—just an empty apartment waiting for unsuspecting neighbors in the mo...
Manasi Mishra recently shared her disappointment on TikTok: after completing her computer science degree, she was invited to interview by only one company—the fast food chain Chipotle. Her story is not unique. Twenty-five-year-old Zach Taylor graduated with a degree in computer science from Oregon State University at a time when job offers in...
When we pull out our phones and scan a QR code today, few people realize that behind this simple black-and-white image is a modest Japanese engineer. In 1994, while playing the strategy game Go, Masahiro Hara came up with an idea that changed not only industrial production, but later also the everyday lives of millions of people. His employer...
ChatGPT is one of the most widely used artificial intelligence systems in the world today. Billions of users interact with it every day, whether at work, school, or for entertainment. And while ChatGPT can be used for free, the difference between the free and paid versions is growing. The free account only offers limited access to the latest fea...
At the beginning of the year, a traveler from London rented an apartment in Manhattan, where she planned to stay for about two and a half months during her studies. However, after a few weeks, she gave the neighborhood a poor review and decided to terminate the lease early. Shortly thereafter, she received a message from the host about alleged d...
A test was conducted in the Finnish city of Oulu that could fundamentally change the face of freight transport. Engineers there successfully tested the world's first motorless superconducting vacuum tube system capable of transporting goods at speeds of over 500 kilometers per hour. Technology of the future The project was developed by VTT...
The tech scene has been rocked by a huge surprise – Perplexity has made an official offer to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion. This move is considered one of the boldest strategic decisions in the history of the tech industry. Perplexity took the matter very seriously: the offer was addressed directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and contai...
