If you want to use your phone’s digital key to drive your car, look for this logo
As digital keys become more widely used among car owners, a consortium of auto and phone makers are working to ensure that people can trust that this new technology is secure and will always work across multiple devices. The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) is an industry group that includes most major car companies, like Ford,…
COP28: Why a climate adaptation deal is a ‘matter of life or death’
Collins Nzovu, Zambia’s minister of green economy and environment, speaking at COP28 Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The countries most vulnerable to climate change say the world must do far more to help them adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather, even as it races to slash greenhouse gas emissions, in what has emerged as a key issue…
Google Messages might let you edit texts after they’re sent
Google could be developing a new feature for its Messages app that would let you edit a message after having sent it, according to code spotted by TheSpAndroid. References to the feature first appeared in a beta version of the app on November 19th, and there are four flags that appear to reference it, though…
Bitcoin Slips to $42K From Last Week’s Yearly High
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, lost ground on Monday after reaching yearly highs last week. Bitcoin fell 3% in the last 24 hours to trade around $42,400 after hitting $45,000 last week. There are a number of factors for the drop in price, with some analysts attributing it to macroeconomic fundamentals. Friday’s…
Geminid meteor shower: How to see the spectacular show this week
The Geminid meteor shower over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in China Jeff Dai/Stocktrek Images/Alamy The peak of the Geminid meteor shower, on the morning of 14 December, is expected to dazzle this year. The shower started on 19 November and will end on 24 December, but keep an eye out over the coming days because…
The Spy Who Dumped the CIA, Went to Therapy, and Now Makes Incredible Television
“Did you learn things in CIA training about withstanding interrogation that are going to make it harder for me to interview you?” I asked Joe Weisberg, creator of the TV espionage drama The Americans and onetime CIA agent. He looked momentarily startled, as though he’d expected this to be easier. Good, I had him where…
From Star Wars to Hitchhiker’s – how to make the best drinks in sci-fi
THE most effective science fiction creates an entire world you can imagine living in – and a world I want to live in needs delicious drinks. Think of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, created by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and described as the best drink in existence. No matter that…
A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4
Large language models recently emerged as a powerful and transformative new kind of technology. Their potential became headline news as ordinary people were dazzled by the capabilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, released just a year ago. In the months that followed the release of ChatGPT, discovering new jailbreaking methods became a popular pastime for mischievous users,…
Goldman Sachs Sees Fed Delivering First Rate Cut in Q3 2024: Reuters
The Fed’s benchmark interest-rate range is currently 5.25% to 5.5%. Source link
Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters
Dust left over from the birth of the solar system is constantly falling to Earth Getty Images/iStockphoto IT WAS a warm summer morning in the countryside near Oslo and Jon Larsen decided to have breakfast outdoors. He carefully wiped down the white plastic table on his patio and went inside to collect his meal. Then,…