Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later
In 1971, Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment in which he randomly...
2024
Seeking favor with Musk and Trump, advertisers plot return to X
Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump is set to boost X’s flagging business, with some...
Dutch startup Sympower secures €21M to balance out the energy grid
Amsterdam-based startup Sympower has secured €21mn as it looks to scale its grid-balancing technology. Sympower...
Why learning 10 programming languages doesn’t make you a more interesting job candidate
New data from LinkedIn on the most in-demand jobs on the platform in the third...
Battery recycling startup Tozero bags €11M to boost Europe’s lithium supply
In 1991, Sony brought the first rechargeable lithium-ion battery to market. The unique chemistry proved...
New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike
On Friday, research organization Epoch AI released FrontierMath, a new mathematics benchmark that has been...
This elephant figured out how to use a hose to shower
Mary the elephant shows off her hose-showering skills. Credit: Urban et al./Current Biology Mary the...
For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce
Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its...
What if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever?
For years now, many AI industry watchers have looked at the quickly growing capabilities of...
Bitcoin hits record high as Trump vows to end crypto crackdown
Bitcoin hit a new record high late Monday, its value peaking at $89,623 as investors...
Record labels unhappy with court win, say ISP should pay more for user piracy
The big three record labels notched another court victory against a broadband provider last month,...
Amazon ready to use its own AI chips, reduce its dependence on Nvidia
Amazon is poised to roll out its newest artificial intelligence chips as the Big Tech...
Mazda gives the 2025 CX-50 a big efficiency boost to 38 mpg with hybrid power
Mazda won itself a lot of fans over the years with the sharp styling and...
Ars Live: Our first encounter with manipulative AI
In the short-term, the most dangerous thing about AI language models may be their ability...
There are some things the Crew-8 astronauts aren’t ready to talk about
The astronauts who came home from the International Space Station last month experienced some drama...