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Boko Haram and ISIS are fighting over the islands of Lake Chad, plunging the surrounding region into a humanitarian catastrophe
Russia's army confirmed it had launched the Oreshnik at Ukraine for the third time in the war, saying it was "in response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure on Russian territory". The missile was used without a nuclear warhead
The US president has faced intense political pressure to end the war on Iran, which is even unpopular with much of his base, as it has increased fuel costs for American consumers at the pump and unnerved US allies
Some clarity, some cautious optimism, still more to go
It’s still wait-and-see time for many key characteristics of the Omicron variant
Dean ball has some thoughts and hesitations: Here are some questions I wish “Pause” and “Stop” advocates would address: 1. Assuming we achieve the desired policy goal through a bilateral US/China agreement, what would be the specific metric or objective we would say needs to be satisfied in advance? Who decides whether we have satisfied […] The post A bilateral AI pause? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesSolve for the China tech equilibrium*The Marginal Revolution: Rise an...
The article advocates for cities that embrace a "Solid B" approach, balancing livability and growth, rather than striving for unattainable perfection, to foster sustainable urban development.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a couple of ski bums built the internet’s best weather app The best snow-forecasting app for skiers isn’t a federally-funded service or a big-name brand. It’s OpenSnow, a startup that uses government data, its own AI…
This week I reported on some rather unusual research that focuses on the brain of L. Stephen Coles. Coles was a gerontologist who died from pancreatic cancer in 2014. He had spent the latter part of his career specializing in human longevity. And before he died, he decided to have his brain preserved by a…