A new frontier awaits — computing with light

In the guts of a new type of computer, a bunch of tiny LEDs emit a green glow. Those lights have a job to do. They’re performing calculations. Right now, this math is telling the computer how to identify handwritten…

Internet use linked to better mental health for older adults

Older adults who use the internet regularly report better mental health outcomes, including fewer depressive symptoms, greater life satisfaction, and improved self-reported health, according to new research published in Nature Human Behaviour. Conducted across 23 countries, the study suggests that…

Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says

Photobucket was sued Wednesday after a recent privacy policy update revealed plans to sell users’ photos—including biometric identifiers like face and iris scans—to companies training generative AI models. The proposed class action seeks to stop Photobucket from selling users’ data…

Women report greater satisfaction with singlehood than men, study finds

A recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science sheds light on gender differences in psychological well-being among single adults. Researchers found that single women reported higher satisfaction with their relationship status, overall life, and sexual experiences while also…

NASA believes it understands why Ingenuity crashed on Mars

Eleven months after the Ingenuity helicopter made its final flight on Mars, engineers and scientists at NASA and a private company that helped build the flying vehicle said they have identified what probably caused it to crash on the surface…

Seeing no road to profit, GM shutters Cruise

After spending more than $10 billion to try to develop an autonomous robotaxi, General Motors is now calling time on the endeavor. On Tuesday afternoon, the automaker announced that it is done investing in Cruise’s robotaxi development and will instead…

Google now adds watermarks to all its AI-generated content

This is another in a year-long series of stories identifying how the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence is impacting our lives — and ways we can work to make those impacts as beneficial as possible. Chatbots talk to people using artificial intelligence, or…