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A multinational energy company found out it messed with the wrong employee, after the disgruntled man's antics disrupted the whole operation.

Man Installed “Kill Switch” So That If He Was Ever Fired, All Hell Would Break Loose

OpenAI researchers have admitted that even the most advanced AI models can't really solve the coding problems put in front of them.

OpenAI Researchers Find That Even the Best AI Is “Unable To Solve the Majority” of Coding Problems

By Noor Al-Sibai

Zoom is developing AI tech that analyzes emotions. TRF News says it could be a human rights violation. Workers are already burned out from the pandemic.

Experts Alarmed by Zoom’s Tech for Detecting Users’ Emotions

By Lonnie Lee Hood

More universities host online class and use eye tracking software to detect exam cheating because of COVID-19. Students say it's awful.

College Students Say Crying In Exams Activates “Cheating” Eye Tracker Software

By Lonnie Lee Hood

New App Pays Alcoholics $5 Per Day to Not Drink

Health & Medicine

New App Pays Alcoholics $5 Per Day to Not Drink

By Lonnie Lee Hood

You could be filing tax for free, but companies like Intuit and H & R Block spend millions lobbying the government, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

There’s a Terrible Reason That Doing Your Taxes Costs So Much

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Follett cancelled plans to change features of their library software Destiny that would allow parents and schools ban students reading LGBTQ+ books.

Company Backs Down on Software to Block Kids Getting LBGTQ+ Library Books

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Whistleblowers at the Arizona Department of Corrections say hundreds of inmates are being held past their release date due to buggy management software.

Science & Energy

Whistleblowers: Flawed Software Held Hundreds of Prisoners Past Release Dates

By Dan Robitzski

Supply and demand don't matter anymore. Bill Gates says that American politicians have failed to adjust to an economy based on software and code.

Bill Gates Says We Need New Economic Models That Take Tech Into Account

By Dan Robitzski

The Military Just Created An AI That Learned How To Program Software

The Military Just Created An AI That Learned How To Program Software

By Dan Robitzski

Algorithm Sends Food That Would Be Wasted to the Hungry

Algorithm Sends Food That Would Be Wasted to the Hungry

By Chelsea Gohd

Software Is Eating the World, And You Need to See It

Software Is Eating the World, And You Need to See It

By June Javelosa

Control Virtual Reality With Your Hands, Thanks to Leap Motion

Virtual Reality

Control Virtual Reality With Your Hands, Thanks to Leap Motion

By Sarah Marquart