What Does the Jones Act Have to Do With AI? More Than Most People Realize
The future runs on invisible infrastructure. At first glance, a temporary suspension of the Jones Act during geopolitical tensions with Iran may appear unrelated to artificial intelligence. But from a hedge fund manager’s perspective, this story is not really about shipping law. It is about infrastructure, energy, supply chains, national competitiveness, and the hidden systems […]
What Does Oil, Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz Have to Do With AI? Potentially Everything.
The AI boom runs on electricity — and electricity runs through geopolitics. Quick Hit Artificial intelligence may seem like a digital revolution powered by code and chips, but behind the scenes, it runs on something much older: energy. As AI data centers expand across the globe, they are consuming enormous amounts of electricity to power […]
AI May Be Reviving the Lost Art of Detective Work
For years, technology promised to automate thinking. Search engines made information instant. Algorithms reduced investigation to keywords. Artificial intelligence now answers questions in seconds. But something unexpected may be happening alongside the rise of AI: People are rediscovering the value of old-fashioned investigative thinking. Games like The Ratline unintentionally highlight a growing reality about the […]
AI videos fuel rhetoric as Orbán bids for four more years in Hungary
Quick Hit: AI Deepfakes Enter Hungary’s Election Battlefield What’s Happening AI-generated political videos are becoming a weapon in Hungary’s election cycle as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán pushes for another term. A disturbing fake video showing the apparent execution of a Hungarian soldier spread online after being circulated by Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party. The video falsely […]
A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files
The conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran has been ongoing for a fortnight now, with bombs continuing to rain down. However, Iran’s missiles have largely been unsuccessful in hitting their intended targets. WIRED’s team stationed in the Middle East provided a detailed account of how countries in the Gulf region are intercepting […]
Replicating a Nuclear Event Detector For Fun and Probably Not Profit
Last year, an article was published about the BhangmeterV2, a nuclear war monitor connected to the internet. This device featured the HSN-1000 nuclear event detector from the Cold War era at its core. Its primary function was to alert all devices on the network about an imminent EMP attack, giving them time to power down […]
The KPop Demon Hunters Stan War Comes To McDonald’s
/ The fast food establishment is introducing special menu items inspired by Huntr/x and the Saja Boys. Regrettably, the McDonald’s collaboration with *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* will soon be overshadowed by a new partnership with *KPop Demon Hunters* launching on March 31. This collaboration is based on the storyline of two rival pop groups […]
Alan Wake 2 Studio Is Keeping Its Multiplayer Game Alive Even Though Only 38 People Are Playing It On Steam Right Now
If a dead game resists fading away, what fate awaits it? Why did *Hotel Barcelona* initially incorporate genAI? Meanwhile, *MindsEye* is poised for a comeback soon. This is the most recent installment of Morning Checkpoint, a daily compilation by *Kotaku* featuring gaming news, rumors, and cultural updates. I stayed up past my bedtime playing *Marathon* […]
Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a warning on Tuesday that it intends to launch attacks on more than a dozen American companies in the Middle East starting on Wednesday. This action is in response to the killing of Iranian citizens during the ongoing conflict with the US and Israel. The targeted companies, including […]