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A spy, a scoundrel, and a scholar William Playfair was all three. He led an extraordinary life at the heart of many of the great events of the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly in morally dubious roles. Among all the intrigue, scandal, and indebtedness, he found time to invent the bar and pie charts, and make pioneering use of line charts. As we'll see, he was quite a character. Playfair the scoundrel Playfair's lifetime (1759-1823) contained some momentous events: The development of the steam
Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmarkâs sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of times when he found a bent clump of metal in a friendâs barley field. He figured it was the lid from a container of tinned fish and tossed it in his junk bag with the other bits of farm trash that had set his metal detector beeping: rusty nails, screws, scrap iron. A few paces away he dug up another shiny circle. Someone had clearly enjoyed a lot of tinned fish hereâinto t
Earlier in this Playdate season, I commented in a review that I "love a game that pisses me off a little." Well, I may have shot myself in the foot with that one. Week four of Playdate Season Two brings us not one game that got my blood boiling, but two. CatchaDiablos is a roguelike with a unique movement mechanic that is both pretty cool and absolutely infuriating: running in circles with the crank. Shadowgate PD, on the other hand, is a remade-for-Playdate version of the classic point-and-clic
Getty Images/Fahmi Ruddin Hidayat AI is listening -- now more than ever. Also: This free Google tool turns AI into your research assistant OpenAI announced in an X post on Thursday that users of ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Edu can now record audio by simply pressing a button. Record mode, the Otter.ai-like meeting transcription feature, was initially released through the ChatGPT MacOS desktop app earlier this month. What is Record mode? The feature allows you to record meetings and voice n
When it comes to cordless stick vacuums, Dyson is the most prestigious brand on the market. Its reputation for performance, design, and innovation is unmatched and while many competitors try to copy its formula but none of them reach the same level of excellence. The latest Dyson models like V15 Detect and Gen5detect are well over the $1,000 dollar mark which makes them an expensive investment for most homes. But the Dyson V11 Origin cordless vacuum, now priced at only $469 after a massive 18%
I told you that AI slop was coming for your YouTube content, and did you believe me? I donât know, maybe you did, but if you didnât believe before, you certainly will now. According to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, who gave a keynote at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Wednesday, YouTube is getting a new tool that generates Shorts from âscratch.â By scratch, I mean with the help of Googleâs recently unveiled Veo 3 AI generator. Thatâs right, a one-stop shop for AI slop is incom
Anyone who has wrestled with a tangle of cables and chargers is familiar with the frustration all too well. Modern living means multiple devices and each one seems to have its own power source. Thatâs why Amazonâs latest deal is such a breath of fresh air: the Anker 65W three-port charger is available at an all-time low price and itâs a smart buy if youâre looking to simplify their power needs. Right now, the Anker Nano II 65W three-port charger is on sale for just $29, thanks to an extra coupo
Want to see what petrifying picks await on Prime Video? Horror lovers can watch classic films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and newer flicks like the twisty ballerina chiller Abigail. Ads are now a part of the streaming service, but if you'd prefer to watch your spooky content without commercial interruptions, you can pay an additional fee to remove them. Here are some highly rated horror films to satisfy your cravings. Dim the lights, grab the popcorn and enjoy your creepy feature. Eric Z
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Odorless and colorless, methane is a gas that is easy to missâbut itâs one of the most important contributors to global warming. It can trap up to 84 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, though it breaks down much faster. Measured over 100 years, its warming effect is about 30 times that of an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide. That means that over the course of decades, it takes smaller a
I jumped on the smartwatch bandwagon a bit late, but now I canât go a day without mine. Beyond delivering helpful notifications, itâs perfect for setting timers, tracking workouts, and monitoring my sleeping habits (which are terrible). If you havenât yet joined the smartwatch party or youâre looking to upgrade, Samsungâs Galaxy Watch 7 is down to $199.99 ($100 off) in the 40mm / Bluetooth configuration at Amazon and Walmart. If you prefer a larger display, the 44mm model is on sale at Amazon st
Nothing on X TL;DR Specs of the Nothing Phone 3 have leaked. The phone could get a serious upgrade when it comes to battery life, charging speeds, and camera performance. The source of the leak is not very well known, but they seem to have a decent track record. The Nothing Phone 3 is right around the corner, and a fresh leak suggests it could offer a solid flagship experience, even though the company has confirmed it wonât use the top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. While the leak appears
Replace Your Casters The wheels on the bottom of your chair are among the easiest parts to replace. If your current casters don't roll smoothly or are too loud, it might be worth replacing them instead of buying a whole new chair. I like these from Stealtho, a Ukrainian company. They'll work with nearly every office chair, though the company notes they don't work with Ikea chairs. The soft polyurethane material means these won't scratch or chip hardwood floors, as some plastic casters do, plus
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Researchers at Anthropic have uncovered a disturbing pattern of behavior in artificial intelligence systems: models from every major providerâincluding OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others â demonstrated a willingness to actively sabotage their employers when their goals or existence were threatened. The research, released today, tested 16 le
Haliey "Hawk Tuah Girl" Welch recently graced the stage at an influencer convention â and it apparently went about as well as her scammy crypto project. As Mashable reports, the live recording event for Welch's "Talk Tuah" podcast at this year's VidCon convention in Anaheim, California, was likely intended to be part of her post-$HAWK coin redemption tour as she attempts to distance herself from the alleged pump-and-dump scheme she claims to have had no prior knowledge about. Were that the cas
Midjourneyâs new AI-generated video tool will produce animated clips featuring copyrighted characters from Disney and Universal, WIRED has foundâincluding video of the beloved Pixar character Wall-E holding a gun. Itâs been a busy month for Midjourney. This week, the generative AI startup released its sophisticated new video tool, V1, which lets users make short animated clips from images they generate or upload. The current version of Midjourneyâs AI video tool requires an image as a starting
Robert Triggs / Android Authority As Android fans, the Google Pixel Stand (2nd Gen) is obviously one of our favorite wireless chargers. It doesnât often go on sale, and the lowest weâve seen it go for was $53.93 back in 2022! Today, itâs on sale for just $43.99, making this a record-low price. Get the Google Pixel Stand 2nd Gen for just $43.99 ($35.01 off) This offer is available from eBay, but the seller is actually Best Buy. This gives us a level of confidence, as it is not just a random onl
Image: Vast Vast is working on what might just be the first commercial space station in low Earth orbit. To get the public excited about the stationâs launch as soon as one year from now, the company released a VR fly through, led by Vastâs Lead Astronaut, that is available on Meta, Steam, and yes, Appleâs platforms. Called Haven-1, the small space station is capable of being launched on SpaceXâs Falcon 9 rocket, the most economical medium-lift rocket on the market. Vast has also partnered wit
Apple is continuing to face fallout from its Apple Intelligence rollout. As spotted by Reuters, Apple shareholders have sued Apple in a proposed class action securities fraud case for allegedly âdownplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into its Siri voice assistant.â The lawsuit alleges that this misrepresentation negatively impacted iPhone sales and Appleâs stock price. In the lawsuit, Apple executives, including CEO Tim Cook, CFO Kevan Parekh, and former C
Appleâs tight grip on local wireless sharing is finally loosening, even if rather reactively. With iOS 26, developers are getting a new API that allows third-party apps to discover and connect nearby devices over Wi-Fi, without needing an internet connection. Hereâs how itâll work. Wi-Fi Aware As observed by iHelpBR, the core of this news boils down to Wi-Fi Aware, which will allow nearby devices to find each other and create a direct peer-to-peer connection over Wi-Fi, even when theyâre not o
This article tells part of the story of the Civilization series. In the spring of 1996, Brian Reynolds and Jeff Briggs took a long, hard look around them and decided that theyâd rather be somewhere else. At that time, the two men were working for MicroProse Software, for whom they had just completed Civilization II, with Reynolds in the role of primary designer and programmer and Briggs in that of co-designer, producer, and soundtrack composer. They had brought the project in for well under $1
Wondering what petrifying picks await on Prime Video? Horror lovers can check out classics like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or newer movies like the twisty ballerina flick Abigail. Ads are now a part of the streaming service, but if you'd prefer to watch your spooky content without commercial interruptions, you can pay an additional fee to remove them. Here are some highly rated horror films to satisfy your cravings. Dim the lights, grab the popcorn and enjoy your creepy feature. Universal Pi
Midjourneyâs new AI-generated video tool will produce animated clips featuring copyrighted characters from Disney and Universal, WIRED has foundâincluding video of the beloved Pixar character Wall-E holding a gun. Itâs been a busy month for Midjourney. This week, the generative AI startup released its sophisticated new video tool, V1, which lets users make short animated clips from images they generate or upload. The current version of Midjourneyâs AI video tool requires an image as a starting
If you've been in the ocean, there's been a shark not that far from you, and it knew you were there, and you probably had no idea it was there and had a pleasant day in the water. The sharks that do bite people, they take a little bite and they go, what is that? And swim away. That can be real bad if it hits a major artery or if you're far from shore. Again, I don't want to minimize the real harm. But it is not a shark hunting you because it has a taste for human flesh. They don't have hands. Th
On Thursday, Microsoft's Azure Quantum group announced that it has settled on a plan for getting error correction on quantum computers. While the company pursues its own hardware efforts, the Azure team is a platform provider that currently gives access to several distinct types of hardware qubits. So it has chosen a scheme that is suitable for several different quantum computing technologies (notably excluding its own). The company estimates that the system it has settled on can take hardware q
Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Saturn will continue to operate as a standalone app. The news was first reported by Engadget. Snap says almost the entire Saturn team is joining Snap as part of the acquisition, with just under 30 full-time employees coming on board. Although Snap didnât share much about its pla
Image by Getty / Futurism Studies Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found some startling results in the brain scans of ChatGPT users, adding to the growing body of evidence suggesting that AI is having a serious â and barely-understood â impact on its users' cognition even as it explodes in popularity worldwide. In a new paper currently awaiting peer review, researchers from the school's storied Media Lab documented the vast differences between the brain activity of
Character.AI, the Google-backed AI chatbot provider with tens of millions of monthly active users, announced on Friday that Karandeep Anand, the former VP of Business Products at Meta, is joining the company as CEO. Previously a board adviser to Character.AI, Anand is stepping into the CEO role at a pivotal moment for the chatbot provider, as the company tries to simultaneously grow its platform while combatting child safety concerns. In recent months, Character.AI has added an array of new saf
ChatGPT, OpenAIâs text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-vide
Conspiracy theorists are using AI chatbots not only to convince themselves of their harebrained beliefs, but to recruit other users on social media. As independent Australian news site Crikey reports, conspiracy theorists are having extensive conversations with AI chatbots to "prove" their beliefs. Then, they post the transcripts and videos on social media as "proof" to others. According to the outlet's fascinating reporting, there are already several bots specifically trained on harebrained c