Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name
Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency / human identity network / UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World. Along with the name change, World introduced an updated…
Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once
An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at onceANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Exotic quantum rifts have been created with charged atoms, and they…
Power shutoffs begin as California faces high fire risk, major winds
A California utility shut off power in 12 counties in the northern part of the state as a major “diablo wind” — notorious in autumn for its hot, dry gusts…
WNBA star’s salary does not cover her rent
Just because Angel Reese is a big deal doesn’t mean she’s making big bucks, oddly enough. After a record-breaking year, the Chicago Sky forward has cemented herself as a veritable…
Boosting brain waves in sleep improves rats’ memory
Illustration of neuron activity in a rat’s brainConnect Images/Alamy Strengthening activity of some brainwaves in rats’ while they sleep improves their performance on a memory test. If we can boost…
Patients are relying on Lyft and Uber to reach medical care
When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker. “When the ride is an hour…
Microsoft is negotiating the size of its equity stake in OpenAI
Microsoft and OpenAI may be working on a decidedly newfangled technology, but they’re haggling over an age-old business question: How much equity should I get for my investment? The two…
Exclusive: Waymo engineering exec discusses self-driving AI models that will power the cars into new cities
When I posted on Instagram in May about my first ride in a self-driving, AI-powered Waymo car in San Francisco—a video of an empty driver’s seat with the steering wheel…
Highest-ranking Fortune 500 CEO Karen Lynch is out at CVS
After a rather hectic reign, Karen Lynch has been replaced as CEO at CVS Pharmacy Corp. by longtime executive David Joyner. Prior to her departure, Lynch was the highest-ranking female…
Mathematicians have found a new way to identify prime numbers
Can you find the primes?ROBERT BROOK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY For the first time in more than 25 years, mathematicians have proven a new way to identify prime numbers, and in doing…
