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On paper, the U.S. national debt is a number so big it stops feeling real. Trillions do that to your brain. So let’s bring it back down to human size for a second. If you spread today’s federal debt across U.S. households, you land at roughly $285,000 per household, depending on the day you do […]
from the bad-analogies dept One of the most common refrains we hear from age verification proponents is that online ID checks are nothing new. After all, you show your ID at bars and liquor stores all the time, right? And it’s true that many places age-restrict access in-person to various goods and services, such as […]
TL;DR Gaming hardware and accessory maker GameSir has announced its latest mobile controller, the Pocket Taco. Previously known as the Pocket 1, the Pocket Taco is a Game Boy-inspired vertical mobile game controller that clips onto the bottom of your phone. The controller is available for preorder on the company’s website for $34.99. When it […]
Last year at CES, Dreame showed off a robot vacuum prototype with a mechanical arm. But while we were able to see the arm extend and retract, we didn’t see the device, which was described as a prototype at the time, actually grab anything, which was a bit disappointing. This year, though, the company has […]
3 America is in the grip of a flu outbreakInfections have reached their highest levels since the covid pandemic. (Bloomberg $)+ All but four states have reported high levels of flu activity. (CNN)+ A new strain of the virus could be to blame. (AP News) 4 Humanoid factory robots are about to get a lot […]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store that are designed to exfiltrate OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations alongside browsing data to servers under the attackers’ control. The names of the extensions, which collectively have over 900,000 users, are below – Chat GPT for Chrome with GPT-5, Claude Sonnet & […]
As a data scientist, I’ve worked on different projects across analytics, machine learning, and system design. One area that continues to stand out to me for its real-world impact is fraud detection in the financial sector. Fraud detection is not just a technical problem—it’s a business, trust, and risk-management problem. In this post, I’ll share […]
January 6, 2026 Ryan hosts Akamai data scientist Robert Lester on the show to discuss how the growth of AI bots affects internet traffic, the ways these AI bots differ from the original search engine optimization ones, and why you might not want to mitigate AI bots on your websites. Source link
The new partnership automates crowdsourcing of user video. “Their system will get a ping and say, hey, there’s a fire within a mile of your property, you should know about it,” says John Mills, the CEO of Watch Duty. Users then get the option to share a live feed of the view from their front […]
After causing a splash at last year’s CES with a pair of high-tech, high-powered e-bikes, Segway returned to the show with a little something more for everyone. The Ninebot-owned brand announced two new e-bikes — the seemingly conventional-looking Myon, and the low-step, short-tail Muxi — as well as a sharp-looking electric dirt bike called the […]
