Stories by Stratoscope

Hundreds of strangers flock to San Francisco beach to dig a really big hole

The Brigade System Helps Restaurants Succeed. Does It Also Lead to Abuse?

Ancient machine gun was used by Romans to attack Pompeii

Mathematics is undergoing the biggest change in its history

Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space

The Reason Anthropic Wants Guardrails

Politicians Consider Soviet-Style Controls on 3D Printers

It's time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids

Tempest AI – Teaching a Neural Network to Play a 1981 Arcade Classic

How the Golden Gate Bridge Works (Animagraffs Video)

12-hour days, no weekends: AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us

Windows PCs Fade Away

Is time a fundamental part of reality? Quiet revolution in physics suggests not

Why Los Angeles Stopped Repaving Its Streets

Closed Loop Authoritarianism: How AI and Users Radicalize Each Other [pdf]

In-Car Sat Nav? Without a Satellite? In 1971? [1971 video]

How the age of motoring shaped our modern world

The quietest home – an architect built it for himself out of medical need

89 years ago, an SF-to-Hawaii flight changed the world forever

U.S. FCC bans foreign-made drones from DJI, others

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