Hackers spent 2 years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected(arstechnica.com)

181 points by curiousObject 2 years ago | 33 comments

CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they're useless(arstechnica.com)

132 points by WirelessGigabit 3 years ago | 180 comments

Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks(wbur.org)

556 points by lucasv07 3 years ago | 916 comments

WBUR Cognoscenti commentary arguing that boys need emotional support from early childhood and that ignoring their emotional needs creates public health risks.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company(npr.org)

35 points by Terretta 3 years ago | 26 comments

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'authentic'(npr.org)

4 points by jameslk 2 years ago | 2 comments

Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'(9to5mac.com)

165 points by achow 11 months ago | 339 comments

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

AI Makes Me Sad(mondobe.com)

121 points by mondobe 24 days ago | 120 comments

A personal blog essay in which the author describes feeling sadness and hopelessness about new developments in AI, despite being positioned to benefit from it.

My Friend Aaron(rorz.io)

562 points by sarreph 2 months ago | 152 comments

A short story by Rory McMeekin on his personal blog about a school friend, Aaron, who obsessed over things like World of Warcraft instead of studying.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

AI is making me dumb(jpain.io)

407 points by Eighth 5 months ago | 247 comments

A personal blog post in which a software developer argues that relying on AI for writing code, articles, and documents is eroding his own writing and programming skills.