Waymo’s Chinese-made robotaxis face new headwinds thanks to Biden’s tariffs

Image: Abigail Bassett for The Verge Waymo’s plans to expand its robotaxi fleet are facing new roadblocks thanks to the Biden administration’s trade policies. The Alphabet-owned company had planned to introduce a new robotaxi manufactured by Zeekr, a subsidiary of China’s Geely. The cars are being designed in Sweden (where Geely owns Swedish carmaker Volvo), … Read more

What is AI good for anyway? Maybe not summarizing

There’s a fascinating look by John Herrman over at NYMag today at one of the big proposed uses of AI: summarizing content. We all need things summarized, right? Everybody’s too busy and overloaded with information. At least that’s what every tech company doing AI seems to be settling on. The problem is the summaries that … Read more

4 Ways to Destructure Array in JavaScript & Make Your Code Look Clean

Helloooooooo! 🎉 I hope you’re doing awesome! This is SMY! 👋 Today, we’re diving into some cool JavaScript magic with array destructuring! 🚀 📜 Contents: ⚡ Wait, What? ⚡ But Why? ⚡ But How? 1️⃣ Destructuring Arrays Chronologically 2️⃣ Destructuring Arrays by Index 3️⃣ Destructuring Arrays within Objects 4️⃣ Destructuring Arrays with Dynamic Indexes ⚡ … Read more

Apocalypse of the Gaps

AI doomerism is a religion, both millenarianism and apocalypticism, to fill the god-sized gap in AI researchers. Many experts in the field believe it, but it doesn’t make it true. A gnostic scientist can make astonishing scientific discoveries without ever proving their God real. It gives them a messiah complex. Only they can save the … Read more

Bitcoins, Recession-Proof?

THE RECESSION IS COMING AHHHHHH! WHAT ABOUT MY ASSETS!? MY HOUSE!? MY CAR!? MY MORTGAGE!? MY CAREER!? Hold on. Hold on. There has been a lot of talk about a global recession lately. This was started when Warren Buffet had sold around $300 Billion USD worth of stock by the end of June. This led … Read more