eBay rejects GameStop’s $56 billion acquisition bid

No thank you, we’re good. | Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images eBay has officially rejected GameStop’s offer to buy the online marketplace for $56 billion, citing concerns around “operational risks” and how the acquisition will be financed. In a letter to GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen on Tuesday, eBay’s board of directors said it has “concluded … Read more

Scientists Used AI to Stop Human Greed in a Shared Economy Experiment

:::info Authors: Raphael Koster Miruna Pîslar Andrea Tacchetti Jan Balaguer Leqi Liu Romuald Elie Oliver P. Hauser Karl Tuyls Matt Botvinick Christopher Summerfield  ::: Abstract A canonical social dilemma arises when resources are allocated to people, who can either reciprocate with interest or keep the proceeds. The right resource allocation mechanisms can encourage levels of … Read more

Google DeepMind Taught AI to Control a Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Real Time

:::info Authors: Jonas Degrave Federico Felici Jonas Buchli Michael Neunert Brendan Tracey Francesco Carpanese Timo Ewalds Roland Hafner Abbas Abdolmaleki Diego de las Casas Craig Donner Leslie Fritz Cristian Galperti Andrea Huber James Keeling Maria Tsimpoukelli Jackie Kay Antoine Merle Jean-Marc Moret Seb Noury Federico Pesamosca David Pfau Olivier Sauter Cristian Sommariva Stefano Coda Basil … Read more

These new Roombas are smaller and cheaper

iRobot upgrades its lidar-based robot vacuum line with eight new models. | Image: iRobot iRobot has announced a new line of Roombas, a year after it debuted its first lidar-based robot vacuums. This week, it introduced eight robot vacuums that improve on its current lineup and feature lower prices, some up to £200 (about $270) … Read more

ProbeNet Live: Run Network Measurements from 150+ Countries

Every week, IPinfo actively measures the entire routable internet. Not a sample. Not a subset. The full address space. This information is the foundation of everything we do. While most IP intelligence providers rely on self-reported registry data from WHOIS and geofeeds, we built something different: ProbeNet, a self-owned and operated internet measurement platform that … Read more

Ants Claimed the Amazon

:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND – XXX. — THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004: THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND – XXX. — … Read more