DeepMind’s New AI Helps Restore Damaged Ancient Texts

Google DeepMind has collaborated with classical scholars to create a new AI tool that uses deep neural networks to help historians decipher the text of damaged inscriptions from ancient Greece.…

Russia Wants to Label Meta an ‘Extremist Organization’

Neutrality is a core tenet of cryptocurrency. But in the course of the war in Ukraine, exchanges have blocked accounts of sanctioned Russian individuals and those close to them. Activists…

How to Block Spam Calls and Spam Texts on iPhone and Android (2022)

Life is busy enough without wasting time on spammers, scammers, and telemarketers. Whether you are suffering insistent injury lawyers, fraudulent IT specialists, or a drunk-dialing ex, there is a way…

The Best Binoculars (2022): Nikon, Celestron, Swarovski, Zeiss

For this reason, we suggest newcomers stick with 6x or 8x for the first number. Binoculars in this range have enough power that you’ll see things clearly, but not so…

The EPA May Extend the Use of Pesticides that Paralyze Bees

This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to allow the use of four of the…

NFTs Don’t Work the Way You Might Think They Do

To make matters more complicated, marketplaces are only one method of interacting with the blockchain, but anyone can do it. So even if every major NFT marketplace put tools in…

An Advocacy Group Gives iPhones an ‘F’ on Repairability

If you ask Apple, the big news this week was its spring product announcement event, where the company showed off some shiny new devices, including a new iPhone SE. But…

Brazil’s Indigenous Gaming Scene Is On the Rise

It’s a steamy night in the jungle. A huge one-legged creature with a detached jaw roars in the face of the protagonist, a young Indigenous woman. She grips her double-edged…

13 Best Weekend Deals: Fitness Trackers, Robot Vacuums, Massage Guns

You may lose an hour of sleep this weekend, so you deserve some self-gifts to make up for it. With spring on the way, it’s the perfect time to restart…

This Massive Indie Game Bundle Costs $ 10 and Benefits Ukraine Charities

We have published a list of ways to help the people of Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Here’s one more. Itch.io is selling a bundle of 992 games,…