Passkeys explained: How to embrace a passwordless future today“Logging in without any passwords, how’s that supposed to work?” you may be asking yourself. After all, user names and passwords are so much a part of everyday life that it’s hard to imagine whether it might not work without them.
“Women aren’t tired of making the first move, they’re tired of dating apps”As the number of users on dating apps drops, Bumble has announced it will lay off 30% of its staff as women fall out of love with digital dating.
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purposeResearchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering.
The Computers Of VoyagerAfter more than four decades in space and having traveled a combined 44 billion kilometers, it’s no secret that the Voyager spacecraft are closing in on the end of their extended interstellar mission.
Should You Post Your Partner On Social Media?One typical morning, I was scrolling on Instagram while enjoying my breakfast when I came across a social media post that made me rethink privacy regarding relationships. Typically, I keep my love life private and off social media, given that too much of my life is public, meaning my work.
Help! A Local Mom Claims a Librarian Was Exposing Herself to Our Kids. I’m Not So Sure.Every week, Dear Prudence answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members. Submit questions here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Prudence, I’m a mom with a young son and we enjoy visiting the library together.
AI Copilots Are Changing How Coding Is TaughtGenerative AI is transforming the software development industry. AI-powered coding tools are assisting programmers in their workflows, while jobs in AI continue to increase.
Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AIone day in March 2023, Arati Prabhakar brought a laptop into the Oval Office and showed the future to Joe Biden. Six months later, the president issued a sweeping executive order that set a regulatory course for AI. This all happened because ChatGPT had stunned the world.
How RPA vendors aim to remain relevant in a world of AI agentsWhat’s the next big thing in enterprise automation? If you ask the tech giants, it’s agents — driven by generative AI.
My Daughter Is the School’s Recluse. She’s Repeating My History.Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My daughter is neurodivergent and still adjusting to a new school, even though we have been living here for about nine months.
Generative AI can turn your most precious memories into photos that never existedMaria grew up in Barcelona, Spain, in the 1940s. Her first memories of her father are vivid. As a six-year-old, Maria would visit a neighbor’s apartment in her building when she wanted to see him.
AI is making Meta’s apps basically unusableMeta has flooded its social media platforms with artificial intelligence. Soon enough, Meta AI will be everywhere: In your Facebook news feed, Instagram search bar, and even your conversations with friends on Messenger.
AI engineers report burnout and rushed rollouts as 'rat race' to stay competitive hits tech industryLate last year, an artificial intelligence engineer at Amazon was wrapping up the work week and getting ready to spend time with some friends visiting from out of town. Then, a Slack message popped up. He suddenly had a deadline to deliver a project by 6 a.m. on Monday. There went the weekend.
Help! My Boyfriend Is Screaming at Me for Not Following the “Right” Vacuum Path.Each week in the Tuesday column, Prudence asks readers for their thoughts on a question that has her stumped. She’ll post her final thoughts on the matter on Fridays.
The great conundrum of campaigning on TikTokJoe Biden faces the camera, casually dressed for a US president in khaki slacks and a quarter zip. He jovially answers a series of questions about the Super Bowl happening that day: Chiefs or Niners? Jason Kelce or Travis Kelce? And finally: Trump or Biden?