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This article by Casey Luskin is republished from Science and Culture Today. At COSM this week, author Louisa Gilder spoke about her book The Age of Entanglement (2009), about the bizarre quantum mechanics phenomenon where two particles become linked, such that they share the same quantum state. But it gets a lot weirder, because the distance between the two particles doesn’t affect their entangled behavior. Under entanglement, measuring a property of one particle determines the outcome of the measurement on the other particle. It’s been proposed that the correlation between entangled particles happens instantaneously — certainly faster than the speed of…

If you’ve been waiting for the moment to grab a modern AI-ready Windows laptop without spending four figures, this HP OmniBook X Flip deal hits the sweet spot. For $629.99, you’re getting a slim 2-in-1 with a 14-inch 2K touchscreen, Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, 16GB of memory, and a 1TB SSD, plenty of power for work, streaming, and everyday creation. What you’re getting The HP OmniBook X Flip 2-in-1 is built to be your do-everything daily driver. The 14-inch 2K touch display gives you more sharpness than a standard 1080p panel, which is great for reading, spreadsheets, and watching…

The traditional career playbook is being rewritten, one TikTok video at a time. While HR executives have long relied on performance reviews, mentorship programs and communications tools to guide employee development, Gen Z has found a new career coach: social media. And while it’s a trend that’s been taking shape for some time, giving way to terms like “QuitTok,” fresh research indicates it may be becoming more entrenched. A survey by Gateway Commercial Finance, a financial services firm catering to small and midsized B2B companies, reveals that most Gen Z workers (63%) have taken career advice directly from platforms like…

OpenAI’s launch of Sora 2, its video generation tool and would-be social network for the slop age, was the latest attempt by the generative AI developer to expand the copyright Overton Window.Sora 2 initially shipped with an “opt-out” policy for IP rightsholders. If an artist or advertiser didn’t want their work to be used in the tool’s model, they would need to get in touch. It wasn’t a popular move. “Early returns from rightsholders have suggested that they are not opting in,” said Glenn Pudelka, a copyright and privacy attorney at Troutman Pepper Locke, told Digiday. Related Insights Within days,…

Amazon has begun rolling out a web version of its next-generation Alexa+ assistant, giving users a new way to interact with the AI beyond Echo devices and the mobile app. For some users, Alexa.com now opens into a full chatbot-style interface where Alexa+ can be used through a browser. This move puts Alexa+ closer to how people already use tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, making the assistant more useful beyond voice interactions and smart speakers. What Alexa+ can do on the web and what it still cannot According to The Verge, Alexa+ web interface will feel familiar if you…

Even with TikTok’s future in the U.S. seemingly secured, advertiser confidence hasn’t followed suit. Some marketers are already planning, they anecdotally told Digiday, to scale back their spending there next year.There’s still too much uncertainty around who will oversee the app and how it will be run for advertisers to justify bigger bets. And it will stay that way until there’s more clarity on what comes next. “A new, U.S.-based version of TikTok would need to be vetted and understood before advertisers feel confident investing large amounts of advertising dollars in the platform, even if it maintains TikTok’s core functionality,”…

Spotify started testing a new AI-powered feature late last year that lets users create personalized playlists using text prompts. The Prompted Playlist feature was initially rolled out in beta to Spotify Premium subscribers in New Zealand. Now, it’s making its way to users in the US and Canada. For those who missed the original announcement, the Prompted Playlist feature goes beyond the basic AI playlist creation option Spotify debuted back in 2024. It supports more complex prompts, allows users to refine generated playlists with follow-up inputs, and factors in listening history when creating playlists. Spotify explains that the feature generates…

The wheeling and dealing of the creator economy is changing as its maturation continues. The space is growing up as brands like Blue Apron are in-housing their influencer strategies to curb costs and build better relationships with creators and platforms like YouTube, which recently began testing dynamic ad insertions, are allowing creators to monetize their older videos. “The way that you’re [creators are] interfacing with the market is no different than, I would say, a lot of TV networks,” said David Huntzinger, svp and talent manager at Night, a talent management firm that manages creators including Kai Cenat, Hasan Piker,…

We’ve already seen plenty of reports about Apple’s plans to equip its next-gen MacBook Pro models with OLED displays. The rumored MacBook Pro OLED is also expected to be the first laptop from the company to feature a touchscreen panel, along with a hole-punch cutout for the webcam. Now, it looks like Apple’s OLED ambitions could extend beyond laptops, with early signs pointing to a future iMac model with an OLED screen. According to a fresh report from The Elec, Apple has taken the first step in the development cycle by sending a request for information (RFI) to major panel…

OpenAI is opening a new publishing pipeline for apps that run inside ChatGPT, and it is pairing it with a ChatGPT app directory so users can actually find what gets built. For everyday users, the value is convenience. Instead of tracking down integrations elsewhere, you’ll be able to browse featured apps or search for one by name, then use it in the same chat where you’re already working. For developers, this is also a directional call. If you were thinking in terms of connectors, OpenAI is steering attention to apps as the main way to extend what ChatGPT can do.…