Residents are invited to attend the Wilmont Neighborhood Association’s annual general membership meeting on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Montana Branch Library. The event will feature speakers including Santa Monica Interim Police Chief Darrick Jacob and Mayor Lana Negrete, who will discuss topics such as public safety, homelessness, and … Read more
Imagine having a superpower that lets you quickly grasp complex information, like dense PDFs or meeting transcripts, without spending hours trying to make sense of them. Before discovering Audio Overviews, I struggled to understand vast amounts of data. I’d highlight key sentences, but lose the overall argument. Using AI tools like NotebookLM helped, but it … Read more
After nearly 70 years, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education has voted unanimously to approve a separation package that will split the district into two independent entities. This move marks a major milestone in Malibu’s decades-long quest for local control over its schools. The package includes agreements on financial, operational, and governance … Read more
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) venture, has made significant strides in developing high-bandwidth BCI technology that can control digital peripherals like webcams and mouse cursors. The company’s N1 implant, which uses over 1,000 microscopic electrodes to read neural activity, has shown promise in clinical trials with patients. However, the development of Neuralink’s BCI technology … Read more
Domestic cats originated from Africa, but before that, leopard cats roamed ancient China around 5,400 years ago. A recent genetic study found that these wild cats preyed on rodents in human settlements, while domestic cats didn’t appear until the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 730). Analysis of 22 cat bones showed mitochondrial DNA tied to modern African … Read more
For years, scientists believed domestic cats originated thousands of years ago in the Middle East. However, new DNA evidence suggests that felines actually began in North Africa and spread to Europe around 2,000 years ago. Researchers analyzed ancient cat remains and found that those from before 200 BCE were genetically similar to modern-day European wildcats, … Read more
The term “surreal” has become a catch-all phrase to describe anything from an alien abduction to a meal at Arby’s. But in its original context, it refers to a style that combines hyper-reality, dreams, and familiar elements in unexpected settings. French filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani apply this concept to their film “Reflection in … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta and declared the metaverse a new frontier in 2021. The concept was seen as a trillion-dollar opportunity, but five years later, Meta’s Reality Labs division is facing significant losses. According to Bloomberg, the division has lost over $70 billion since 2021. The main problem with the metaverse is that … Read more
Google has launched Antigravity, its latest development environment that incorporates agent models and browser automation with Chrome. Building on the existing Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Antigravity provides a unified workspace for developers to work with agentic AI workflows. To get started, users can choose from two interaction modes: Planning mode, which generates artifacts of … Read more
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, had a conversation with Science Corp.’s CEO Max Hodak about brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). According to Hodak, BCI technology is not new, but the engineering innovation in Neuralink made it small and low-power enough for full implantation. Science Corp., co-founded by former Neuralink colleagues, has a more ambitious goal: using BCI to … Read more