Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: The old Code.org curriculum page for middle and high school students has been changed to include a new Python Lab in the tech-backed nonprofit’s K-12 offerings. Elsewhere on the site, a Computer Science and AI Foundations curriculum is described that includes units on ‘Foundations of AI Programming [in Python]’ and ‘Insights from Data and AI [aka Data Science].’ A more-detailed AI Foundations Syllabus 25-26 document promises a second semester of material is coming soon: “This semester offers an innovative approach to teaching programming by integrating learning with and about artificial intelligence (AI). Using Python as the primary language, students build foundational programming skills while leveraging AI tools to enhance computational thinking and problem-solving. The curriculum also introduces students to the basics of creating AI-powered programs, exploring machine learning, and applying data science principles.”

Newly-posted videos on Code.org’s YouTube channel appear to be intended to support the new Python-based CS & AI course. “Python is extremely versatile,” explains a Walmart data scientist to open the video for Data Science: Using Python. “So, first of all, Python is one of the very few languages that can handle numbers very, very well.” A researcher at the Univ. of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) adds, “Python is the gold standard and what people expect data scientists to know […] Key to us being able to handle really big data sets is our use of Python and cluster computing.” Adding to the Python love, an IHME data analyst explains, “Python is a great choice for large databases because there’s a lot of support for Python libraries.”

Code.org is currently recruiting teachers to attend its CS and AI Foundations Professional Learning program this summer, which is being taught by Code.org’s national network of university and nonprofit regional partners (teachers who signup have a chance to win $250 in DonorsChoose credits for their classrooms). A flyer for a five-day Michigan Professional Development program to prepare teachers for a pilot of the Code.org CS & A course touts the new curriculum as “an alternative to the AP [Computer Science] pathway” (teachers are offered scholarships covering registration, lodging, meals, and workshop materials).

Interestingly, Code.org’s embrace of Python and Data Science comes as the nonprofit changes its mission to ‘make CS and AI a core part of K-12 education’ and launches a new national campaign with tech leaders to make CS and AI a graduation requirement. Prior to AI changing the education conversation, Code.org in 2021 boasted that it had lined up a consortium of tech giants, politicians, and educators to push its new $15 million Amazon-bankrolled Java AP CS A curriculum into K-12 classrooms. Just three years later, however, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was boasting to investors that Amazon had turned to AI to automatically do Java coding that he claimed would have otherwise taken human coders 4,500 developer-years to complete.

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On Tuesday, IBM released its plans for building a system that should push quantum computing into entirely new territory: a system that can both perform useful calculations while catching and fixing errors and be utterly impossible to model using classical computing methods. The hardware, which will be called Starling, is expected to be able to perform 100 million operations without error on a collection of 200 logical qubits. And the company expects to have it available for use in 2029.

Perhaps just as significant, IBM is also committing to a detailed description of the intermediate steps to Starling. These include a number of processors that will be configured to host a collection of error-corrected qubits, essentially forming a functional compute unit. This marks a major transition for the company, as it involves moving away from talking about collections of individual hardware qubits and focusing instead on units of functional computational hardware. If all goes well, it should be possible to build Starling by chaining a sufficient number of these compute units together.

“We’re updating [our roadmap] now with a series of deliverables that are very precise,” IBM VP Jay Gambetta told Ars, “because we feel that we’ve now answered basically all the science questions associated with error correction and it’s becoming more of a path towards an engineering problem.”

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Apple is bundling its News+ subscriptions with a new game that users will be able to access when they get iOS 26. MacRumors has reported that Apple is calling it the “Emoji Game,” because, well, it’s all about using emoji to fill blanked-out letters in incomplete words and phrases. For the word “Disappear,” for instance, you can use the “pear” emoji to complete it if the puzzle only shows its first five letters. For the phrase “rubbing elbows,” you can use the “pink bows” emoji if the blank spaces correspond to “bows.” The same emoji could have several meanings, as well: “Pear” can also be used to correspond to “fruit” in the word “fruitful,” as an example.

It’s a neat little game that people can play to pass the time, but it can only be accessed by those paying $13 a month for Apple News+. The subscription will give you access to magazines and newspapers, audio stories and regional publications, along with daily puzzles like the Emoji Game. It’s pretty pricey, though like Apple’s other services, users can share their subscription with up to six family members. 

At the moment, only developers who already have iOS 26 beta will be able to play the Emoji Game. Apple’s new mobile OS, which the company announced at WWDC, will be released to the public this fall. It will be compatible with all iPhones announced in 2019 or later, which means iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max owners won’t be able to install it anymore. In addition to adopting a new naming convention that’s based on the year it’s released, the upcoming version of iOS has undergone a major visual overhaul, with translucent user interfaces inspired by the look of visionOS. 

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In June of 2025, Marc Maron announced he’ll be ending his beloved interview podcast WTF With Marc Maron after 16 years and 1,600 episodes. The show became a staple for Maron’s ability to get notable figures from then-sitting President Barack Obama to the late Robin Williams to open up and share intimate details of their lives, and will be much missed.

While there is only one WTF, long-time listeners needn’t be at a total loss for intimate celebrity chats Here are 12 suggestions for other podcasts that can help fill the void.

The Blindboy Podcast

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If you’re craving interviews that feel like they’re happening in the dark, dozy corner of a pub at 2 a.m., The Blindboy Podcast delivers. He disarms guests with his surreal humor and gentle curiosity, then leads them into raw, vulnerable conversations that unfold like therapy sessions. It’s weird, it’s wise, it’s deeply human. Not all episodes are interviews, but all episodes do have moments that feel academic, philosophical, and full of heart. Blindboy gets to the hearts of his guests in a way that nobody else can—and it’s clear he’s only interviewing people he really wants to talk to.

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

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Queuing up an episode of Kelly Corrigan Wonders is like dialing up your smartest, funniest, most probing friend. In each episode, Kelly blends curiosity, vulnerability, and that rare honesty that makes you feel like you’re eavesdropping. It’s part therapy, part storytelling, and all heart. Kelly has a gift for asking questions that go beyond the surface—interviews often feel more like soul-level check-ins than media soundbites. Kelly doesn’t shy away from hard topics (loss, abortion, aging parents) but is still able to make you feel seen, soothed, and just a bit better about being human.

Death, Sex & Money

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Anna Sale started Death, Sex & Money in 2017 after realizing other interview shows often avoided the hardest yet most interesting questions about human nature. So she started a show about just that—episodes go to places no other show will go when it comes to death (Anna talks to a man whose father has voluntarily stopped eating and drinking, ending his life), sex (why a woman left her polyamorous marriage), and money (this writer’s favorite episode, an interview with someone who steals). Anna is gentle and direct, encouraging her guests to talk openly about the stuff we were told not to bring up at the dinner table. 

How to Fail

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Asking someone what has gone wrong in their life is maybe the fastest (and most uncomfortable) path to intimacy. On every episode of How To Fail, journalist Elizabeth Day asks her guest to take us through three failures they’ve experienced, reframing them as events that helped them be better people or live better lives (eventually, at least). Elizabeth creates a magical chemistry with all of her guests, including the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mo Gawdat, and Brene Brown. The focus isn’t hacks or tips, but unpacking the mistakes and regrets that these people have been able to overcome, and how. 

I Feel That Way Too

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Award-winning author Michelle MiJung Kim’s mission is to make people feel seen—her podcast I Feel That Way Too is all about the big, messy questions we usually don’t ask aloud, like, “Why are so many Asian women with white men?” and “Am I really supposed to sleep with one person forever?” Think We Can Do Hard Things or Death, Sex & Money, but through the lens of a queer Korean American woman who leads with radical vulnerability.

Good Hang With Amy Poehler

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Good Hang is silly and fun and gets into fewer deep moments than WTF, but Amy Poehler’s candidness and honesty with her guests makes this podcast feel especially intimate and quite unlike most other celebrity interview podcasts. It feels like the late-night heart-to-heart you didn’t know you needed. There are sneakily vulnerable moments—you show up for the laughs and stay for the unexpected emotional truths. If you’re into podcasts that feel like a friend gently (or not-so-gently) pulling back the curtain, this one’s for you.

Blocks

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If you’re craving interviews that go beyond the usual celeb promo chatter, Neal Brennan’s Blocks is a must-listen. It’s not just funny—it’s uncomfortably honest. Brennan asks guests to share the emotional “blocks” that mess with their lives (think: shame, ego, addiction), and what unfolds feels more like therapy than a talk show.

Therapy for Black Girls

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On Therapy for Black Girls, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, covers mental health, personal development, and exploring the small changes we can make to become the best possible version of ourselves, with the experience of women of color at the forefront. Whether the topic is work, friendship, money, or understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder, Dr. Joy is there to explain these experiences through a Black lens.

Where Should We Begin?

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On Where Should We Begin?, renowned psychotherapist Esther Perel lets you be a fly on the wall inside her office to eavesdrop on a real couple’s counseling session. You’ll hear everything about their relationship—every raw and intimate detail. Esther’s advice is both philosophical and reflective, dynamic and engaging, and direct but gentle. She’s solution-oriented, focused on helping these couples, who come to her for help with infidelity, desire, and divorce.

On Being

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If you’re craving interviews that feel like a warm cup of tea to calm your existential dread, On Being is your go-to. Krista Tippett doesn’t just ask questions—she invites people to bring their entire souls to conversations filled with un-google-able questions about faith, grief, joy, and the meaning of life.

Talk Easy

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On Talk Easy, Sam Fragoso has thoughtful, long-form conversations that don’t feel like interviews, but deep dives into the minds of his guests artists, activists, and politicians. (Sam goes from sitting with the first Gen Z Congressman to discuss his fight for gun reform to getting a tea with Amelia Dimoldenberg of Chicken Shop Date.) Each conversation has a narrative arc. Sam is curious and empathetic, he does his research, and he’s interested in not just simple answers, but the full story.

From Now On

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From Now On is hosted by Lisa Phillips, a former model and current talent scout who has navigated the complexities of the entertainment industry. Lisa is also, importantly, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein. This podcast dives headfirst into stories of abuse and recovery. An empathetic survivor herself, Lisa is the perfect host. Although it doesn’t look like a true crime or investigative podcast on the surface, it has had a real-world impact: Because of it, several women who have been assaulted by the same man in the same way have come forward, and credited the show for giving them the courage.

There’s a psychology to selling a house. From pricing strategies designed to inspire bidding wars to careful staging that helps you see yourself already living there, real estate agents know that selling a house is as much about selling a lifestyle as a piece of property.

That process starts long before you actually show up to look at a house—way back when the real estate agent writes up the property listing. We all know that listing descriptions are marketing copy, but even if you read them with a skeptical eye, you might not spot some of the misleading words and phrases peppered in there because they seem so innocuous. Most of these hidden red flags aren’t exactly lies—they’re just efforts to obscure the truth with softer vocabulary. Here’s what to look for.

The red flags

Real estate pros use language artfully. The “red flag” words don’t always jump out at you, but you can look for any phrases that seem out of place or overly poetic. Here are some of the most common terms real estate professionals use to make a bad listing look worth your time.

• Cozy. Probably the most over-used word in real estate listings, “cozy” is weaponized to conjure up images of comfort and familiarity. But any real estate pro will tell you that “cozy” really means just one thing: small. Sometimes the placement of the word can give you some hints—for example, if it’s a “cozy garden,” the house itself might be spacious enough.

• TLC/Handyman’s special. These terms both evoke easy, low-effort transformations—a lick of paint, maybe some new carpeting. But in real estate listings, they usually mean you’re buying a project—and probably an expensive one. No one’s going to list a house saying “needs $200,000 in renovations,” after all.

• Convenient location. Look for what it’s supposedly conveniently located near. Easy access to main roads could mean there’s an on-ramp right nearby. Local bars and restaurants? In that case, “convenient” translates to “noisy.” What you’re really looking for is “walking distance.” Things are only convenient when they don’t adversely affect your life when you’re not using them.

• Unique. This word implies that you’re getting something special, unlike all the cookie-cutter condos that otherwise litter the market. And maybe you are, but it’s often used to describe homes that are difficult to sell due to design elements that most people don’t like. Barbara Corcoran told CNBC that “unique” was “the worst word in all real estate copy,” which means “nobody wants it.”

• Quiet. This might seem perfectly reasonable—people do often want peace and quiet in their homes. But seeing this word in a listing should prompt some questions about why the agent felt the need to underscore that aspect of the property. Often this is included because the property is in a noisy area, so stressing that it has good windows and you can’t hear all that traffic or crowd noise when you’re trying to sleep can head off concerns. If “quiet” is also one of the first things mentioned, that might imply that it’s the sole selling point of the place.

• Charming. This classic is almost not even a code word anymore—most people understand that it usually means “old.” In the absence of the words “renovated” or at least “updated” (see below), this probably means it’s a time capsule that will require some work.

• Vibrant. This word paints a picture of a cool, hip neighborhood filled with people from all over. What it usually means, though, is “loud.”

• Original condition. Context matters here. If specific architectural or design elements are in original condition, that could be a wonderful detail. If the whole place is in original condition, that could just mean that literally everything from the wallpaper to the plumbing is 75 years old and in desperate need of replacement.

• Green belt. This one is tricky, as it’s factual, but crucial information is often omitted when it appears in a listing. A green belt is desirable because it’s a patch of nature that can’t be developed, so if the lot backs up to a green belt, you’ll potentially have a gorgeous, unspoiled view and possibly access to some wilderness without the threat of someone developing the land into an eyesore. But greenbelts aren’t always nature preserves—they often obscure power lines or other infrastructure, so finding out the purpose of the green belt is essential.

• Updated. This word works hard to make a run-down place feel fresher. If a house is renovated, the listing will say renovated, and probably go into detail about the quality of the work and materials. “Updated,” on the other hand, usually means that some things have been replaced—new carpeting, new appliances, one of the three bathrooms. But these updates often come at different times, usually have no coordinating design, and can leave a house feeling patch-worked and not cohesive.

• Generous (size). There aren’t any standards when it comes to describing the size of things in a house, and the word “generous” is so open to interpretation as to be useless. It feels big, though—if you get a “generous” portion of something, it’s big, right?—so it’s often deployed when the rooms or other aspects of the property are actually average size to embiggen the place and make it seem grander.

• Motivated. This word hooks into our greed and desire for a deal: If the buyer’s motivated, you can lowball on the offer and demand concessions! But it’s worth asking yourself (or, better, the listing agent) why they’re motivated. Has the house been on the market for months, but they can’t sell it because of defects (that you will have to fix)?

• Well-maintained. This innocuous phrase sounds great—no one wants a house that isn’t well-maintained. Except that well-maintained is kind of the baseline for a property. Stressing this usually means that the house hasn’t been renovated, remodeled, or significantly improved in a long time. Sure, everything works, but you’re probably going to spend money in the near future to bring it out of the last century.

Spotting one or more of these hidden red flags in a property listing doesn’t necessarily mean the place isn’t worth looking at—but it does mean you should be prepared to dig into the reality behind the marketing copy.

WWDC 2025 felt like a course-correction. Last year’s tech event season left me cold — all the AI-powered tools supposedly for consumers that Microsoft, Google and finally Apple were peddling felt like a lot of hype without much real benefit. And that was before Apple fumbled the development of its more advanced Siri, showing off pre-recorded demos that weren’t close to ready. Google I/O last month was more of the same, with seemingly infinite versions of Gemini and not a lot of things I felt like I would use day-to-day. And if you go back to 2023, the highlight of WWDC was the Vision Pro — most definitely not a product for most people.

But yesterday, Apple offered up a number of features that’ll actually likely be noticed and used by more people, whether we’re talking about the redesigned iPad multitasking system or a ton of new customization options for the iPhone. And when Apple Intelligence was mentioned, it felt less like fixes to problems no one has and more like smart tools that could actually make your life easier.

Live Translation is probably the best example of that. Apple Intelligence will be able to do things like automatically translate your messages, show live-translated captions in FaceTime calls and provide spoken translations on telephone calls. For anyone dealing with multi-lingual conversations, this could be extremely useful, something you couldn’t always say about many of the Apple Intelligence features from 2024.

Visual Intelligence is another Apple Intelligence standout. It’s quite similar to Google Lens, in that you pointed your phone’s camera at something and it would recognize what it was looking at and give you information about what was on your screen. This year, Apple’s building that right into the screenshot tool and using the information it recognizes in a variety of intriguing ways. (It’s worth mentioning that Google has offered features like these for a while now, though.) For example, you could screenshot an image of an event poster and Visual Intelligence can create a calendar event with its details. You can also take a screenshot of something and then ask ChatGPT about it. The example Apple gave was a screenshot of a picture of a mandolin; the user then asked ChatGPT to give some examples of rock songs that use the instrument.

And even the more frivolous Apple Intelligence features at least sounded more fun this year. The first real use of Apple Intelligence on the Apple Watch is Workout Buddy, a coach that can inspire you throughout a workout. Instead of just letting you know you’re halfway through a run, the Workout Buddy can see your whole workout history and offer more detailed insights — like giving you kudos on finishing your fastest 10K, for example. That said, none of this runs on the Apple Watch itself. You’ll need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence “nearby” to use it.

Beyond Apple Intelligence are a variety of features that I hope will meaningfully improve using Apple’s hardware. The new Liquid Glass design across all of the company’s products looks nice, but I’m more excited about the work that Apple is doing to minimize spam on the iPhone. Being able to screen for messages from unknown contacts should go a long way towards making the Messages app better — text spam is out of control (I got two spam messages while Apple was talking about spam messages), and anything to crack down on that now before it becomes as bad as phone spam is crucial. Apple is also adding some call screening features similar to something Android has had for more than five years now.

For me, though, the iPad updates Apple announced yesterday are probably the most exciting things I’ve seen. I’ve long been interested in trying to use one as my main device and I’ve gotten to the point where I can do almost anything I need or want to do on Apple’s tablet. But I also can’t deny that the software has almost always felt a step behind the power and cutting-edge technology the company puts in the iPad Pro lineup.

Apple answered that with what it called its biggest update to iPad multitasking ever, something that actually doesn’t feel like hyperbole. Apps still open in full screen, but you can resize them and layer them in whatever fashion you like. Stage Manager attempted this, but the new layout seems even more flexible than that. And, perhaps more importantly, it should remember sizing and arrangement better than before. There’s also a menu bar for easier access to power features, and the Files app lets you drop any folder you want in your dock for quick access. I’m not naive enough to think this will satisfy everyone who finds iPadOS to be lacking in some way, but it does feel like Apple has listened to a lot of the complaints power users have had with the iPad over the years.

Despite the theme of unification — in the platform names, with the new UI design and shared features, the event did feel a little like a rapid-fire feature drop that wasn’t always fully connected. Given that Apple broadly covered six platforms as well as Apple Intelligence in 90 minutes, it’s not surprising that things felt quick and also a bit scattered. But amidst the slightly chaotic bursts of news, there were plenty of things that caught my attention, and I’m sure there will be more as I dig further into what Apple is planning (there are always features that aren’t touched on in the keynote, after all). It feels like a bit of a throwback, and it made me enjoy this WWDC a good bit more than the last.

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Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2025) kicked off yesterday, with the usual glossy keynote from the iPhone maker. As ever, the company outlined the changes it’s made to its operating systems, all now named by year rather than version number. The biggest news is a visual overhaul of all the OSes, dubbed Liquid Glass, to bring them more in line with each other, and sharing features across the platforms. For instance, it’s redesigned the iPhone’s phone app, but it’ll also be available on macOS Tahoe as well. Plus, some updates to Apple Intelligence, which include the useful (live translation of text and speech) and the less useful (using Image Playground to make backgrounds for your group chats).

The focus here, on smaller tweaks and features with more practical utility, is welcome after last year’s show. After all, the company made some bold claims about what it was bringing to Siri, which it simply couldn’t deliver in the time allowed. Apple does its best work when it’s giving its users features that make their lives easier, not when it’s trying to shout down its Silicon Valley rivals in AI.

— Dan Cooper

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Nintendo Switch 2: Early review thoughts from our first days with the gaming system

It’s a review in progress.

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The first Switch 2 units are still making their way to customers around the world, so there are lots of people who still don’t know what they’re about to get. That’s why the team has been working on this early thoughts story, where they’re finding out in real time all the joys and quirks the new hardware has to offer. Our full and comprehensive review is coming, but if you’re eager to get the details early, this is worth keeping an eye on.

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Warner Bros. Discovery will split into two media giants

You already know the dividing lines.

There’s nothing Warner Bros. likes more than a high-profile merger, followed swiftly by an equally high-profile de-merger. Not long after its ill-advised coupling with Discovery, WBD is cleaving itself in twain, and it’s not hiding where it sees the future of its business. One company, Streaming and Studios, will hold on to Warner Bros, New Line, DC Studios, HBO and HBO Max. The other, Global Networks, includes the entity’s cable channels and brands, like CNN, HGTV Cartoon Network and Discovery. Perhaps a better name for that second outfit would be The Stuff We’d Otherwise Lose Money On When People Ditch Cable Plus A Lot Of The Merger Debt, So Let’s Cast It Into The Sea To Sink Now… Inc.

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Nintendo delays The Legend of Zelda movie

But only by six weeks.

Nintendo is saying “Well, excuuuuuse me” to the 2027 cinema release schedule, punting The Legend of Zelda back to May 7. Shigeru Miyamoto said the delay was to ensure the film was as “good as it can be,” even if the phrase live-action Zelda movie chills the blood by default. Mercifully, director Wes Ball has said he’s aiming to make a movie in the spirit of a live action Miyazaki, which is the best anyone can hope for.

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YouTube now allows more harmful misinformation on its platform

Oh, goody.

The New York Times reports YouTube has relaxed rules around moderating problematic content, like misinformation. It saw internal training documents telling moderators to leave up clips even if up to half of its runtime includes material that violates the platform’s policies. In a statement to Engadget, YouTube said the exceptions were broadened to preserve content that serves the public interest.

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In 1965, Ted Nelson submitted a paper to the Association for Computing Machinery. He wrote: “Let me introduce the word ‘hypertext’ to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper.” The paper was part of a grand vision he called Xanadu, after the poem by Samuel Coleridge.

A decade later, in his book “Dream Machines/Computer Lib,” he described Xanadu thusly: “To give you a screen in your home from which you can see into the world’s hypertext libraries.” He admitted that the world didn’t have any hypertext libraries yet, but that wasn’t the point. One day, maybe soon, it would. And he was going to dedicate his life to making it happen.

As the Internet grew, it became more and more difficult to find things on it. There were lots of cool documents like the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Internet, but to read them, you first had to know where they were.

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Meta is preparing to unveil a new AI research lab dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence,” a hypothetical A.I. system that exceeds the powers of the human brain, as the tech giant jockeys to stay competitive in the technology race, New York Times reported Tuesday, citing four people with the knowledge of the company’s plans. From the report: Meta has tapped Alexandr Wang, 28, the founder and chief executive of the A.I. start-up Scale AI, to join the new lab, the people said, and has been in talks to invest billions of dollars in his company as part of a deal that would also bring other Scale employees to the company.

Meta has offered seven- to nine-figure compensation packages to dozens of researchers from leading A.I. companies such as OpenAI and Google, with some agreeing to join, according to the people. The new lab is part of a larger reorganization of Meta’s A.I. efforts, the people said. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has recently grappled with internal management struggles over the technology, as well as employee churn and several product releases that fell flat, two of the people said.

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