Traps

A new study reveals that humanity is at risk of falling into 14 evolutionary dead ends, termed “evolutionary traps,” ranging from climate change to artificial intelligence. The research, focusing on the Anthropocene era, highlights the need for global cooperation and active societal transformation to avoid these traps.Misaligned AI is not the one you should worry most about (yet).For the first time, scientists have used the concept of evolutionary traps on human societies at large. They find that humankind risks getting…

Going from an SEO professional to a manager of an SEO team, you need to shift your mindset, lean into your new role, and build trust with your team.  Moving from focusing on your own output to your team’s needs can help you succeed in your new role.  Transitioning from an SEO professional to manager Moving from an individual contributor to a manager is a difficult transition on your career journey.  In the book “The Leadership Pipeline,” co-author Ram Charan highlights the career transition points from…

Ancient people living in what is today Saudi Arabia and Jordan carved to-scale plans for large animal traps, called kites, into rock. The scientists who analyzed the discoveries say the ability to transpose an aerial-view plan of this size to an actual structure points to a milestone in human intelligence and engineering.Russian Court Says Meta Is "Extremist Organization" Researchers from CNRS uncovered evidence of two aerial-view plans for ancient megastructures etched into rocks in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Developing…

Image via Warner Bros / Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is doing its best to cure Marvel of its recent string of bad luck, but it’s only helping extend the even longer curse the DCU has been under, despite the threequel’s director being the latter franchise’s new CEO. Elsewhere, Karen Gillan might’ve goofed when she inadvertently encouraged a friend to sign up for an infamous Sony movie. Last but not least, the Scarlet Witch’s run as the MCU’s biggest gun might be over as a familiar face from…

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has introduced a new bill that would give it the power slap the biggest tech companies with a fine worth billions if they don't comply with its rules. It's a multi-faceted bill that's aimed at protecting consumers and encouraging competition, and it will allow the CMA to directly enforce the law instead of having to go through the court.  If the bill passes, the agency's Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will be able to enforce a set of rules on how companies it deems to have…

SPRUCE PINE, N.C.  —  Rob Hamrick could sell sand to the desert.He has, in fact, shipped 4,000 tons of it from a tiny community tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains to an exclusive golf course in Dubai. But this is no ordinary sand.“It’s a beautiful material,” said Hamrick, co-owner of Golf Agronomics, which supplies sand to golf courses.For five decades, Augusta National Golf Club has filled its 44 bunkers with the brilliant white grains produced near the three-stoplight town of Spruce Pine, a four-hour drive to the…

Scientists in South Korea have created what they call "the world’s smallest ball game," throwing individual atoms between two optical traps. The research could eventually make for more adaptable and dynamic quantum computers.The ability to use lasers to trap and manipulate individual atoms, particles and even live bacteria was a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough. The radiation pressure of light can be strong enough to move or hold microscale objects, making for optical tweezers, traps and maybe even tractor beams.For the…

So much snow has hit Lake Arrowhead in the last several days that resident Lisa Griggs couldn’t recognize the highway outside her door when she walked to get groceries.She’s one of the lucky ones in the San Bernardino Mountain town.Five feet of snow in the last five days has blanketed the Lake Arrowhead area, according to the National Weather Service. The conditions have also trapped people in their homes and vacation rentals, and people are rationing food and other supplies as they wait for more information from local…

SANDWICH, Mass.—Rob Martin eases the throttle on his 40-foot boat, pulls on his work gloves and prepares to hoist a string of lobster traps from the seafloor below. But instead of looking for a buoy tethered to the traps on the bottom, as lobstermen typically do when checking their traps, he listens for telltale beeps from an electronic device mounted in the wheelhouse.  “I can look at my plotter and see where all my gear is,” Mr. Martin, who has fished the waters off Cape Cod for 42 years, said during a recent outing…

Americans say they will rein in spending this Black Friday, but to avoid busting their budgets, shoppers should do even more planning than usual, experts suggest.With high inflation and economic uncertainty dampening the usual holiday cheer, shoppers say they want to take a more frugal approach to gift giving, according to The Conference Board, a nonprofit research organization.  The pomp of Black Friday, along with the deluge of online deals and discounts, may derail these plans. The National Retail Federation expects…