A Minecraft builder encoded a 5-million-parameter language model entirely via the game's redstone logic, spanning hundreds of millions of blocks. The system works (in principle) but is excruciatingly ...

The last time Microsoft and Mojang dropped a new episode of Minecraft Live was pretty much six months ago – the regular update on what’s coming to one of the most popular video games of all time has ...

Every week I write about Minecraft, and every week I come away incredulous. How players can transform the simple blocks into remarkable structures is passé at this point, as they are now diving into ...

A rendering of Mercy Housing’s development at the Fleet Block. Image via Ratio Design After years of sitting vacant and later becoming a memorial space for people killed by police, Salt Lake City’s ...

Before electronic computers became widespread, NASA’s most advanced technology wasn’t a machine. It was people. Teams of human “computers”–many of them women–performed intricate calculations using ...

One Tesla customer did not have to go to the dealer to pick up their new car, it drove itself to their home for delivery. In an impressive demonstration, Tesla last week showed off delivery of a new ...

Many clients I work with are writers. Screenwriters, television writers, journalists, novelists, people who sit at desks staring at screens all day. By the time I start working with them, they might ...

Americans are increasingly divided, and many now see a breakdown in social trust as a key factor. In North Carolina, Judy Woodruff visited a project aimed at restoring that trust, part of a broader ...