Mice actively seek better views to make visual decisions, virtual reality experiments show

Animals don't experience the world passively. A hawk tilts its head to track prey. A person leans forward to read a sign.
Variety

Sharon Stone on Helping Marc Maron Channel His Grief Over Lynn Shelton With ‘In Memoriam’ and Why Joe Eszterhas’ ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot Is a Bad Idea

Marc Maron plays a great actor in “In Memoriam,” but the comedian and podcaster worried he didn’t have the chops to pull off a key moment in the new movie. “I had to cry, but I didn’t know if I had ...
New York Post

Florida cop pulls over disabled, one-handed woman for holding cellphone while driving — but drops charges over ‘lack of evidence’

A Florida cop pulled over what he thought was a distracted driver using her cellphone while she whizzed past him — but was floored when he learned she only had one hand. Kathleen Thomas, 36, was ...
Complex

Ludacris Revives His 2000s Visual Antics in "Pull Over" Music Video

From Redman and Method Man’s "How High" to Bob Marley's "Kaya" to Afroman's "Because I Got High," here are all the best weed songs and marijuana anthems to celebrate 4/20 right. The 15 Greatest Rap ...
Wired

An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta

Meta’s decision to track employee keystrokes and mouse data is causing an uproar within the company. “Selfishly, I don't want my screen scraped because it feels like an invasion of my privacy,” wrote ...
Reuters

Australia worried over mouse infestation's impact on food supply

May 2 (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Saturday it was worried about a plague of mice in the west and would keep ‌working with industry to curb its impact on food supply. "Obviously we're ...
WAVY-TV

Brand-new VB dispatcher assists with three different child births over the span of four months

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach dispatcher has assisted with three different emergency births within her first six months on the job. You never know what kind of call you’re going to get ...
The Verge

This touchscreen mouse is my over-engineering nightmare

The Turtle Beach Command Series MC7 has a 2.25-inch display that’s begging to be accidentally brushed against. The Turtle Beach Command Series MC7 has a 2.25-inch display that’s begging to be ...
New York Post

Meta workers outraged over internal software tracking keystrokes, mouse movements: ‘How do we opt out?’

Meta employees are fuming over a new internal tool that tracks their clicks and keystrokes — the latest flashpoint in the company’s all-in push on artificial intelligence. Staffers reacted with alarm ...
Business Insider

Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their mouse movements and keystrokes

Meta is installing new software on its US employees' computers that will track their keystrokes and mouse movements to train its AI, and it's sparking backlash within the company, according to ...
Ars Technica

Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use

Meta will begin tracking the mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes of its US employees to generate high-quality training data for future AI agents, Reuters reports. The news organization cites ...