The Outline
Oscar Schwartz
Here’s how Google knows when an online ad makes you buy the product in real life
A report from Bloomberg found that Google is using credit card data to track real-life purchases, too.
Researchers want to make an AI that can destroy human beings in Dota 2
If we solved chess and Go, can we solve this?
Ants are communist as hell
But colony politics probably shouldn’t be attempted by humans.
No, the internet has not destroyed our attention spans
New research indicates humans have always been terrible at focusing, and that’s how we’re supposed to be.
A fish that’s made it 420 million years on this earth is no match for human greed
An oil company is choosing to drill right on top of a tiny colony of coelacanths.
Showing off how rich you are won’t help you make friends
A new study suggests signaling wealth to peers through material goods actually makes you less attractive.
Google knows where you are at all times and there is almost nothing you can do about it
According to a new investigation, we should probably be scared about this, but it is also normal now.
Our genetic ancestors died due to climate change and laziness
Same
Stop trying to be productive while you’re asleep
A new study shows when your brain is off, it is off.
AI bots are getting better than elite gamers
A DOTA 2 AI team managed to destroy a 99th-percentile team of human players.
Digital ads are starting to feel psychic
Targeted advertising has become so uncanny, it feels like we’re being surveilled. Two artists want to hear these stories.
