Adam Rogers

@jetjocko
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Senior Tech Correspondent/Insider. Ex Wired. Science, tech, weird futures. I wrote Proof: The Science of Booze and Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern.
Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modernhttps://www.amazon.com/Full-Spectrum-Science-Color-Modern/dp/1328518906
Proof: The Science of Boozehttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E9FYSZ0/
Mehttps://adam-rogers.net
Adam RogersJul 22, 2024

How do I know Marc Andreessen is wrong for supporting Donald Trump? Because of a smart tech blogger named Marc Andreessen.

https://www.businessinsider.com/marc-andreessens-endorsement-donald-trump-tech-industry-silicon-valley-2024-7

Marc Andreessen on why Marc Andreessen is dumb to back Donald Trump

Marc Andreessen 2024 is backing Trump. Marc Andreessen 2007 thinks that's stupid.

Insider
Adam RogersJul 1, 2024
ShoqJun 25, 2024

Remember all those years when we shrieked “Don’t read the comments!”?

Well, according to Adam Rogers’ (@jetjocko) reporting, Gen-Z bases much of its news gathering and fact-finding on them. When it cares about facts at all. #BeVeryAfraid

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-most-trusted-news-source-online-comment-sections-google-2024-6

Gen Z's most trusted source for news: online comments sections

A new study reveals how Gen Zers behave in their natural habitat: the internet

Insider
Adam RogersJun 4, 2024
Some economists and regulators fear the boom in hyperscaled data centers is actually just another way for big players—Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, with 65% of that market—to maintain oligopolistic control of the AI startup ecosystem. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-google-microsoft-ai-future-data-centers-monopoly-tech-industry-2024-6
The scary secret behind the boom in data centers

How Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are monopolizing our AI future

Insider
Adam RogersAug 31, 2023
Dan HonAug 31, 2023

Most famous non-existent ports of Doom for fictional computers:

* Doom for the command-and-control central computer used by the Harvesters
* Doom for the holographic navigational computer used by the Engineers
* Doom for Ziggy
* Doom for WOPR
* Doom for Colossus

Adam RogersAug 4, 2023
Jennifer OuelletteAug 4, 2023
What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor? Rumors are flying of confirmation, but the situation is still frustratingly vague. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/whats-going-on-with-the-reports-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor/
What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor?

Rumors are flying of confirmation, but the situation is still frustratingly vague.

Ars Technica
Adam RogersJul 12, 2023
Paul MisonJul 12, 2023
I still haven't migrated from bitter to IPAs, but even so, the shutting down of Anchor in SF is frustrating- it's been going for over a century, "just to get tossed on the scrap heap by a foreign conglomerate after half a dozen years of corporate rake-stepping" https://www.fingers.email/p/anchor-deserved-better
Anchor deserved better

After just six years at the helm, Sapporo USA is scuttling America's first craft brewery

Fingers
Adam RogersJul 6, 2023

It is so weird to me that Longtermists can evince such concern about the future and have so little knowledge of the past. (This excerpt is from @nitashatiku 's great article on Longtermism on campus https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/05/ai-apocalypse-college-students/)

https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/110668367249604804

How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse

Student-led groups focused on AI Safety have popped up at Stanford University and other schools, backed by billionaires fixated on the AI apocalypse

The Washington Post
Adam RogersJul 6, 2023
I have some speculation about why Tesla engaged in the standards war over electric-vehicle chargers (which they seem to have won): It's data. Chargers collect a lot of info on battery systems, and maybe more, and now Tesla—a famous data hoarder—can see into its competitors' systems in real-world use. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ford-gm-volvo-supercharger-electric-cars-charger-network-data-2023-7
Why Elon Musk is letting Ford, GM EV owners use Tesla chargers

If you charge your EV from Ford or GM at a Tesla station, you may be handing over your car's data to Elon Musk.

Insider
Adam RogersJun 28, 2023
David HoJun 28, 2023
City planners should start planting lots of trees because we’re gonna need more shade.
Adam RogersJun 14, 2023
Christie AschwandenJun 13, 2023
Insider Union is still on strike. With 250 reporters out for 12 days, it’s the longest open-ended strike against a publication since the 1980s. https://www.insiderunion.org/strike @jetjocko
ON STRIKE — Insider Union

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