Nick Smith Archive
VAS MADNESS: This is the time of year when doctors see a big increase in the number of vasectomies — typically in the days leading up to the NCAA Tournament. Bram Weinstein, Marina Marraco, Guy Lambert & I discuss! What would you do to secure some uninterrupted couch time during March Madness? In recent years,
Two boxes of authentic #FyreFestival merchandise, including t-shirts and shorts, will be auctioned off to help pay back some of the $26M organizer Billy McFarland owes! It’s a Fyre sale. As Billy McFarland sits in prison, some of the money he owes to victims of his scam will be paid back through a sale of
The last surviving woolly mammoth died out some 3,600 years ago after the species began its certain decline at the end of the last Ice Age, more than 11,000 years ago. However, scientists today are well in the game to restore this huge prehistoric mammal back among the living. A team of Japanese scientists, led
It’s watching, and knows a crime is about to take place before it happens. Vaak, a Japanese startup, has developed artificial intelligence software that hunts for potential shoplifters, using footage from security cameras for fidgeting, restlessness and other potentially suspicious body language. While AI is usually envisioned as a smart personal assistant or self-driving car,
Cedars-Sinai is making some of its hospital rooms a little more like home for patients with the help of Amazon Alexa. The Los Angeles hospital on Monday said it’s piloting a system called Avia, which it calls “the world’s first patient-centered voice assistant platform for hospitals.” As part of the pilot, Cedars-Sinai has equipped more
