Ars Frontiers is here: Come (virtually) hang out with the experts
The Frontiers livestream. Your favorite Ars writers will appear inside of this magic box starting at 1:30 pm US Eastern Daylight Time! It's Frontiers Day at Ars Technica! Between the hours of 13:30 and 17:00 (all times US Eastern Daylight, UTC-4:00), we'll be carrying our livestreamed discussion with a half-dozen expert-packed panels on topics that…
Ars Frontiers is Monday, May 22: Top minds talk AI, mRNA,...
Aurich Lawson Updated: We're almost there! Ars Frontiers is next Monday, May 22, and the show gets started at 13:30 US Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4:00). We'll be streaming via Youtube and embedding the stream in a story on the Ars homepage. See you soon! Ars Technica is pleased to announce the return of Ars Frontiers,…
Don’t miss Ars Frontiers 2023: Top minds talk AI, mRNA, and...
Aurich Lawson Ars Technica is pleased to announce the return of Ars Frontiers, our single-day event that explores tech's most vexing and fascinating issues. This year's event will be held on May 22, and everyone is invited! Attendance this year is virtual, so we'll be streaming all six sessions over the course of three and…
It’s “now or never” on climate change, but that doesn’t mean...
Making our climate solutions equitable. Click here for transcript. Human beings have made tremendous scientific and technological breakthroughs, but our continued social and cultural advancement has come at the expense of our planet's ecosystems, endangered by human-driven global climate change. Ars Science Editor John Timmer joined climatologist Michael Mann of Penn State University (moving to…
Information security gets personal: How to protect yourself and your stuff
Redefining privacy at Ars Frontiers. Click here for transcript. At the Ars Frontiers event in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of moderating two panels on two closely linked topics: digital privacy and information security. Despite significant attempts to improve things, conflicting priorities and inadequate policy have weakened both privacy and security. Some of the…
Earth’s orbital debris problem is worsening, and policy solutions are difficult
Dave Hebert, Caleb Henry, Therese Jones, and Eric Berger at Ars Frontiers 2022 on the growing problem of orbital debris. Click here for transcript. One of the greatest threats to humanity's ongoing expansion into space is the proliferation of debris in low Earth orbit. During a panel discussion at the Ars Frontiers conference earlier this…
How we learned to break down barriers to machine learning
Dr. Sephus discusses breaking down barriers to machine learning at Ars Frontiers 2022. Click here for transcript. Welcome to the week after Ars Frontiers! This article is the first in a short series of pieces that will recap each of the day's talks for the benefit of those who weren't able to travel to DC…
