Voice Actors Push Back As AI Threatens Dubbing Industry
Voice Actors Push Back As AI Threatens Dubbing Industry Voice actors and industry associations are raising concerns about the increasing use of AI in dubbing. They are calling for new…
Google Tool Misused To Scrub Tech CEO’s Shady Past From Search
Google’s initiative to organise the world’s information has, ironically, resulted in misuse by a San Francisco tech CEO, Maury Blackman. This article discusses how Blackman exploited a bug in Google’s…
Peacock Feathers Can Be Lasers
Peacock Feathers Can Be Lasers – Slashdot Peacocks have been discovered to possess unique structural features in their tail feathers that can amplify light, functioning as a laser. Researchers from…
Australia Widens Teen Social Media Ban To YouTube, Scraps Exemption
Summary Australia has announced that it will include YouTube in its groundbreaking ban on social media for teenagers. The government scrapped a previous exemption for YouTube, which had allowed minors…
Stack Overflow Data Reveals the Hidden Productivity Tax of ‘Almost Right’ AI Code
Summary Stack Overflow’s latest survey of over 49,000 programmers highlights a growing frustration with AI coding tools that produce seemingly correct but subtly flawed solutions. While a significant number of…
Physicists Disagree Wildly on What Quantum Mechanics Says About Reality
Summary A recent survey conducted by Nature amongst over 1,100 physicists has brought to light significant disagreements about the interpretation of quantum mechanics, even after a century of its application…
What the Coinbase Breach Says About Insider Risk
Content Summary Coinbase recently faced a severe data breach where cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities within the company, resulting in financial losses and the exposure of personal information for nearly 70,000 users.…
Australia’s attempt to join the space race lasts just 14 seconds
Summary Australia’s latest attempt to launch into space, the Eris-1 rocket from Gilmour Space, ended abruptly after just 14 seconds of flight. Despite only making a brief ascent, the launch…
Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with ‘strategic market status’
Summary Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing to impose ‘strategic market status’ on Microsoft and AWS following a 21-month investigation into the UK cloud market. The CMA found…
Google Confirms It Will Sign the EU AI Code of Practice
Google Confirms It Will Sign the EU AI Code of Practice In an unexpected move, Google has decided to sign the European Union’s AI Code of Practice, a framework it…