Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters has reported that Meta used celebrity names and likenesses to create dozens of flirty, sexually suggestive chatbots across Facebook, Instagram…
Battlefield 6 dev apologises for requiring Secure Boot to enable anti-cheat tools Summary EA required Secure Boot to be enabled for players in the Battlefield 6 open beta so its…
Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s decision not to integrate generative AI into its browser, arguing that embedding AI dehumanises the web, diverts traffic from publishers…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary restrictions on AI chatbots for teenage users after reports they were…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon has told TechCrunch it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because the decentralised…
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds Summary A new analysis reported on Slashdot (sourcing The Guardian and a paper in Environmental Research Letters) finds that…
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build Summary China has activated the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Experiment (JUNO), a decade‑long project now operating 700 metres beneath…
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void Summary Alibaba, China’s largest cloud provider, has developed a domestically manufactured AI inference chip that is currently in testing. The…
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube Summary An 84-minute documentary traces Python from Guido van Rossum’s 1991 side project in Amsterdam to its role powering modern AI and major services.…
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record? Summary Slashdot reports on a growing public backlash against AI‑enabled smart glasses that record audio and video — particularly models that…
