Why Cars Still Don’t Have Airless Tires, Yet
Why Cars Still Don’t Have Airless Tyres, Yet Summary Twenty years after Michelin introduced the Tweel, airless tyres remain absent from passenger cars. A Jalopnik report cited on Slashdot (and…
Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info
Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info Summary A Reuters review of a 200-page internal guide called “GenAI: Content Risk Standards” found…
The Head of ChatGPT Won’t Rule Out Adding Ads
Summary OpenAI is exploring additional revenue options and has not ruled out introducing ads into ChatGPT. In an interview, ChatGPT head Nick Turley said he is ‘humble enough not to…
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’ Summary Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden criticised subscription gaming services such as Xbox Game Pass and similar models,…
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode Summary Astronomers have reported what appears to be a new kind of supernova that occurred when a black…
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve has confirmed that PayPal has been unavailable as a payment option on Steam in most countries since…
Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches
Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches Summary Apple has reintroduced blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring for certain Apple Watch models in the United States by moving the…
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Summary Google has published Gemma 3 270M, a very small open AI model intended to run locally on devices. Despite having only 270…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Slashdot item links to a Guardian piece showing a resurgence in TV and film piracy as streaming services fragment,…
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model Summary DeepSeek’s development of its next-generation R2 AI model was severely delayed after repeated training failures on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators. Sources…