AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview
AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview Summary Several large employers — including Google, Cisco and McKinsey — are bringing back in-person interview rounds after a rise…
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water
Summary The UK’s National Drought Group has recommended that members of the public consider deleting old emails, photos and other unnecessary files as one of several everyday actions to reduce…
LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find
LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find Summary Researchers (University of Arizona; preprint on arXiv) revisit chain-of-thought (CoT) style LLMs and argue that apparent reasoning gains are…
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Tops 100 Satellites
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Tops 100 Satellites Content Summary Amazon launched 24 additional Kuiper internet satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 after several weather delays, bringing the Kuiper constellation to 102…
Electrolyte Highway Breakthrough Unlocks Affordable Low-Temperature Hydrogen Fuel
Electrolyte Highway Breakthrough Unlocks Affordable Low-Temperature Hydrogen Fuel Summary Researchers at Kyushu University report a redesign of solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrolytes that lets a ceramic fuel cell reach high…
Physicists Create Quantum Radar That Could Image Buried Objects
Physicists Create Quantum Radar That Could Image Buried Objects Summary Researchers have built a prototype quantum radar that uses a cloud of cesium atoms in a glass cell — excited…
Mozilla Under Fire For Firefox AI ‘Bloat’ That Blows Up CPU and Drains Battery
Mozilla Under Fire For Firefox AI ‘Bloat’ That Blows Up CPU and Drains Battery Summary Firefox 141 introduced an on‑device AI “smart tab grouping” feature that attempts to auto‑organise open…
Musk Threatens ‘Immediate’ Legal Action Against Apple Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
Musk Threatens ‘Immediate’ Legal Action Against Apple Over Alleged Antitrust Violations Summary Elon Musk has publicly threatened “immediate legal action” against Apple, accusing the company of behaviour that prevents any…
Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome
Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome Summary AI startup Perplexity has reportedly offered $34.5 billion to buy Google’s Chrome browser as it seeks to challenge Google’s dominance in…
Australian Federal Court Rules Apple and Google Engaged in Anti-Competitive App Store Conduct
Australian Federal Court Rules Apple and Google Engaged in Anti-Competitive App Store Conduct Summary Australia’s Federal Court has found that Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct through their app…