Summary Microsoft is reportedly running an aggressive recruitment campaign targeting Meta’s AI staff, compiling spreadsheets of Meta AI employees and flagging ‘critical AI talent’ for rapid, high-value offers. Internal documents…
Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11 Summary Microsoft has begun rolling out lightweight “companion” Microsoft 365 taskbar apps for Windows 11 to business Microsoft 365 customers. These…
Google Will Now Let You Pick Your Top Sources For Search Results Summary Google is introducing a “Preferred Sources” feature (rolling out in the United States and India) that lets…
AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview Summary Major employers including Google, Cisco and McKinsey are reinstating in-person interview rounds to counteract AI-assisted cheating and identity fraud…
You’ve got drought: UK gov suggests you save water by . . . deleting old emails Summary The UK’s National Drought Group (NDG) has urged the public to take “simple,…
Trump Calls Intel CEO a ‘Success’ After Demanding Resignation Summary Just days after publicly urging Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan to resign over past ties to China, President Trump met with…
Legal scholar Victoria Haneman argues US law should grant estates a time-limited right to delete a deceased person’s personal data to prevent unauthorised “digital resurrection” by AI. Haneman says existing…
Jellyfish Swarm Forces French Nuclear Plant To Shut Summary The Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France temporarily shut down after a large swarm of jellyfish clogged its seawater cooling…
LLMs’ ‘Simulated Reasoning’ Abilities Are a ‘Brittle Mirage,’ Researchers Find Key Points • Researchers (University of Arizona, preprint) argue chain-of-thought (CoT) LLMs simulate reasoning via structured pattern matching rather than…
Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Tops 100 Satellites Summary Amazon has launched 24 additional Kuiper internet satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 after four weather-related delays, bringing its Kuiper constellation to 102…
