Humans make better content cops than AI, but cost 40x more Summary A Zefr-affiliated research team compared human reviewers with several multimodal large language models (MLLMs) on a brand-safety video…
The Backlash Against Duolingo Going ‘AI-First’ Didn’t Even Matter Summary Duolingo provoked a large social media backlash after its CEO declared the company would go ‘AI-first’ and replace some contract…
China Solves ‘Tunnel Boom’ Problem With Maglev Trains Summary Researchers working on China’s next-generation maglev — capable of about 600 km/h — have tackled the longstanding “tunnel boom” problem. When…
ThinkPad Designer David Hill Spills Secrets, Designs That Never Made It Summary David W. Hill, lead ThinkPad designer from 1995–2017, discusses prototypes and ideas that never reached production. He made…
Intel CEO Hits Out at ‘Misinformation’ After US President Calls on Him To Resign Summary Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan pushed back against what he described as “misinformation” about his…
UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Summary Privacy groups say the UK government has quietly allowed police facial recognition searches against passport and immigration photo databases…
Summary Computer scientists from Tsinghua University and Stanford (led by Ran Duan) have introduced a new algorithm for the single-source shortest-path problem that breaks a long-standing speed barrier tied to…
Google Tests AI-Powered Google Finance Summary Google is rolling out an AI-enhanced redesign of Google Finance in the United States over the coming weeks. The update introduces natural-language query handling…
Google Ending Steam for Chromebook Support in 2026 Summary Google will discontinue the Steam for Chromebook Beta on 1 January 2026 and will remove all installed games from affected devices…
How Intel’s CEO Helped Create China’s Chip Industry Summary Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan has long-standing ties to China’s semiconductor sector. His San Francisco venture firm, Walden International (founded 1987), was…
