Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years
Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years Summary A recent Slashdot post links to a 41-page review and several project updates showing tangible progress in wave-energy…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning?
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Blogger Andy Baio analysed a short YouTube clip of Will Smith at recent concerts and…
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy?
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy? Summary Intel amended its CHIPS Act funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce and received about $5.7bn in cash earlier…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary In late August 2025 a group of five indie bands removed their music from Spotify after news that…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts?
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts? Summary The BBC and multiple users have reported that tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts were wrongly suspended,…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon — the decentralised social network software and its nonprofit maintainers — say they cannot realistically…
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds Summary A new analysis reported by Slashdot (sourcing The Guardian) finds that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) —…
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build Summary The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in China has been switched on after more than a decade…
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void
Alibaba, China’s largest cloud provider, has developed a domestically manufactured, general-purpose AI inference chip now in testing to help replace Nvidia kit restricted by US export controls. Reportedly built by…
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube Summary The 84-minute documentary follows Python from Guido van Rossum’s 1991 side project in Amsterdam to its present role powering AI and many of…