400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have converged on Forest City, Malaysia, to attend Network School, an experiment founded by Balaji Srinivasan…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary Oliver McCann, a 37-year-old Brit described as an “AI music creator,” has reportedly signed…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Content summary A plaintiff has filed suit against Amazon Prime Video, alleging the service misleads customers by…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers – Slashdot Summary Over 450 developers who work on Diablo at Blizzard have voted to form a union with the…
Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake Summary A review of published meta-analyses (reported by cardiologist Eric Topol) found no reliable evidence that consuming more than 1.6 g of protein per kg…
Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House? Summary Residents in Los Angeles and Arizona have reported Waymo robotaxis repeatedly parking in the exact same street spots outside…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Microsoft Azure customers reported spurious budget alerts and wildly inflated forecast costs after a problematic account migration. Automated systems…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has ended the long-standing de minimis import exemption that allowed low‑value international parcels to enter without duties. The threshold…
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says Summary The European Union plans to strengthen satellite defences against GPS jamming by deploying additional low Earth orbit (LEO)…
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that agentic AI systems allowed the company to “rebalance” customer…
