Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake Summary A recent analysis highlighted on Slashdot (linking to Eric Topol’s Substack) reviews published meta-analyses and randomised trials on protein supplementation. The headline finding: there…
Summary Residents in parts of Los Angeles and Arizona have noticed Waymo robotaxis repeatedly parking in the same exact spots outside particular homes between fares. Waymo says its fleet selects…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary A recent Microsoft account migration appears to have triggered erroneous cost forecasts in Azure, causing automated budget alerts to…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has scrapped the long-standing de minimis duty exemption that let many small international parcels (previously valued under $800) enter…
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says Summary The European Union plans to deploy additional satellites in low Earth orbit and bolster detection capabilities to strengthen…
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that agentic AI allowed the company to “rebalance” its customer…
85% of College Students Report AI Use Summary A new Inside Higher Ed survey, reported on Slashdot, finds that 85% of college students used generative AI for coursework in the…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline built by two independent Israeli security researchers — dubbed Auto Exploit — used prompts to a large…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Freelancers — graphic designers, developers and other creatives — are increasingly being hired to clean up and polish…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police Summary Futurism and Slashdot report that OpenAI quietly confirmed, in the middle of a longer blog post about mental-health…
