Norway’s £10B UK frigate deal could delay Royal Navy ships
Norway’s £10B UK frigate deal could delay Royal Navy ships Summary Norway has ordered at least five British-built Type 26 frigates to be constructed at BAE Systems’ Glasgow yards. The…
Alibaba Cloud reveals its uptime and efficiency secrets developed by in-house network boffins
Alibaba Cloud reveals its uptime and efficiency secrets developed by in-house network boffins Summary Chinese web giant Alibaba Cloud has published production research showing substantial reliability and cost gains from…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The federal climate information site climate.gov — which housed years of climate‑science data and public explanations — saw its production…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Graphic designer Lisa Carstens and other freelancers are being hired to tidy up the imperfect results produced by…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police
Slashdot reports (via Futurism) that OpenAI disclosed, within a blog post about mental-health risks, that it scans ChatGPT conversations and routes flagged chats to specialised pipelines for human review. Human…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered at Forest City, a largely underpopulated megaproject in Malaysia, to attend “Network School,” an…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary Oliver McCann, a 37-year-old Brit who says he has “no musical talent”, has been…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A plaintiff has filed suit against Amazon Prime Video, alleging the service misleads customers by labelling…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary Over 450 developers from Blizzard’s Diablo team have voted to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), becoming…
Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake
Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake Summary A review of published meta-analyses highlighted by cardiologist Eric Topol finds no convincing evidence that protein intake beyond about 1.6 grams per kilogram of…