The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has ended the long-standing de minimis duty exemption that let low-value international parcels enter without tariffs. Previously raised to…
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says Summary The European Union plans to strengthen its satellite defences to counter GPS jamming, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius…
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that the company used “agentic” AI to rebalance its customer…
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain Summary On the latest episode of Uncanny Valley, host Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger run through five of the week’s top stories. The lead…
Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America
Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America Summary Latam-GPT is an open, collaborative large-language model being developed by Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) to…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline developed by two Israeli security researchers—dubbed Auto Exploit—uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patches to generate…
Do social-media bans benefit young people? These data could offer clues
Do social-media bans benefit young people? These data could offer clues Summary Australia’s Online Safety Amendment Act will bar under‑16s from accounts on major social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and…
How ageing changes our genes — huge epigenetic atlas gives clearest picture yet
How ageing changes our genes — huge epigenetic atlas gives clearest picture yet Summary A large meta-analysis of DNA methylation across 17 human tissues (more than 15,000 samples, ~900,000 sites)…
The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20%
The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20% Summary New data from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) show a sharp rise in applications to the…
Who is afraid of quantum mechanics? Books in brief
Who is afraid of quantum mechanics? Books in brief Summary Andrew Robinson offers concise reviews of five recent science books in Nature’s “Books in brief” section. The selections span cybercrime…