Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake
Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake Summary A recent review of published meta-analyses (summarised by cardiologist Eric Topol) found no solid evidence that consuming more than 1.6 g of protein per…
‘Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House?’
Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House? Summary Residents in Los Angeles and Arizona have noticed Waymo robotaxis repeatedly parking in the same spots outside certain homes…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Several Microsoft Azure customers reported wildly inflated forecast costs and a flood of automated budget alerts after a problematic…
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 allowed low-value international parcels to enter tariff-free. The threshold —…
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 deploy additional satellites in low Earth orbit and step up its ability to…
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that the deployment of agentic AI has allowed Salesforce to “rebalance” its…
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 built by two independent Israeli security researchers (dubbed Auto Exploit) used prompts to a large language model,…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data?
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The article (citing The Register and industry data) argues that modern AI web crawlers are far more…
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women Summary A major new randomised trial (REBOOT) and accompanying analyses report that routine beta-blocker…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The U.S. government climate-information site climate.gov — long a public source of climate-science reporting and data — saw its production…