Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake Summary A review of published meta-analyses, summarised by cardiologist Eric Topol, finds no convincing evidence that protein intake above about 1.6 g/kg/day provides additional benefit…
Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House? Summary Waymo robotaxis have been repeatedly parking in the same curb spots outside particular homes in Los Angeles and Arizona…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers saw wildly incorrect cost forecasts after a problematic account migration, which triggered automated budget alerts.…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has ended the de minimis duty exemption (previously raised to $800), so most international parcels will now face import…
Summary The European Union will bolster satellite defences to counter GPS jamming and improve its ability to detect interference, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said. The announcement follows an incident…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli research duo built ‘Auto Exploit’, an AI-powered pipeline that uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and code patches to generate vulnerable…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary Slashdot republishes an argument from The Register noting that AI web crawlers are dramatically increasing their share…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The federal climate communications site climate.gov — whose production team was dismissed earlier this summer — remains technically online but…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Freelancers and creative professionals are being hired to tidy up the messy output of generative AI — everything…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police Summary OpenAI quietly confirmed it scans ChatGPT conversations and routes those flagged for potential harm to a specialised human-review…
