Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women Summary New research reported on Slashdot (via CNN) challenges long-standing practice of routinely prescribing…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary A team made up largely of former climate.gov staff — led by ex-managing editor Rebecca Lindsey — is working to…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Graphic designer Lisa Carstens spends much of her time rescuing poor AI-generated logos and artwork for startups and…
Summary Slashdot highlights a Futurism report revealing that OpenAI scans ChatGPT conversations and routes those flagged for planning harm to a specialised review pipeline. Human reviewers assess the conversations and…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have arrived at Forest City, Malaysia, to attend Network School — a programme started by Balaji…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary British ‘AI music creator’ Oliver McCann — who says he has “no musical talent”…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A lawsuit filed against Amazon Prime Video argues that the service misleads customers by labelling long-term…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary More than 450 developers across multiple disciplines on Blizzard’s Diablo team have voted to form a union under the…
Summary An Israeli research duo built an automated offensive pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, that uses prompts to a large language model (Anthropic’s Claude-sonnet-4.0), CVE advisories and open-source patches to generate…
A contested skin condition triggered by medicines Summary This Nature feature follows Abigail Stein, whose eczema dramatically worsened after repeated topical corticosteroid use and withdrawal. Her symptoms — intense redness,…
