Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Summary Apple’s Vision Pro, priced at $3,500, is finding practical use in specific business niches rather than as a general…
Where’s the Fun in AI Gambling? Summary This Uncanny Valley episode and accompanying WIRED reporting explore how AI is being folded into online gambling. Startups and some incumbents are pitching…
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley Summary The Register’s Simon Sharwood tried an AI-hosted interview from startup Job Bolt. The system uses…
No more waiting for lines: New Windows keyboard shortcuts output em and en dashes with ease Summary Windows Insider builds in the Dev and Beta channels now include keyboard shortcuts…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission has fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for anti-competitive behaviour in its adtech business. The decision,…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that the rapid advance of AI risks concentrating wealth in…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary San Francisco-based AI start-up Anthropic has announced it will block access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, a beta AI debate tool developed at Carnegie Mellon, that pairs students with opposing views…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling system that pumps water from the Seine through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings,…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Key Points • A global research effort, Expedition 501, drilled up to 1,289 feet into the…
