Linux Lite relief: 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim
Linux Lite relief: 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim Summary Linux Lite 7.6 is a modest, user-friendly refresh of the New Zealand distro that largely leaves the Ubuntu…
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley Summary Startup Job Bolt offers AI avatars that run screening interviews by asking scripted questions and…
No more waiting for lines: New Windows keyboard shortcuts output em and en dashes with ease
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
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 enforcement…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will concentrate wealth among a small elite while…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on who can use its AI services, barring companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help ease heated…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris’s district cooling system, which uses Seine river water via networks of pipes and heat exchangers to cool around 800…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational, first-of-its-kind research effort (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the Atlantic…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation brought…