Philips Hue Plans To Make All Your Lights Motion Sensors
Summary Philips Hue is introducing MotionAware, a feature that uses RF Zigbee signals to let mains-powered Hue lights act as motion sensors. Most Hue bulbs made since 2014, plus light…
Mark Zuckerberg Sues Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg Sues Mark Zuckerberg Summary An Indiana bankruptcy lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg is suing Meta after his Facebook page was repeatedly disabled for “impersonating” Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO —…
Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement
Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement Summary Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has filed a federal copyright lawsuit in California against the AI image generator Midjourney. The complaint alleges…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has signed its first airline deal with JetBlue to bring Kuiper-powered satellite internet to…
Air Pollution Can Drive Devastating Forms of Dementia, Research Suggests
Air Pollution Can Drive Devastating Forms of Dementia, Research Suggests Summary New research, reported via Slashdot from The Guardian and published in Science, links long-term exposure to fine particulate air…
First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice
First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice Summary In a major multi-lab effort, neuroscientists pooled recordings from 139 mice to produce the first brain-wide map of decision-making. Using high-density…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber India has begun offering short “digital tasks” to its rideshare and delivery drivers through the…
UK Government Trial of M365 Copilot Finds No Clear Productivity Boost
UK Government Trial of M365 Copilot Finds No Clear Productivity Boost Summary The UK Department for Business and Trade ran a pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot between October and December…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary An investigation by Canada’s National Observer — picked up by Slashdot — reports that Google quietly removed its high-profile “net-zero by 2030”…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself?
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been roughly flat at about $25 billion for the past decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…