Aid groups use AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ to juice fundraising efforts Summary Researchers publishing in Lancet Global Health report that charities and aid organisations are using AI-generated images that reproduce the…
Nexperia drama intensifies as Dutch chipmaker denies ousted CEO’s claims of Chinese split Summary Nexperia has denied statements by its recently ousted CEO, Zhang Xuezheng, that its Chinese unit has…
Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them Summary Biomedical researchers are increasingly using novel alternative methods (NAMs) — such as…
Plug-in Hybrids Pollute Almost As Much As Petrol Cars, Report Finds Summary A new analysis by non-profit group Transport & Environment finds that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) emit far…
First Look at the Amazon’s Nuclear Facility Planned For Washington State Summary Amazon is backing the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) project in Richland, Washington,…
Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts Article Meta Article Date: Friday 17 October 2025 Article URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/17/2322217/prosper-data-breach-impacts-176-million-accounts Article Image: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/privacy_64.png Summary Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, has disclosed a…
US Hyperscalers To Consume 22% More Grid Power By End of 2025 Summary Research from 451 Research (part of S&P Global) warns that US hyperscale datacentres will draw 22% more…
Amazon’s Ring Partners With Flock, a Network of AI Cameras Used By Police Article Meta Article Date: 2025-10-17 Article URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/17/2039246/amazons-ring-partners-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-police Article Image: Summary Amazon’s Ring has announced a partnership…
NIST Releases Reference Material to Aid Gut Microbiome Research Summary NIST has published a thoroughly characterised human stool reference material (RM 8048) intended to standardise and improve reproducibility in gut…
New NIST Reference Material to Strengthen Quality Control for Biological Drugs Summary NIST has released SRM 1989: Monodisperse Irregularly Shaped Epoxy-Based Particles, a new standard reference material designed to help…
