“An ineffective form of renewable energy…carpet-bombing the countryside…irreversible damage.” These are loud, angry and organised campaigners against onshore wind in Wales. Dozens of new projects are set to break ground on the hills of Cymru as the government races to meet its clean energy targets. It says it is ready to take on “disruptors” to…
Social media testing is underway in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they work. Inside L.A.’s Supreme Court, a historic trial is underway. Accusations are mounting that social media companies, like tobacco and cigarettes in the 1980s, are addictive by design. He will face about 22 “bellwether” trials, i.e., test cases, with…
Anthropic, one of the largest and most influential technology companies in the world, is launching a new model: Cloud Opus 4.6. Anthropic is lauded as the creator of cloud code. By now, this will be big news to most techies, as Anthropic is lauded as the creator of cloud code, code-writing. Aye, many engineers say that…
The big news in the tech world is that AI has its own social network. It’s called Moltbuk, and things are getting pretty weird in there. Since its launch last Wednesday by (human) developer and entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, the AI-only site has seen artificial intelligence create its own religion, discuss the creation of its own…
“There were numerous instances of bullying, harassment, and expulsion from both teams and projects.” There were many things going on.” For the first time, former TikTok employee Linda Auzer is speaking out to expose an environment of bullying, harassment, and union busting at one of the world’s largest social media companies. “I was having a…
Johannesburg– Human-caused climate change has worsened the situation, as recent torrential rains and floods devastated parts of southern Africa, killing more than 100 people and displacing over 300,000, researchers said Thursday. A study by World Weather Attribution showed that the region of South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe received a year’s worth of rain in just…
A new study shows that women suffer significant loss of grey matter in the brain after menopause, which may explain why they are more likely to suffer from dementia than men. Researchers looked at 124,780 women to investigate the effects of menopause on the brain and whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can prevent cognitive decline….
