Collaborate Disseminate
Roomba manufacturer iRobot filed for bankruptcy today, reports Bloomberg.
After 35 years, iRobot reached a “restructuring support agrement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co, its main supplier and lender… Continue reading Roomba Maker ‘iRobot’ Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
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“As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead,” reports the Associated Press, “and severely restrict social media access for young people.”
The Danish gov… Continue reading Like Australia, Denmark Plans to Severely Restrict Social Media Use for Teenagers
The Wall Street Journal reports that 68% of CEOs “plan to spend even more on AI in 2026, according to an annual survey of more than 350 public-company CEOs from advisory firm Teneo.”
And yet “less than half of current AI projects had generated more i… Continue reading CEOS Plan to Spend More on AI in 2026 – Despite Spotty Returns
An anonymous reader shared this report from the BBC:
A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok’s US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app’s sale looms.
The US has repeatedly delayed the date by w… Continue reading ‘Investors in Limbo’. Will the TikTok Deal’s Deadline Be Extended Again?
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:
Popular podcast host Steven Bartlett has used an AI clone to launch a new kind of content aimed at the 13 million followers of his podcast “Diary of a CEO.” On YouTube, his clone nar… Continue reading Podcast Industry Under Siege as AI Bots Flood Airways with Thousands of Programs
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:
Popular podcast host Steven Bartlett has used an AI clone to launch a new kind of content aimed at the 13 million followers of his podcast “Diary of a CEO.” On YouTube, his clone nar… Continue reading Podcast Industry Under Siege as AI Bot Flood Airways with Thousands of Programs
If you live in a major city, you’ve probably seen a street performer with some variety of slapophone. It’s a simple musical instrument that typically uses different lengths of PVC …read more Continue reading Finally, A Pipe Slapophone With MIDI
AI “has gutted entry-level roles in the tech industry,” reports Rest of World.
One student at a high-ranking engineering college in India tells them that among his 400 classmates, “fewer than 25% have secured job offers… there’s a sense of panic on… Continue reading Entry-Level Tech Workers Confront an AI-Fueled Jobpocalypse
“Polar bears are still sadly expected to go extinct this century,” with two-thirds of the population gone by 2050,” says the lead researcher on a new study from the University of East Anglia in Britain.
But their research also suggests polar bears “a… Continue reading Polar Bears are Rewiring Their Own Genetics to Survive a Warming Climate