Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader shares a report: Weeks after the U.S. Congress rejected unprecedented cuts to science budgets that the administration of US President Donald Trump had sought for 2026, funding to several agencies that award research grants is still … Continue reading White House Stalls Release of Approved US Science Budgets
An anonymous reader shares a column: I’m going to take the diplomatic hat off here and say with brutal honesty: basically everybody in the music business hates Spotify except for the people who work there. It’s a platform that sucks artists for everyth… Continue reading ‘The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete’
The $200 billion video game industry is caught between studios eager to cut ballooning development costs through AI and a player base that has grown openly hostile to the technology after a string of visible blunders.
As Bloomberg news, Arc Raiders, … Continue reading AI Mistakes Are Infuriating Gamers as Developers Seek Savings
An anonymous reader shares a report: Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12.9% year-on-year (YoY) in 2026 to 1.1 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This decl… Continue reading Smartphone Market To Decline 13% in 2026, Marking the Largest Drop Ever Due To the Memory Shortage Crisis
Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that it is trying to do too much too soon. From a report: The abrupt shif… Continue reading Nasa Announces Artemis III Mission No Longer Aims To Send Humans To Moon
A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to a new report… Continue reading A Chinese Official’s Use of ChatGPT Accidentally Revealed a Global Intimidation Operation
An anonymous reader shares a report: While some see AI as a tool to be used, its specific use and how it is deployed responsibly is being heavily debated online across a wide range of industries. In terms of journalistic content, and in this particular… Continue reading Metacritic Will Kick Out Media Attempting To Submit AI Generated Reviews
An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic and the Pentagon: no AI for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons… Continue reading Sam Altman Says OpenAI Shares Anthropic’s Red Lines in Pentagon Fight
Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed a revised bid by Paramount Skydance to be a superior offer. From a report: Earlier this week, Paramount raised its bi… Continue reading Netflix Ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery After Paramount’s Offer is Deemed Superior
theodp writes: On Tuesday, Microsoft GM of Education and Workforce Policy (and former Code.org Chief Academic Officer) Pat Yongpradit posted an obituary of sorts for coders. “Computer programmers and software developers are codified differently in the … Continue reading Microsoft: Computer Programming Is Dying, Long Live AI Literacy