Collaborate Disseminate
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 Bot Flood Airways with Thousands of Programs
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
One part wants 3.3V logic. Another wants 5V. What do you do? Over on the [Playduino] YouTube channel, there’s a recent video running us through a not-so-recent concern: various approaches …read more Continue reading Taking Electronics to a Different Level
America’s solar industry “just delivered another huge quarter,” reports Electrek, “installing 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025. That makes it the third-largest quarter on record and pushes total solar additions this year past 30 GW…”
… Continue reading America Adds 11.7 GW of New Solar Capacity in Q3 – Third Largest Quarter on Record
Nonprofit Code.org released its 2025 State of AI & Computer Science Education report this week with a state-by-state analysis of school policies complaining that “0 out of 50 states require AI+CS for graduation.”
But meanwhile, at the college lev… Continue reading Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Wireshark release 4.6.2 fixes 2 vulnerabilities and 5 bugs.
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday he was moving to file a bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230 of America’s Communications Decency Act.
“The law prevents most civil suits against users or services that are based on what others say,” expla… Continue reading Repeal Section 230 and Its Platform Protections, Urges New Bipartisan US Bill
PLA (polylactic acid) has become the lowest common denominator in FDM 3D printing, offering decent performance while being not very demanding on the printer. That said, it’s often noted that …read more Continue reading Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA