Collaborate Disseminate
The Abric Romaní site in Spain is rather unique in archeology for one simple reason: the caves in its limestone-rich cliff have seen humanoid occupation for thousands of years. A …read more Continue reading Unique Archeological Discovery Sheds Light on Neanderthal Wooden Tool Usage
The Telegraph reports that the nutritional value of fruit and vegetables has fallen by up to 50% since the Sixties, according a new study from researchers at startup studio Deep Science Ventures.
The study “found that humans needed to consume twice … Continue reading UK Vegetables 20-50% Less Nutritious Than In the 1960s
Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies “are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event,” reports Axios, one that turns “an already wary public further against the technology and it… Continue reading AI Execs Game Out ‘Political Revolt’ after a Catastrophic AI Event
Although the asking price of $209 plus shipping seems high for the Radxa Dragon Q8B, featuring the Qualcomm SC8280XP and 8 GB of LPDDR4X, this is 2026, and amid the …read more Continue reading Poking at the Radxa Dragon Q8B Raspberry Pi 5 Killer
“Nicolas Cage is speaking out against Amazon,” reports Variety. Amazon developed the series Spider-Noir for Prime Video, but then allegedly asked Cage to sign an AI waiver:
“Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in … Continue reading Nicolas Cage Didn’t Sign Amazon’s AI Waiver For ‘Spider-Noir’. Series Cancelled.
The blog It’s FOSS reports:
You already know that Canonical has been selectively replacing Ubuntu’s C-based system components with Rust-written equivalents that don’t compromise in terms of functionality, most of the time. Now it looks like the distro… Continue reading Ubuntu 26.10 Will Offer a Rust-based GnuPG Replacement Option
Ritzau has more on the Denmark Central Person Register (CPR) breach: At least three accounts at the company linked to a major breach of Denmark’s CPR register reportedly used the password “123456”, including an administrator account. At least three use… Continue reading `123456’ password used in massive Danish CPR data breach
Valve recently began shipping its long-awaited VR headset, the Steam Frame. Now, there is a hardware reference repository that includes everything a budding modder might need, and then some. Want …read more Continue reading Valve Releases Hardware and CAD Reference For New VR Headset
AFP reports that an AI model from Anthropic “submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday.”
Claude “was instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or sub… Continue reading Claude Sent Police a Fake Murder Tip. White House Mandates AI Companies Report Security Incidents
OpenAI announced it’s recently banned two “influence operations” — one from Russia and one from Iran — that were using its models “to launder geopolitical, conflict-related messaging” in sophisticated “false front” propaganda campaigns: