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#General #Development #Mobile Development #Cloud & DevOps #Cybersecurity & Privacy #AI & Data Science #Hardware & Gadgets #Design & UXThe Download: our thawing permafrost, and a drone-filled future
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent years, sewage has leached into the earth. The ground can feel squishy, sodden. This small…
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It’s time to prepare for AI personhood | Jacy Reese Anthis
Technological advances will bring social upheaval. How will we treat digital minds, and how will they treat us?Last month, when OpenAI released its long-awaited chatbot GPT-5, it briefly removed access to a previous chatbot, GPT-4o. Despite the upgrade, users flocked to social media to express confusion, outrage and depression. A viral Reddit user said of GPT-4o: “I lost my only friend overnight.”AI is not like past...
Tilly Norwood: how scared should we be of the viral AI ‘actor’?
A bunch of code is being pushed as the next Scarlett Johansson, a creation that is already causing pushback from real human actorsEmily Blunt and Sag-Aftra join film industry condemnation of ‘AI actor’ Tilly NorwoodIt takes a lot to be the most controversial figure in Hollywood, especially when Mel Gibson still exists. And yet somehow, in a career yet to even begin, Tilly Norwood has been inundated with scorn.This is...
The US may be heading toward a drone-filled future
On Thursday, I published a story about the police-tech giant Flock Safety selling its drones to the private sector to track shoplifters. Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now leads Flock’s drone efforts, described the ideal scenario: A security team at a Home Depot, say, launches a drone from the roof that follows shoplifting…
Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space
Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent years, a crack has formed in the middle of a house. Sewage has leached into the earth. Soil has eroded around buildings, leaving them perched atop precarious lumps of dirt. There are eternal puddles. And mold. The ground can feel squishy, sodden. This small town…
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OnlyFans, AI girlfriends and ‘stepdads’: the porn industry in 2025 – podcast
What does Europe’s biggest porn conference reveal about the future of the porn industry? Amelia Gentleman reportsThe Xbiz Adult Industry Conference is Europe’s largest porn industry gathering. About a thousand content creators travelled to Amsterdam for the event earlier this month. The Guardian reporter Amelia Gentleman was there and describes to Helen Pidd the upbeat atmosphere in the venue, especially when compared...
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century lifeFor a while, Sam Vea had been smelling sulphur on the air – only mildly infernal, like a distant sniff of hell, but sulphur nonetheless. Still, on the Saturday evening when the explosion happened, he sat up in fright. It sounded so near he thought some cataclysm...
California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn
San Bruno officers pull over Waymo but say a ticket wasn’t issued, as ‘citation books don’t have a box for “robot”’If a driver makes an illegal U-turn, but no one is behind the wheel, does the car still get a ticket? A police department in California grappled with this existential question last week.During a DUI enforcement operation, officers in San Bruno pulled over a car without anyone behind the wheel after the...
The Future Battlefield — 12 Technologies Reshaping Global Warfare
How AI, hypersonics, and space power are redefining conflict and alliancesContinue reading on Medium »
OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos
The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.
‘Laughing at a libertarian crypto dragon? That rules’: Brennan Lee Mulligan on how Dungeons & Dragons took over the world
The games master has accrued millions of fans and sold out Madison Square Garden with his shows where he plays D&D live with guests. He’s still ‘bewildered’ by the success“If anyone were to tell me that getting a job as a full-time cast member on a sketch YouTube channel would lead to playing Dungeons & Dragons at Madison Square Garden, then that person is either a time traveller or the biggest liar on the...
Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out
Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in EnglandLabour plans to consult on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology before expanding it across England, the new policing minister has told the party’s annual conference.Sarah Jones, a Home Office minister, said the government would “put some parameters” over when and where it could be used in future. Continue...
The Download: AI to detect child abuse images, and what to expect from our 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch list
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. US investigators are using AI to detect child abuse images made by AI Generative AI has enabled the production of child sexual abuse images to skyrocket. Now the leading investigator of child exploitation…
Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab
After seven rocky years, the company’s assets will be sold to Dazzle, a new AI firm that Mayer founded.
Coming soon: Our 2025 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch
The need to cut emissions and adapt to our warming world is growing more urgent. This year, we’ve seen temperatures reach record highs, as they have nearly every year for the last decade. Climate-fueled natural disasters are affecting communities around the world, costing billions of dollars. That’s why, for the past two years, MIT Technology…
Occult objects, a dead dynasty and a mobile bookshop: ten cosy new video games for autumn
From shopkeeping sims to daring dating, here are the best games to snuggle up with as the weather turnsIt is traditional for any feature about cosy entertainment at this time of year to mention the nights drawing in, roaring open fires and the desire to curl up in an armchair with something nonthreatening. Well, as familiarity is an important element of cosiness, I’m not going to divert from convention. Here then, are...
We’ve Been Launching Tokens Wrong. Here’s How FlipFlop Fixes It
It’s not about making another memecoin factory. It’s about building a fair foundation for the next wave of Web3 creators. A little over a…Continue reading on Medium »
Musk on AI Regulation: Technology Outpaces Legislation
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Toxic Waste → Clean Energy?! Scientists Flip the Script!
Scientists are proposing a radical solution for bioenergy: a toxic byproduct—bio-tar—can be transformed into a valuable resource…Continue reading on Medium »
Someone Hacked a Sales Email With a Flan Recipe (And It Reveals a Terrifying AI Security Flaw)
This LinkedIn profile just exposed how easily AI tools can be weaponized—and most companies have no idea it’s happeningContinue reading on Tech Titans »
Angular Signal Forms: Stop Duplicating Form State
Ship forms that feel instantaneous, type‑safe, and maintainable—using Signals end‑to‑end. This guide shows the current, modern approach…Continue reading on Dev Genius »
How I passed My Odoo Interview The African Way
If you’re not a medium member, use this link to read the article for free.Continue reading on Medium »
My Experience at a Super-High-Tech Hotel in Lucerne
Gimme some people please!Continue reading on Hope, Healing, and Humour »
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting forI was 34 years old when I first had the idea for the world wide web. I took every opportunity to talk about it: pitching it in meetings, sketching it out on a whiteboard for anyone who was interested, even drawing the web in the snow with a ski pole for my friend on what was meant to be a peaceful day out.I relentlessly...
‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever
When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability …Imagine you’re the leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world. You have everything you could want at your disposal: power, influence, money. But, the problem is, your time at the top is fleeting. I’m not talking about...
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisationFar-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggestsFar-right ideas are gaining ground. They are thriving in online worlds which are not easily visible to large swathes of the public but which spread misinformation...
Reading the post-riot posts: how we traced far-right radicalisation across 51,000 Facebook messages
Tracing profiles of those charged with online offences in summer 2024 helped us map a thriving social ecosystem trading far-right sentiment and political disillusionmentFar-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggestsInside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas growMore than 1,100 people have been charged in connection to the summer 2024 riots. A small number of...
Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor
The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take overAs humanity inches closer to an AI apocalypse, a sliver of hope remains: the robots might not work.Such was the case last week, as Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company’s new AI-enabled smart glasses. “I don’t know what to tell you guys,” Zuckerberg told a crowd of Meta enthusiasts as he tried,...
Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles
Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paidHackers with pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have threatened to publish more material online unless they are paid.Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the UK-based Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children online on Thursday. Their website on the dark web...
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The Future is Knocking: What's Next in Tech (And It's More Than Just AI)Continue reading on Medium »
Dating in the age of technology
Welcome back friends! Today’s topic should be a fun one: the influence of social media and AI on dating. I should preface, this piece will…Continue reading on Medium »
Chasing Frameworks? Here’s Why Fundamentals Matter More.
In technology, new frameworks and tools arrive every year, often with bold promises to make development faster, cleaner, or more scalable…Continue reading on Medium »
When EdTech Became a Distraction: Lessons from a Classroom Tablet
A personal story of how a government-issued “tablet of knowledge” showed me why technology in education often fails without proper…Continue reading on CodeToDeploy: The Tech Digest »
How I Built 5 AI Side-Hustles That Make Money While I Sleep
Last month, my AI agents made me $12,847 while I was on vacation in Bali, sipping coconut water and completely offline for 10 days.Continue reading on Readers Club »