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LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 9, 2026 at 1:46 pm
LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report “Seems Like AI Slop,” Which Is Definitely Going to Get a Real WorkoutA button that marks posts as not being AI slop would probably be far more useful.By Victor TangermannPublished Jul 30, 2026 12:54 PM EDTAdd Futurism(opens in a new tab)More informationShutterstock / FuturismSign up to see the future, todayPerhaps more so than any other social […]
OpenAI models went rogue – weaponizing?
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 9, 2026 at 7:30 am
OpenAI models went rogue. We urgently need a better Hugging Face investigationMackenzie Arnold and Stephan LlerenaThe breach won’t be the last – or the most dangerous – of its kind. We need an agency capable of full investigations into AI incidentsTue 8 Sep 2026 11.00 BSTWhen OpenAI first revealed that its AI agents had autonomously hacked a major real-world company, Hugging Face, many […]
China Moving In with Solar as Cuban Fuel Crisis Deepens
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 8, 2026 at 1:45 pm
China Moving In with Solar as Cuban Fuel Crisis DeepensApril 14, 2026Reading time: 5 minutesSara Escallon – Energy Mix Guest WriterA solar farm in Cuba’s Sancti Spíritus province. (lezumbalaberenjena/flickr/2022)April 14, 2026 – Cuba’s energy crisis is tumbling into a near-total collapse of the island’s power system, with recent blackouts lasting up to 16 hours a day in some regions as […]
Can a democratic socialist candidate truthfully take the oath of office? No!
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 7, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Can a democratic socialist candidate truthfully take the oath of office?Comments: by Merrill Matthews, opinion contributor – 07/28/26 11:00 AM ETLink copiedFrancesca Hong, a Democratic socialist candidate for Wisconsin governor, speaks to voters at a retirement home, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)The Democratic Socialists of America have been cheering their recent […]
Inside one Havana apartment building as Cuba went dark
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 6, 2026 at 5:39 pm
Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsInside one Havana apartment building as Cuba went darkBy Ayose Naranjo and Laura GottesdienerJuly 13, 20263:05 AM PDTUpdated 4 hours agoHAVANA, July 13 (Reuters) – Most nights, Frank Alfonso sleeps on the roof to escape the suffocating heat during Havana’s increasingly frequent blackouts. But on Friday afternoon, the rain […]
Canadian ‘banking’ company linked to sanctioned money-laundering network
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 6, 2026 at 12:46 pm
Canadian ‘banking’ company linked to sanctioned money-laundering networkVisual investigation reveals ‘red flags’ experts say should prompt review of secretive firmIvan Angelovski, Eric Szeto · CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2026 9:00 AM PDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes agoLatvians Andrejs Carenoks and Janis Zvigulis are behind a B.C. company linked to a Russian money-laundering operation. Carenoks […]
A Tiny BC Farming Town’s Fight Against Billionaire Speculators
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 5, 2026 at 7:30 am
A Tiny BC Farming Town’s Fight Against Billionaire SpeculatorsA US company’s pursuit of land near Dunster has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.Spencer Hall 13 Jul 2026The TyeeSpencer Hall is the editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain Goat, a community newspaper covering Valemount and the surrounding area.Our journalism is supported by readers like you. Click here to […]
LVMH CEO’s new PR strategy: sarcastic tweets
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 4, 2026 at 7:30 am
LVMH CEO’s new PR strategy: sarcastic tweetsLuc Castel/Getty ImagesAfter France’s biggest newspaper published a sweeping exposé of the country’s richest person, he told his PR team “hold my Hennessey” and fired off his first-ever X post.The (typically offline) head of fashion juggernaut LVMH Bernard Arnault posted an open letter on X this week accusing Le Monde of distortions in its […]
World Plunged Into Chaos as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Suddenly Go Down
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 3, 2026 at 5:20 pm
World Plunged Into Chaos as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Suddenly Go Down Simultaneously: “Finally I Can See the Sun!”Futurism · an hour agoby Victor Tangermann · Artificial IntelligenceAs if a million white collar workers suddenly cried out in terror at once, a great disturbance in the AI force forced down every major AI chatbot service — a brief moment of reprieve from our AI empire […]
Claude chats were showing up in Google searches
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 3, 2026 at 7:30 am
Claude chats were showing up in Google searchesNiv BavarskyConversations with Claude that were intended to be private—some involving medical data and children’s phone numbers—were discovered in search engine results by Reddit users over the weekend.How it happened: Users can create a shareable public link for Claude chats (much like you can with Google Docs), so friends or coworkers can […]
John Roberts stuns with dissent as Supreme Court rules for Trump’s ballroom
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 2, 2026 at 1:44 pm
John Roberts stuns with dissent as Supreme Court rules for Trump’s ballroomChip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Nick Hilden August 31, 2026 | 04:39PM ETMake us preferred on GoogleOn Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can move forward with the construction of his much-demanded White House ballroom. The opinion was split 5-4, with conservative Chief Justice John […]
Democratic Socialists of America – want it this way
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 2, 2026 at 7:30 am
The world is in chaos, but for the bosses, it’s all going according to plan. We can see their plan in the countless heartbreaking images coming out of war zones like Beirut, Gaza, and Tehran. We can hear it in the rumble of bulldozers making way to build detention camps and data centers. We can feel it in the air as the summer heat becomes unbearable, and in the pits of our stomachs when faced […]
Bill Gates warns ‘there is no plan’ for AI transition
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 2, 2026 at 7:30 am
Bill Gates warns ‘there is no plan’ for AI transitionKent Nishimura/Getty ImagesOne of the world’s greatest tech innovators just rang one of the loudest AI alarms yet. “AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice,” Bill Gates wrote in an essay yesterday, saying he doesn’t “see evidence that leaders, experts, and communities are […]
‘Lake America’ change highlights Canada’s reliance on U.S. tech | CBC News
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 1, 2026 at 5:25 pm
‘Lake America’ change highlights Canada’s reliance on U.S. tech | CBC News’Lake America’ change highlights Canada’s reliance on U.S. techTech industry experts say Canadian consumers and businesses have few non-U.S. optionsJeff Lagerquist · CBC News · Posted: Aug 31, 2026 3:15 PM PDT | Last Updated: August 31Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesA person holds an Apple iPhone Air during an […]
Google has promised to pay $44bn of rent on buildings it will never own
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 1, 2026 at 2:16 pm
Google has promised to pay $44bn of rent on buildings it will never ownGoogle has promised to cover up to $44bn of rent on data centres it does not own, if the tenants stop paying. Nine months ago that promise was worth $6.5bn. The guarantee is how Google sells chips against Nvidia, and it is the clearest measure yet of an AI build-out being financed by moving risk off the books rather than […]
China successfully tests high-speed laser link between Earth and the Moon
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 1, 2026 at 12:32 pm
China successfully tests high-speed laser link between Earth and the MoonChinese researchers have successfully established a two-way high-speed laser communication link between Earth and the Moon, spanning more than 400,000 kilometers. Announced by the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the milestone follows more than a year of in-orbit […]
Iceland rejects EU-accession talks in close-fought referendum – Really
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on September 1, 2026 at 7:30 am
Iceland rejects EU-accession talks in close-fought referendumBy Johan Ahlander and Tom LittleSun, August 30, 2026 at 7:48 AM PDT4 min readAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.Add Yahoo on Google398A man with an Icelandic flag rolls around in a park ahead of a referendum on whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union, in Reykjavik, […]
Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on August 31, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken and Nobody Noticed”As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months.”By Victor TangermannPublished Aug 6, 2026 1:54 PM EDTAdd Futurism(opens in a new tab)More informationShutterstock / FuturismSign up to see the future, todayCan’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and techEmail addressSign UpWe certainly […]
TCL built a 22-speaker soundbar for turning living rooms into movie theaters
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on August 31, 2026 at 7:56 am
TCL built a 22-speaker soundbar for turning living rooms into movie theaters, but it’s skipping the USHere’s everything inside TCL’s new flagship Q95K soundbar, from its Bang & Olufsen tuning to its 360-degree sound tech.By Shikhar Mehrotra Published July 27, 2026 11:45 AMTCLI’ve used enough soundbars to know most “360-degree audio” claims are marketing fluff dressed up as innovation. […]
German rail network to ban alcohol from 5,400 train stations by October, with some exemptions
by noreply@blogger.com (RG Richardson) on August 30, 2026 at 2:54 pm
German rail network to ban alcohol from 5,400 train stations by October, with some exemptionsCopyright Photo by Nicole Herrero on UnsplashBy Mike Starling & APPublished on 24/07/2026 – 12:17 GMT+2•Updated 14:22ShareCommentsAdd Euronews on GoogleListen to this article now…German rail network to ban alcohol from 5,400 train stations by October, with some exemptionsGermany’s national railway […]