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  15. <title>Daily News Stuff 17 October 2025</title>
  16. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  17. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_17_october_2025</link>
  18. <category>Geek</category>
  19. <description>Blinkenlichts Edition Top Story Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok showed what they thought of Australia's scumbag totalitarian lunatics - I mean, government - by not bothering to show up before a senate inquiry into how the companies were planning to implement they government's latest idiotic law banning children under 16 from accessing their sites. (The Nightly) If I had been representing any of these companies I would have simply said: We're not. It's your law. You enforce it. Tech News Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11. (Tom's Hardware) I'm with Gigi. Why we're leaving serverless. (Unkey) There is no...</description>
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  21.    <value>Blinkenlichts Edition
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  24. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  25. &lt;div&gt;
  26. &lt;ul&gt;
  27. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://thenightly.com.au/politics/senate-committee-threatens-to-subpoena-tiktok-meta-snapchat-for-snubbing-hearings-c-20330561]Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok showed what they thought of Australia's scumbag totalitarian lunatics - I mean, government - by not bothering to show up before a senate inquiry into how the companies were planning to implement they government's latest idiotic law banning children under 16 from accessing their sites.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Nightly)&lt;br /&gt;
  28. &lt;br /&gt;
  29. If I had been representing any of these companies I would have simply said: We're not.&amp;nbsp; It's your law.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;You &lt;/span&gt;enforce it.&lt;/li&gt;
  30. &lt;/ul&gt;
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  32. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  33. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  34. &lt;div&gt;
  35. &lt;ul&gt;
  36. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-wants-you-to-talk-to-windows-11-pcs-again-copilot-gets-conversational-input-to-complement-your-mouse-and-keyboard]Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  37. &lt;br /&gt;
  38. I'm with Gigi.&lt;br /&gt;
  39. &lt;br /&gt;
  40. &lt;br /&gt;
  41. &lt;/li&gt;
  42. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.unkey.com/blog/serverless-exit]Why we're leaving serverless.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Unkey)&lt;br /&gt;
  43. &lt;br /&gt;
  44. There is no &quot;serverless&quot;.&amp;nbsp; You're running on someone else's servers, except they're broken, so you have to run your own servers as well to fill the gaps, and the whole thing ends up far more complicated and expensive - not to mention slower - than just running your own servers in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;
  45. &lt;br /&gt;
  46. Renting a virtual machine rather than a physical one is a viable option in many cases.&amp;nbsp; Serverless... Not so much.&lt;br /&gt;
  47. &lt;br /&gt;
  48. &lt;br /&gt;
  49. &lt;/li&gt;
  50. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://wccftech.com/asus-introduces-proart-pa32kcx-worlds-first-8k-hdr-mini-led-monitor/]If Asus' ProArt 5k and 6k monitors didn't do it for you, the company now offers an 8k model.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (WCCFTech)&lt;br /&gt;
  51. &lt;br /&gt;
  52. Price not announced, but given the prices of the 5k and 6k models ($849 and $1399 respectively), expect it to cost $3000 or so.&lt;br /&gt;
  53. &lt;br /&gt;
  54. &lt;br /&gt;
  55. &lt;/li&gt;
  56. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/777087/trans-internet-privacy-safety-anonymity-ai]The future of being trans on the internet.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&lt;br /&gt;
  57. &lt;br /&gt;
  58. Before you click, imagine the most annoying article possible on this subject.&lt;br /&gt;
  59. &lt;br /&gt;
  60. It's worse than that.&lt;br /&gt;
  61. &lt;br /&gt;
  62. &lt;br /&gt;
  63. &lt;/li&gt;
  64. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a-new-wave-of-social-media-apps-provide-hope-in-a-doomscrolling-world/]A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tech Crunch)&lt;br /&gt;
  65. &lt;br /&gt;
  66. No they don't.&amp;nbsp; Reddit has left the market open for smaller competitors, but I still don't see anyone taking its place.[quote]She offers examples like&amp;nbsp;&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://beliapp.com/&quot;&gt;Beli&lt;/a&gt;, an app that lets users share their favorite restaurants with friends, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://techcrunch.com/tag/fizz/&quot;&gt;Fizz&lt;/a&gt;, which connects people going to the same college.  Others include the  astrology-bonding app&amp;nbsp;&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://www.costarastrology.com/&quot;&gt;Co-Star&lt;/a&gt;, or even&amp;nbsp;&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://partiful.com/&quot;&gt;Partiful&lt;/a&gt;, which lets people connect with friends to plan events.[/quote]They'll all be dead inside twelve months, except Co-Star, which will get hit by a comet next Tuesday.[quote]Terrell said Spill shifted its design from simply feeding users content to matching them with communities that might be of interest to them.
  67. &lt;p&gt;For example, those who like watching the WNBA can join a group specifically for that.[/quote]Did I say twelve months?&amp;nbsp; I meant twelve weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  68. &lt;/ul&gt;
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  73. &lt;h2&gt;Teasical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
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  77. &lt;div&gt;And then there were six...&amp;nbsp; More.&lt;br /&gt;
  78. &lt;br /&gt;
  79. Phase Saga arrives in a week.&amp;nbsp; Some people seem to have a good idea of who some of the members are, but I didn't see anyone predicting a generation of six new talents.&lt;br /&gt;
  80. &lt;br /&gt;
  81. The only one I'm sure of is the banana cat.&amp;nbsp; They weren't even subtle about it.&lt;br /&gt;
  82. &lt;br /&gt;
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  86. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
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  94. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Back by popular demand!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  </value>
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  96. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_17_october_2025</guid>
  97. <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  101. <title>Daily News Stuff 16 October 2025</title>
  102. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  103. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_16_october_2025</link>
  104. <category>Geek</category>
  105. <description>An Apple A Day Edition Top Story Apple has announced its new M5 chip - it's one more than the M4 - and new models of the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro. (Tech Crunch) Vision Pro? Really? They're still trying to push their $3500 paperweight? Anyway, the M5 has 10 CPU cores - four fast cores and six slower ones - and 10 GPU cores, compared with the M4, which has 10 CPU cores - four fast cores and six slower ones - and 10 GPU cores. Uh. It's supposed to be about 15% faster. So that's exciting....</description>
  106. <content>
  107.    <value>An Apple A Day Edition
  108. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  109. &lt;/div&gt;
  110. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  111. &lt;div&gt;
  112. &lt;ul&gt;
  113. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/apple-upgrades-ipad-pro-macbook-pro-and-vision-pro-with-new-m5-chip/]Apple has announced its new M5 chip - it's one more than the M4 - and new models of the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tech Crunch)&lt;br /&gt;
  114. &lt;br /&gt;
  115. Vision Pro?&amp;nbsp; Really?&amp;nbsp; They're still trying to push their $3500 paperweight?&lt;br /&gt;
  116. &lt;br /&gt;
  117. Anyway, the M5 has 10 CPU cores - four fast cores and six slower ones - and 10 GPU cores, compared with the M4, which has 10 CPU&amp;nbsp;cores - four fast cores and six slower ones - and 10 GPU cores.&lt;br /&gt;
  118. &lt;br /&gt;
  119. Uh.&lt;br /&gt;
  120. &lt;br /&gt;
  121. It's supposed to be about 15% faster.&amp;nbsp; So &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;that's &lt;/span&gt;exciting.&lt;br /&gt;
  122. &lt;br /&gt;
  123. Also there are no 8GB RAM options or 256GB SSD options in the new MacBook Pro lineup, and about bleedin' time.&lt;br /&gt;
  124. &lt;br /&gt;
  125. Apart from that it's the usual from Apple: Base model is not wildly overpriced, but memory and storage options whack you with a 1000% markup.&lt;br /&gt;
  126. &lt;br /&gt;
  127. &lt;br /&gt;
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  129. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-chose-to-charge-extra-for-M5-MacBook-Pro-s-charger-not-the-EU.1139182.0.html]And the charger costs extra.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Notebook Check)&lt;br /&gt;
  130. &lt;br /&gt;
  131. In the EU, anyway, and they barely have steam over there let alone electricity.&lt;/li&gt;
  132. &lt;/ul&gt;
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  134. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  136. &lt;/div&gt;
  137. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  138. &lt;div&gt;
  139. &lt;ul&gt;
  140. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohanian-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead-2025-10]The Dead Internet Theory turns out not to be just a theory.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Business Insider)&lt;br /&gt;
  141. &lt;br /&gt;
  142. If you're arguing with someone online who seems to be impenetrably stupid, chances are they're not human.&lt;br /&gt;
  143. &lt;br /&gt;
  144. Though of course there are still plenty of impenetrably stupid humans around.&lt;br /&gt;
  145. &lt;br /&gt;
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  148. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/EjLeA]Anthropic plans to triple its revenue in 2026.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Reuters)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)&lt;br /&gt;
  149. &lt;br /&gt;
  150. Same.&lt;br /&gt;
  151. &lt;br /&gt;
  152. &lt;br /&gt;
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  154. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-f5-to-steal-undisclosed-big-ip-flaws-source-code/]Fortune 500 security company F5 says hackers stole undisclosed flaws in BIG-IP...&amp;nbsp; Which is F5's product.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Bleeping Computers)[quote]Despite this critical exposure of undisclosed flaws, F5 says there's no evidence that the attackers leveraged the information in actual attacks, such as exploiting the undisclosed flaw against systems. The company also states that it has not seen evidence that the private information has been disclosed.[/quote]I am totally reassured.&lt;br /&gt;
  155. &lt;br /&gt;
  156. &lt;/li&gt;
  157. &lt;/ul&gt;
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  160. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
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  165. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Lizard!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</value>
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  168. <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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  172. <title>Daily News Stuff 15 October 2025</title>
  173. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  174. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_15_october_2025</link>
  175. <category>Geek</category>
  176. <description>Tie Dye Kittens Edition Top Story Are AI agents compromised by default? Yes. (Computer) Well, that's awkward for the brand new multi trillion dollar industry. Also awkward is the web page: You have to load the page and then download the PDF to read it. You can't statically link to the PDF. Are the people using AI agents compromised by default? Apparently also yes. (404 Media) (archive site) A lawyer appearing before the New York state supreme court was ordered to show why he shouldn't be sanctioned after presenting multiple AI generated citations of cases that don't exist. His filing...</description>
  177. <content>
  178.    <value>
  179. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tie Dye Kittens Edition&lt;/div&gt;
  180. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  181. &lt;/div&gt;
  182. &lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  183. &lt;div&gt;
  184. &lt;ul&gt;
  185. &lt;li&gt;
  186. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/sp/5555/01/11194053/2aB2Rf5nZ0k]Are AI agents compromised by default?&amp;nbsp; Yes.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Computer)&lt;/div&gt;
  187. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  188. &lt;/div&gt;
  189. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Well, that's awkward for the brand new multi trillion dollar industry.&lt;/div&gt;
  190. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  191. &lt;/div&gt;
  192. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Also awkward is the web page: You have to load the page and then download the PDF to read it.&amp;nbsp; You can't statically link to the PDF.&lt;/div&gt;
  193. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  194. &lt;/div&gt;
  195. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  196. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  197. &lt;li&gt;
  198. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://archive.is/6qolj]Are the people using AI agents compromised by default?&amp;nbsp; Apparently also yes.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (404 Media)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)&lt;/div&gt;
  199. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  200. &lt;/div&gt;
  201. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;A lawyer appearing before the New York state supreme court was ordered to show why he shouldn't be sanctioned after presenting multiple AI generated citations of cases that don't exist.&lt;/div&gt;
  202. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  203. &lt;/div&gt;
  204. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;His filing in the sanctions hearing...&amp;nbsp; Contained&amp;nbsp;multiple AI generated citations of cases that don't exist.&lt;/div&gt;
  205. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  206. &lt;/div&gt;
  207. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;At least he's consistent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  208. &lt;/ul&gt;
  209. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  210. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  211. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  212. &lt;/div&gt;
  213. &lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  214. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  215. &lt;ul&gt;
  216. &lt;li&gt;
  217. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/bitcoin-doj-chen-zhi-pig-butchering-scam.html]The DOJ has recovered $15 billion in Bitcoin from a massive &quot;pig butchering&quot; fraud ring based in Cambodia.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (CNBC)&lt;/div&gt;
  218. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  219. &lt;/div&gt;
  220. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Well, I think this calls for celebrations.&amp;nbsp; Root beer floats all 'round.&lt;/div&gt;
  221. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  222. &lt;/div&gt;
  223. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  224. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  225. &lt;li&gt;
  226. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://www.servethehome.com/nvidia-dgx-spark-review-the-gb10-machine-is-so-freaking-cool/]The Nvidia DGX Spark - a competitor to the various AMD Strix Halo mini-PCs that have been surfacing lately - is cool but not quite ready for prime time.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Serve the Home)&lt;/div&gt;
  227. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  228. &lt;/div&gt;
  229. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;And expensive.&lt;/div&gt;
  230. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  231. &lt;/div&gt;
  232. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The 20 core ARM CPU is competitive with the 16 core Zen CPU in the Strix Halo, and the GPU side is basically a laptop 5070 where the Strix Halo performs like a laptop 4070.&lt;/div&gt;
  233. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  234. &lt;/div&gt;
  235. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;But it has problems with things like, oh, displaying video, suggesting it needs a couple more months of software updates.&lt;/div&gt;
  236. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  237. &lt;/div&gt;
  238. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Price not announced but expected to be about 50% more than equivalent Strix Halo models, so around $3000.&lt;/div&gt;
  239. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  240. &lt;/div&gt;
  241. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  242. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  243. &lt;li&gt;
  244. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-unveils-crescent-island-an-inference-only-gpu-with-xe3p-architecture-and-160gb-of-memory]Intel has announced a new datacenter GPU with 160GB of RAM.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;/div&gt;
  245. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  246. &lt;/div&gt;
  247. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;It's for AI, not for you.&amp;nbsp; But interestingly it uses LPDDR5X memory - just like the Strix Halo and the Nvidia DGX Spark above - to allow huge amounts of fairly fast memory rather than demanding modest amounts of extremely fast memory that uses a ton of power.&lt;/div&gt;
  248. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  249. &lt;/div&gt;
  250. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;There are signs that AMD will be releasing similar - but much cheaper - cards in the consumer space next year.&lt;/div&gt;
  251. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  254. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  255. &lt;li&gt;
  256. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-4-pro-is-a-single-board-pc-with-an-allwinner-a733-processor-with-arm-and-risc-v-cores/]The Orange Pi 4 Pro is another of those Raspberry Pi like single board computers.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Liliputing)&lt;br /&gt;
  257. &lt;br /&gt;
  258. This one has two A76 cores and six A55 cores, putting it fairly close to the Raspberry Pi 5 in performance, and up to 16GB of RAM.&amp;nbsp; Plus an M.2 2280 slot built-in.&amp;nbsp; And a 200MHz RISC-V core in the CPU.&amp;nbsp; And a Pi-compatible IO header.&lt;br /&gt;
  259. &lt;br /&gt;
  260. Price for the 4GB model is rumoured to be around $30.&amp;nbsp; The 4GB [url=https://radxa.com/products/cubie/a7a/]Radxa Cubie A7A[/url] which has the same CPU, sells for around $35, though it's out of stock right now.&lt;br /&gt;
  261. &lt;br /&gt;
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  263. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  264. &lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-is-no-longer-safe-to-run-heres-whos-affected-and-what-you-need-to-do]Windows 10 support ends today.&amp;nbsp; Here's who's affected.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  265. &lt;br /&gt;
  266. Well, Gigi Murin, the gremlin from Hololive Advent for a start.&lt;/li&gt;
  267. &lt;/ul&gt;
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  271. &lt;/div&gt;
  272. &lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Technical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  273. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[ytlite=u32ppvwkU5g]&lt;/div&gt;
  274. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  275. &lt;/div&gt;
  276. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;It's not just us 29 year olds who are offended by Windows 11.&lt;/div&gt;
  277. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  278. &lt;/div&gt;
  279. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  280. &lt;/div&gt;
  281. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  282. &lt;/div&gt;
  283. &lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  284. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[ytlite=Wg2YCu3NkMw]&lt;/div&gt;
  285. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  286. &lt;/div&gt;
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  288. &lt;/div&gt;
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  292. &lt;/div&gt;
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  294. &lt;/div&gt;
  295. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: If I got any more relaxed you'd have to mop the floor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </value>
  296. </content>
  297. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_15_october_2025</guid>
  298. <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  300.  
  301. <item>
  302. <title>Daily News Stuff 14 October 2025</title>
  303. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  304. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_14_october_2025</link>
  305. <category>Geek</category>
  306. <description>Perbromate Edition Top Story One of the UK's innumerable regulators has fined 4Chan &pound;20,000 for... Well, basically for telling them to get fucked, which the British didn't take too well in 1776 either. (The Verge):Today sends a clear message that any service which flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act can expect to face robust enforcement action," Ofcom enforcement director, Suzanne Cater, said in a statement. 4Chan has responded by suing Ofcom in federal court... In the US. 4Chan could be in more trouble still if they don't kiss the ring:Starting from tomorrow,...</description>
  307. <content>
  308.    <value>Perbromate Edition
  309. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  310. &lt;/div&gt;
  311. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  312. &lt;div&gt;
  313. &lt;ul&gt;
  314. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theverge.com/news/798797/uk-ofcom-fines-4chan-online-safety-act]One of the UK's innumerable regulators has fined 4Chan&amp;nbsp;&amp;pound;20,000 for...&amp;nbsp; Well, basically for telling them to get fucked, which the British didn't take too well in 1776 either.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)[quote]:Today sends a clear message that any service which flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act can expect to face robust enforcement action,&quot; Ofcom enforcement director, Suzanne Cater, said in a statement.&lt;br /&gt;
  315. &lt;br /&gt;
  316. 4Chan has responded by suing Ofcom in federal court...&amp;nbsp; In the US.&lt;br /&gt;
  317. &lt;br /&gt;
  318. 4Chan could be in more trouble still if they don't kiss the ring:[quote]Starting from tomorrow, 4Chan additionally faces a daily penalty of &amp;pound;100 for either 60 days or until 4Chan complies with the information requests, up to a maximum of &amp;pound;6,000.[/quote]Yes, I'm sure that will do the trick.&lt;/li&gt;
  319. &lt;/ul&gt;
  320. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  321. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  322. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  323. &lt;/div&gt;
  324. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  325. &lt;div&gt;
  326. &lt;ul&gt;
  327. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dutch-government-seizes-local-chipmaker-from-its-chinese-owner-nexperia-parent-company-wingtech-preps-response-to-exceptional-steps-taken-to-safeguard-crucial-technological-knowledge]The Dutch government has seized control of technology company Nexperia from its Chinese owner Wingtech.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  328. &lt;br /&gt;
  329. Nexperia focuses on boring but necessary products like diodes and transistors.&amp;nbsp; It was spun off from Phillips in 2006 and sold to Chinese interests in two stages in 2017 and 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
  330. &lt;br /&gt;
  331. Seems like they came to regret that.&lt;br /&gt;
  332. &lt;br /&gt;
  333. &lt;br /&gt;
  334. &lt;/li&gt;
  335. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/this-thunderbolt-5-egpu-dock-is-the-swiss-army-knife-of-all-docks-for-usd399-500w-gan-power-supply-m-2-slot-5g-ethernet-networking-lcd-screen-and-wireless-charger]The Humbird 3 is a Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock with a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for $399.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  336. &lt;br /&gt;
  337. The numbers.&amp;nbsp; What do they mean?&lt;br /&gt;
  338. &lt;br /&gt;
  339. It also has three downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports, a DisplayPort port, and a 5Gb Ethernet port.&amp;nbsp; And up to a 500W power supply though the basic model only comes with 180W.&lt;br /&gt;
  340. &lt;br /&gt;
  341. &lt;br /&gt;
  342. &lt;/li&gt;
  343. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.servethehome.com/intel-blackout-on-vroc-with-transition-to-graid-technology-in-another-streamlining-move/]Intel Blackout on VROC with Transition to Graid Technology in Another Streamlining Move.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Serve the Home)&lt;br /&gt;
  344. &lt;br /&gt;
  345. What?&lt;br /&gt;
  346. &lt;br /&gt;
  347. Oh.&amp;nbsp; Intel sold off its virtual RAID products to a company called Graid.&lt;br /&gt;
  348. &lt;br /&gt;
  349. I guess that makes sense.&lt;/li&gt;
  350. &lt;/ul&gt;
  351. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  352. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  353. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  354. &lt;/div&gt;
  355. &lt;h2&gt;Chemical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  356. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=7ayFiLpXWTI]&lt;br /&gt;
  357. &lt;br /&gt;
  358. To make a perbromate ion from scratch, first we must invent Bitcoin.&lt;br /&gt;
  359. &lt;br /&gt;
  360. &lt;br /&gt;
  361. &lt;/div&gt;
  362. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  363. &lt;/div&gt;
  364. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  365. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=IGVZOLV9SPo]&lt;/div&gt;
  366. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  367. &lt;/div&gt;
  368. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  369. &lt;/div&gt;
  370. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  371. &lt;/div&gt;
  372. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: I met a wallaby.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</value>
  373. </content>
  374. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_14_october_2025</guid>
  375. <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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  377.  
  378. <item>
  379. <title>Daily News Stuff 13 October 2025</title>
  380. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  381. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_13_october_2025</link>
  382. <category>Geek</category>
  383. <description>All Your ID Are Belong To Us Edition Top Story Hackers breached a service used by Discord to verify users' age and identity and leaked 70,000 ID documents. (BBC) Money quote: Some online commentators have claimed that the data breach was bigger than Discord has revealed.That was a week ago. Hackers now claim to have stolen 2.1 million ID documents from Discord in a 1.5TB data breach. (Notebook Check) Yes, that is bigger than 70,000. Tech News TP Link has confirmed successful WiFi 8 trials. (Tom's Hardware) This couldn't possibly end badly. Broacom has announced the Tomahawk 6 switch chip,...</description>
  384. <content>
  385.    <value>All Your ID Are Belong To Us Edition
  386. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  387. &lt;/div&gt;
  388. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  389. &lt;div&gt;
  390. &lt;ul&gt;
  391. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo]Hackers breached a service used by Discord to verify users' age and identity and leaked 70,000 ID documents.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (BBC)&lt;br /&gt;
  392. &lt;br /&gt;
  393. Money quote:[quote]
  394. &lt;p&gt;Some online commentators have claimed that the data breach was bigger than Discord has revealed.[/quote]That was a week ago.&lt;br /&gt;
  395. &lt;br /&gt;
  396. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  397. &lt;li&gt;
  398. &lt;p&gt;[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Hackers-claim-to-have-stolen-as-many-as-2-1-million-photo-IDs-in-1-5TB-Discord-data-breach.1137216.0.html]Hackers now claim to have stolen 2.1 million ID documents from Discord in a 1.5TB data breach.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Notebook Check)&lt;br /&gt;
  399. &lt;br /&gt;
  400. Yes, that is bigger than 70,000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  401. &lt;/ul&gt;
  402. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  403. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  404. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  405. &lt;/div&gt;
  406. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  407. &lt;div&gt;
  408. &lt;ul&gt;
  409. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/tp-link-confirms-successful-wi-fi-8-trials-next-gen-wireless-standard-to-usher-in-advances-in-reliability-and-latency]TP Link has confirmed successful WiFi 8 trials.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  410. &lt;br /&gt;
  411. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_to_the_End_of_the_World]This couldn't possibly end badly.[/url]&lt;br /&gt;
  412. &lt;br /&gt;
  413. &lt;br /&gt;
  414. &lt;/li&gt;
  415. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-tomahawk-6-davisson-102-4t-switch-with-co-packaged-optics-shipping/]Broacom has announced the Tomahawk 6 switch chip, proving 64 ports of 1.6Tb Ethernet.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Serve the Home)&lt;br /&gt;
  416. &lt;br /&gt;
  417. That's...&amp;nbsp; Rather a lot.&lt;br /&gt;
  418. &lt;br /&gt;
  419. &lt;br /&gt;
  420. &lt;/li&gt;
  421. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/curl_project_swamped_with_ai/]The Curl project, which has lately been overwhelmed with garbage bug reports generated by AI, just received another 50 AI-generated reports.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Register)&lt;br /&gt;
  422. &lt;br /&gt;
  423. These ones were not garbage, though.&lt;br /&gt;
  424. &lt;br /&gt;
  425. &lt;br /&gt;
  426. &lt;/li&gt;
  427. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/is-the-ai-stock-bubble-about-to-explode-123014740.html]Can we stop with all this AI bubble talk?[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Yahoo)&lt;br /&gt;
  428. &lt;br /&gt;
  429. No.&amp;nbsp; I don't think we can.&lt;br /&gt;
  430. &lt;br /&gt;
  431. &lt;br /&gt;
  432. &lt;/li&gt;
  433. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-6-plus-board-has-a-12-core-cpu-45-tops-ai-performance-dual-5-gb-ethernet-ports-and-up-to-64gb-ram/]The Orange Pi 6 Plus has more than a raspberry.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Liliputing)&lt;br /&gt;
  434. &lt;br /&gt;
  435. Eight Arm A720 cores, up to 64GB of RAM, dual 5GB Ethernet ports, and two M.2 slots for storage.&lt;br /&gt;
  436. &lt;br /&gt;
  437. That's not a low-end device.&lt;/li&gt;
  438. &lt;/ul&gt;
  439. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  440. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  441. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  442. &lt;/div&gt;
  443. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  444. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=djV11Xbc914]&lt;/div&gt;
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  446. &lt;/div&gt;
  447. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  448. &lt;/div&gt;
  449. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  450. &lt;/div&gt;
  451. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Not often you get 4k video in a 4:3 aspect ratio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </value>
  452. </content>
  453. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_13_october_2025</guid>
  454. <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  456.  
  457. <item>
  458. <title>Daily News Stuff 12 October 2025</title>
  459. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  460. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_12_october_2025</link>
  461. <category>Geek</category>
  462. <description>Trans-Hokkaido Panda Express Edition Top Story Amazon's Prime Day sales are mostly a lie, with prices averaging just 0.6% lower during the company's largest sale of the year. (MSN) Some prices are lower, some say they are lower but are the same as the usual discount offered online, while others actually increase during Prime Day sales looking for people who are too busy to price-check. There are some bargains but they are far and few between. I did find in the latest sale that it was cheaper to buy a Bosch cordless drill with battery and charger than the battery...</description>
  463. <content>
  464.    <value>Trans-Hokkaido Panda Express Edition
  465. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  466. &lt;/div&gt;
  467. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  468. &lt;div&gt;
  469. &lt;ul&gt;
  470. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/i-tracked-amazon-s-prime-day-prices-we-ve-been-played/ar-AA1O8P5r]Amazon's Prime Day sales are mostly a lie, with prices averaging just 0.6% lower during the company's largest sale of the year.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (MSN)&lt;br /&gt;
  471. &lt;br /&gt;
  472. Some prices are lower, some say they are lower but are the same as the usual discount offered online, while others actually increase during Prime Day sales looking for people who are too busy to price-check.&lt;br /&gt;
  473. &lt;br /&gt;
  474. There are some bargains but they are far and few between.&amp;nbsp; I &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;did &lt;/span&gt;find in the latest sale that it was cheaper to buy a Bosch cordless drill with battery and charger than the battery alone.*&lt;br /&gt;
  475. &lt;br /&gt;
  476. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;* So I did.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  477. &lt;/ul&gt;
  478. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  479. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  480. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  481. &lt;/div&gt;
  482. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  483. &lt;div&gt;
  484. &lt;ul&gt;
  485. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://wccftech.com/nintendo-has-been-reportedly-hacked-known-hacking-group-claims/]Crimson Collective, the hacking group that recently claimed to have breached RedHat and stolen half a terabyte of customer data, now claims to have hacked Nintendo.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (WCCFTech)&lt;br /&gt;
  486. &lt;br /&gt;
  487. Such claims should not be believed without evidence, but they did in fact breach RedHat and steal half a terabyte of customer data.&lt;br /&gt;
  488. &lt;br /&gt;
  489. &lt;br /&gt;
  490. &lt;/li&gt;
  491. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.servethehome.com/beelink-gtr9-pro-review-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395-system-with-128gb-and-dual-10gbe/4/]Beelink's GTR9 Pro is small, quiet, fast, and expensive.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Serve the Home)&lt;br /&gt;
  492. &lt;br /&gt;
  493. This is another of those Strix Halo desktop models - 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, 40 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, and 128GB of soldered RAM for $1999.&amp;nbsp; It comes in an aluminium case very similar to though a little smaller than the Mac Studio.&lt;br /&gt;
  494. &lt;br /&gt;
  495. Standout feature of this one is its dual 10Gb network ports, very useful given the limited expansion options.&lt;br /&gt;
  496. &lt;br /&gt;
  497. You can play games on it - gaming performance is around the level of a laptop RTX 4070 - but the real use case is to configure it with 96GB of graphics RAM and run local LLMs for a fraction of the cost of a professional graphics card.&lt;br /&gt;
  498. &lt;br /&gt;
  499. &lt;br /&gt;
  500. &lt;/li&gt;
  501. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/bose-soundtouch-home-theater-systems-regress-into-dumb-speakers-feb-18/]If you bought into Bose SoundTouch home theater equipment, you bought a bunch of dumb speakers.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Ars Technica)&lt;br /&gt;
  502. &lt;br /&gt;
  503. Bose has a new app.&amp;nbsp; The new app doesn't work with these old products because fuck&amp;nbsp; you that's why.&lt;br /&gt;
  504. &lt;br /&gt;
  505. Rival Sonos tried to end support for older speakers and had to walk this back in the ensuring firestorm.&amp;nbsp; Sonos also released a new app last year which was widely ridiculed and led to the company losing $30 million and the resignation of its CEO.&lt;br /&gt;
  506. &lt;br /&gt;
  507. Bose seems to have slept through the entire thing.&lt;/li&gt;
  508. &lt;/ul&gt;
  509. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  510. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  511. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  512. &lt;/div&gt;
  513. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  514. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=r3kQlzOi27M]&lt;/div&gt;
  515. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  516. &lt;/div&gt;
  517. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  518. &lt;/div&gt;
  519. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  520. &lt;/div&gt;
  521. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  522. &lt;/div&gt;
  523. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: I didn't hear nuthin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  </value>
  524. </content>
  525. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_12_october_2025</guid>
  526. <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  528.  
  529. <item>
  530. <title>Daily News Stuff 11 October 2025</title>
  531. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  532. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_11_october_2025</link>
  533. <category>Geek</category>
  534. <description>May You Live And Let Die In Interesting Times Top Story Just when we were starting to worry about things getting boring again China has blocked exports of rare-earth elements to the rest of the planet. (MSN) There are 17 rare-earth elements, used in electronics (particularly magnets) and chemistry, and China has shut off sales of 12 of them. China gained control of the market not because it has massive resources - Vietnam by itself has half the proven reserves of China - but because rare-earth elements are stinky and China didn't mind the smell. Past tense, because a lot...</description>
  535. <content>
  536.    <value>May You Live And Let Die In Interesting Times
  537. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  538. &lt;/div&gt;
  539. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  540. &lt;div&gt;
  541. &lt;ul&gt;
  542. &lt;li&gt;Just when we were starting to worry about things getting boring again [url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-threatens-higher-tariffs-on-china-citing-restrictions-on-rare-earth-elements/ar-AA1OecCn]China has blocked exports of rare-earth elements to the rest of the planet.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (MSN)&lt;br /&gt;
  543. &lt;br /&gt;
  544. There are 17 rare-earth elements, used in electronics (particularly magnets) and chemistry, and China has shut off sales of 12 of them.&amp;nbsp; China gained control of the market not because it has massive resources - Vietnam by itself has half the proven reserves of China - but because rare-earth elements are stinky and China didn't mind the smell.&lt;br /&gt;
  545. &lt;br /&gt;
  546. Past tense, because a lot of China's rare-earth production these days comes from slave camps in Myanmar and not from China at all.&lt;br /&gt;
  547. &lt;br /&gt;
  548. President Trump has announced a 100% tariff on all imports from China in response.&lt;br /&gt;
  549. &lt;br /&gt;
  550. This is hardly the first time China has pulled this shit - the same thing happened in April.&amp;nbsp; Which seems like hundreds of years ago, but trust me, it wasn't.&lt;br /&gt;
  551. &lt;br /&gt;
  552. &lt;br /&gt;
  553. &lt;/li&gt;
  554. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/other/revealed-these-4-asx-mining-stocks-are-rocketing-as-the-rare-earths-boom-intensifies/ar-AA1OeXff]And share prices in Australian mining companies are booming as a result, because Australia is currently the largest Western producer of rare-earth metals.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (MSN)&lt;br /&gt;
  555. &lt;br /&gt;
  556. Because the funny thing is that rare earth elements aren't all that rare.&amp;nbsp; Vietnam, as I mentioned, Brazil, India, Australia, and the US itself all have millions of tons of reserves.&lt;/li&gt;
  557. &lt;/ul&gt;
  558. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  559. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  560. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  561. &lt;/div&gt;
  562. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  563. &lt;div&gt;
  564. &lt;ul&gt;
  565. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/china-launches-port-crackdown-on-nvidia-chips]Meanwhile, China has cracked down on Nvidia AI GPU &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;imports&lt;/span&gt;.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  566. &lt;br /&gt;
  567. Okay.&amp;nbsp; Not sure that anyone cares.&lt;br /&gt;
  568. &lt;br /&gt;
  569. &lt;br /&gt;
  570. &lt;/li&gt;
  571. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/u-s-senate-passes-bill-that-forces-ai-chipmakers-to-prioritize-sales-to-american-companies-house-now-set-to-amend-or-pass-legislation]The US Senate has passed a bill forcing American AI chipmakers to give priority to American customers.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  572. &lt;br /&gt;
  573. Okay.&amp;nbsp; Not sure that anyone cares.&lt;br /&gt;
  574. &lt;br /&gt;
  575. &lt;br /&gt;
  576. &lt;/li&gt;
  577. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-bans-research-company-that-helped-unearth-huaweis-use-of-tsmc-tech-despite-u-s-bans-techinsights-added-to-unreliable-entity-list-by-state-authorities]China banned the research company that discovered Huawei was violating US bans on using Taiwanese technology to make its chips.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  578. &lt;br /&gt;
  579. Apparently China cares.&lt;br /&gt;
  580. &lt;br /&gt;
  581. &lt;br /&gt;
  582. &lt;/li&gt;
  583. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/singapore-company-alleged-to-have-helped-china-get-usd2-billion-worth-of-nvidia-ai-processors-report-claims-nvidia-denies-that-the-accused-has-any-china-ties-but-a-u-s-investigation-is-underway]And finally, a Singapore company denies that it helped smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia AI processors into China, a move now banned by both China and the US.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  584. &lt;br /&gt;
  585. I'm sure they do.&lt;br /&gt;
  586. &lt;br /&gt;
  587. &lt;br /&gt;
  588. &lt;/li&gt;
  589. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-18a-production-starts-before-tsmcs-competing-n2-tech-heres-how-the-two-process-nodes-compare]Intel's 18A (1.8nm) process node has entered production ahead of TSMC's 2nm node.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  590. &lt;br /&gt;
  591. It's hard to precisely compare the two since products aren't shipping to consumers yet, but Intel's 18A process looks to be somewhere between TSMC's 3nm and 2nm - 20% denser than TSMC's 3nm but 20% behind the upcoming 2nm process.&lt;br /&gt;
  592. &lt;br /&gt;
  593. But it certainly seems to be a leading-edge process and Intel is not repeating the years of 14nm+++.&lt;br /&gt;
  594. &lt;br /&gt;
  595. &lt;br /&gt;
  596. &lt;/li&gt;
  597. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/LQLU1]Amazon's Echo Show has abruptly turned into a billboard they expect you to pay for.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)[quote]At Amazon’s hardware event last month, I asked Panay how ads fit into his mission to build products customers love.&amp;nbsp; He said that if it's relevant, it’s not an ad, &quot;it's an add-on.&quot;[/quote]Translation: Fuck you.[quote]&quot;There are moments on the product where ads aren’t always bad,&quot; he told me, explaining that if the customer is looking for something specific, and the ad gets them to that faster, it can be a good thing.[/quote]Translation: You're too stupid to know what's good for you anyway.[quote]My experience of these ads has not been that they’re an &quot;add-on.&quot; They’re intrusive and annoying, showing me products I’m not even slightly interested in, such as elderberry herbal supplements, Quest sports chips, and tabletop picture frames.&amp;nbsp; (Well, the last one might be an option if I remove the Show from my desk.)&amp;nbsp; And, unlike some of the previous ad experiences on the Show, they cannot be turned off.[/quote]Translation: Cory Doctorow might be a filthy commie but he's not wrong.&amp;nbsp; Well, he's still 100% wrong on the solution, but he has correctly identified the problem.[quote]I asked Amazon if they can be disabled, and spokesperson Lauren Raemhild replied via email, saying, &quot;Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in.&amp;nbsp; If customers don’t like a suggestion, they can swipe to skip to the next screen card, or directly provide feedback by tapping the Information icon or pressing the screen.&quot;[/quote]Translation: No, seriously, fuck you.&lt;br /&gt;
  598. &lt;br /&gt;
  599. &lt;br /&gt;
  600. &lt;/li&gt;
  601. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/e4nFF]We're all about to be in wearable hell.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)&lt;br /&gt;
  602. &lt;br /&gt;
  603. No, no we're not.&amp;nbsp; Normal people don't wear four smart watches and an AI ring at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;
  604. &lt;br /&gt;
  605. (Honestly, this article reads like one of the drones that infested tech companies before they all got fired recently complaining &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;My new job is so awful.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes they expect me to get up &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration-line: underline;&quot;&gt;in the morning&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
  606. &lt;/ul&gt;
  607. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  608. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  609. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  610. &lt;/div&gt;
  611. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  612. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=21_5UFrfM1A]&lt;/div&gt;
  613. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  614. &lt;/div&gt;
  615. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  616. &lt;/div&gt;
  617. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  618. &lt;/div&gt;
  619. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: What about the spiders, you ask?&amp;nbsp; Oh, they don't mind the smell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </value>
  620. </content>
  621. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_11_october_2025</guid>
  622. <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
  623. </item>
  624.  
  625. <item>
  626. <title>Daily News Stuff 10 October 2025</title>
  627. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  628. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_10_october_2025</link>
  629. <category>Geek</category>
  630. <description>Stunt Biscuit Edition Top Story Intel has taken the wraps off Panther Lake, its new laptop family due in January. (Tom's Hardware) A full announcement is expected at CES and general availability by the end of the January. It includes new performance and efficiency cores, a low power core that isn't described in detail yet, and a new Xe3 graphics engine that provides a preview of the upcoming Celestial discrete GPUs. Also, while Lunar Lake was one size fits all, there are three different versions of Panther Lake: The cheapest version has four P cores and four LP cores, four...</description>
  631. <content>
  632.    <value>Stunt Biscuit Edition
  633. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  634. &lt;/div&gt;
  635. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  636. &lt;div&gt;
  637. &lt;ul&gt;
  638. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-takes-the-wraps-off-panther-lake-first-18a-client-processor-brings-the-best-of-lunar-lake-and-arrow-lake-together-in-one-package]Intel has taken the wraps off Panther Lake, its new laptop family due in January.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  639. &lt;br /&gt;
  640. A full announcement is expected at CES and general availability by the end of the January.&lt;br /&gt;
  641. &lt;br /&gt;
  642. It includes new performance and efficiency cores, a low power core that isn't described in detail yet, and a new Xe3 graphics engine that provides a preview of the upcoming Celestial discrete GPUs.&lt;br /&gt;
  643. &lt;br /&gt;
  644. Also, while Lunar Lake was one size fits all, there are three different versions of Panther Lake:&lt;br /&gt;
  645. &lt;br /&gt;
  646. The cheapest version has four P cores and four LP cores, four Xe3 graphics cores, supports soldered or socketed RAM, and has eight PCIe 4.0 and four PCIe 5.0 lanes.&lt;br /&gt;
  647. &lt;br /&gt;
  648. The version for high-end laptops with dedicated graphics has four P cores, eight E cores, four LP cores, four Xe3 graphics cores, supports soldered or socketed RAM, and has eight PCIe 4.0 and twelve PCIe 5.0 lanes.&lt;br /&gt;
  649. &lt;br /&gt;
  650. And finally a model for fast laptops &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;without &lt;/span&gt;dedicated graphics&amp;nbsp;has four P cores, eight E cores, four LP cores, twelve Xe3 graphics cores, supports soldered RAM only, and has eight PCIe 4.0 and four PCIe 5.0 lanes.&lt;br /&gt;
  651. &lt;br /&gt;
  652. So you has to pick and choose.&amp;nbsp; There is no model that gives you everything.&lt;br /&gt;
  653. &lt;br /&gt;
  654. Though potentially the last of these can support CAMM2 modules to allow for expandable LPDDR5X RAM, and four lanes of PCIe 5.0 is enough to drive a mid-range laptop GPU.&lt;br /&gt;
  655. &lt;br /&gt;
  656. It's also supposed to user 30% less power than Lunar Lake thanks to the move from a 3nm to 1.8nm process.&lt;/li&gt;
  657. &lt;/ul&gt;
  658. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  659. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  660. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  661. &lt;div&gt;
  662. &lt;ul&gt;
  663. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intels-xe3-graphics-architecture-breaks-cover-panther-lakes-12-xe-core-igpu-promises-50-percent-better-performance-than-lunar-lake]Intel's Xe3 integrated graphics in Panther Lake could deliver 50% more performance than Lunar Lake's Xe2 because there's 50% more cores.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  664. &lt;br /&gt;
  665. Big if true.&lt;br /&gt;
  666. &lt;br /&gt;
  667. &lt;br /&gt;
  668. &lt;/li&gt;
  669. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/its_trivially_easy_to_poison/]It only take 250 poisoned documents to drive an AI insane.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Register)&lt;br /&gt;
  670. &lt;br /&gt;
  671. According to a study by Anthropic, it is remarkably easy to craft malicious data that will turn any LLM into a train wreck.&amp;nbsp; Testing on Meta's Llama and GPT 3.5, as well as the open source LLM Pythia, this worked 100% of the time.&lt;br /&gt;
  672. &lt;br /&gt;
  673. What's more, larger models offered no increase in protection.&amp;nbsp; The poison pill of 250 documents worked on 13 billion parameter models just as it did on 600 million parameter models.&lt;br /&gt;
  674. &lt;br /&gt;
  675. &lt;br /&gt;
  676. &lt;/li&gt;
  677. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/bank-of-england-imf-warn-ai-bubble-risk-has-shades-of-2000-dotcom-crash-goldman-sachs-cautions-were-not-there-yet]The Bank of England and the IMF are now warning of the dangers or the AI bubble.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  678. &lt;br /&gt;
  679. Great.&amp;nbsp; Now I'm on the side of the bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
  680. &lt;br /&gt;
  681. &lt;br /&gt;
  682. &lt;/li&gt;
  683. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://wccftech.com/amd-unveils-radiance-cores-neural-arrays-universal-compression-next-gen-rdna-gpu-architecture/]AMD and Sony have highlighted features coming in the the next generation of RDNA graphics cores.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (WCCFTech)&lt;br /&gt;
  684. &lt;br /&gt;
  685. Radiance cores (for enhanced ray tracing support), neural arrays (for AI), and universal compression will all be coming to RDNA5 and, presumably, the PlayStation 6 - because AMD designs and manufactures the chip inside the PlayStation.&lt;br /&gt;
  686. &lt;br /&gt;
  687. &lt;/li&gt;
  688. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Xbox-Magnus-Full-specs-revealed-with-a-dizzying-amount-of-RAM.1134585.0.html]The specs of the next-generation Xbox may have just been leaked.&amp;nbsp; Probably have, because they're not all that exciting.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Notebook Check)&lt;br /&gt;
  689. &lt;br /&gt;
  690. Three full-size Zen 6 cores, eight smaller Zen 6c cores (about 75% of the clock speed), 68 RDNA5 cores, and 48GB of GDDR7 RAM on a 192-bit bus.&lt;br /&gt;
  691. &lt;br /&gt;
  692. 48GB of RAM will change things for developers, and the jump from Zen 2 to Zen 6 will speed things up.&amp;nbsp; Moving from 52 RDNA2 cores to 68 RDNA5 cores will provide...&amp;nbsp; Twice the graphics performance?&amp;nbsp; Something like that.&lt;br /&gt;
  693. &lt;br /&gt;
  694. And yes:&amp;nbsp;AMD designs and manufactures the chip inside the Xbox as well.&lt;br /&gt;
  695. &lt;br /&gt;
  696. &lt;br /&gt;
  697. &lt;/li&gt;
  698. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-software-quality-collapse]The $10 billion recipe for disaster.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tech Trenches)&lt;br /&gt;
  699. &lt;br /&gt;
  700. Building good software costs &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;me&lt;/span&gt; money.&lt;br /&gt;
  701. &lt;br /&gt;
  702. Building bad software costs &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;you&lt;/span&gt; money.&lt;br /&gt;
  703. &lt;br /&gt;
  704. It's not that hard to figure out how we got here.&lt;br /&gt;
  705. &lt;br /&gt;
  706. &lt;br /&gt;
  707. &lt;/li&gt;
  708. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://gizmodo.com/new-york-city-sues-social-media-companies-over-youth-mental-health-crisis-2000670413]New York City has sued social media companies over the youth mental health crisis...&amp;nbsp; In New York City.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Gizmodo)&lt;br /&gt;
  709. &lt;br /&gt;
  710. The social media companies should sue New York City over the exact same problem.&lt;br /&gt;
  711. &lt;br /&gt;
  712. &lt;br /&gt;
  713. &lt;/li&gt;
  714. &lt;/ul&gt;
  715. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  716. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=wcsMPyjwav8]&lt;/div&gt;
  717. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  718. &lt;/div&gt;
  719. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  720. &lt;/div&gt;
  721. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  722. &lt;/div&gt;
  723. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: On second thought, better not to read the manual.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  </value>
  724. </content>
  725. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_10_october_2025</guid>
  726. <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
  727. </item>
  728.  
  729. <item>
  730. <title>Daily News Stuff 9 October 2025</title>
  731. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  732. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_9_october_2025</link>
  733. <category>Geek</category>
  734. <description>Unexpectedly Based Edition Top Story The editors apologise for the unwontedly upbeat tone of many of today's new items. We do expect to be back to our usual predictions of imminent doom tomorrow. The European Parliament has voted that words mean something. (The Guardian) In a 355 - 247 vote, the parliament said that you can't call a plant-based product "steak" unless it was produced by feeding the plants to a cow. The same goes for terms like "burger" and "sausage". All the usual suspects are outraged, as well as supermarket chains who will have to make sure all their...</description>
  735. <content>
  736.    <value>Unexpectedly Based Edition
  737. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  738. &lt;/div&gt;
  739. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  740. &lt;div&gt;
  741. &lt;ul&gt;
  742. &lt;li&gt;The editors apologise for the unwontedly upbeat tone of many of today's new items.&amp;nbsp; We do expect to be back to our usual predictions of imminent doom tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;
  743. &lt;br /&gt;
  744. &lt;br /&gt;
  745. &lt;/li&gt;
  746. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/veggie-burgers-off-menu-meps-vote-ban-plant-based-food-terms]The European Parliament has voted that words mean something.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Guardian)&lt;br /&gt;
  747. &lt;br /&gt;
  748. In a 355 - 247 vote, the parliament said that you can't call a plant-based product &quot;steak&quot; unless it was produced by feeding the plants to a cow.&amp;nbsp; The same goes for terms like &quot;burger&quot; and &quot;sausage&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
  749. &lt;br /&gt;
  750. All the usual suspects are outraged, as well as supermarket chains who will have to make sure all their products are appropriately labelled.&lt;br /&gt;
  751. &lt;br /&gt;
  752. &lt;br /&gt;
  753. &lt;/li&gt;
  754. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/BDsr1]Germany meanwhile has ruled that the police can shoot down drones, whether they are plant-based or not.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Reuters)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)&lt;br /&gt;
  755. &lt;br /&gt;
  756. I think this should not only be allowed, but mandatory.&lt;/li&gt;
  757. &lt;/ul&gt;
  758. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  759. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  760. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  761. &lt;/div&gt;
  762. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  763. &lt;div&gt;
  764. &lt;ul&gt;
  765. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/salesforce-says-it-wont-pay-extortion-demand-in-1-billion-records-breach/]Salesforce told&amp;nbsp;Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters to go screw themselves.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Ars Technica)&lt;br /&gt;
  766. &lt;br /&gt;
  767. The alliance of hacking groups claims to have stolen close to a billion records of data belonging to Salesforce customers, and demanded that the company pay them ransom.&lt;br /&gt;
  768. &lt;br /&gt;
  769. Salesforce said no.&lt;br /&gt;
  770. &lt;br /&gt;
  771. &lt;br /&gt;
  772. &lt;/li&gt;
  773. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/synology-caves-walks-back-some-drive-restrictions-on-upcoming-nas-models/]Synology announced that you know how we said you had to buy Synology-branded drives even for our desktop models, well, forget we ever said that.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Ars Technica)&lt;br /&gt;
  774. &lt;br /&gt;
  775. Which is nice and all, but I think for many people the bridges are burned, the horses are bolted, the cat is out of the bag, the genie out of the bottle, and the toothpaste can't be squeezed back into the tube.&lt;br /&gt;
  776. &lt;br /&gt;
  777. &lt;br /&gt;
  778. &lt;/li&gt;
  779. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/08/python_314_released_with_cautious/]Python 3.14 is here.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Register)&lt;br /&gt;
  780. &lt;br /&gt;
  781. This version actually brings some significant changes: The dreaded GIL - the global interpreter lock - has been removed, and a new JIT (just-in-time) compiler has been added.&lt;br /&gt;
  782. &lt;br /&gt;
  783. Neither is the default to ensure compatibility with previous versions, but they are there and ready for you to play with.&lt;br /&gt;
  784. &lt;br /&gt;
  785. &lt;br /&gt;
  786. &lt;/li&gt;
  787. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/python-3-14-is-here-how-fast-is-it]How fast is it?[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Miguel Grinberg)&lt;br /&gt;
  788. &lt;br /&gt;
  789. Not very.&amp;nbsp; PyPy is a far superior solution to speeding up generic Python code, running 4x to 16x as fast as the Python JIT compiled in tests presented here.&lt;br /&gt;
  790. &lt;br /&gt;
  791. But the new implementation of the free-threaded model - the version that removes the GIL - is significantly faster in 3.14 than the first version released in 3.13, so there is still that.&lt;br /&gt;
  792. &lt;br /&gt;
  793. &lt;br /&gt;
  794. &lt;/li&gt;
  795. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/K2WqN]A chart of the bubble that dare not speak its name.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Bloomberg)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)&lt;br /&gt;
  796. &lt;br /&gt;
  797. &quot;A Ponzi scheme with extra steps&quot;, somebody called it.&lt;br /&gt;
  798. &lt;br /&gt;
  799. &lt;br /&gt;
  800. &lt;/li&gt;
  801. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://phys.org/news/2025-10-remarkable-ebird-world-biggest-citizen.html]eBird - the world's largest citizen science project - has now clocked two billion sightings.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Phys.org)&lt;br /&gt;
  802. &lt;br /&gt;
  803. They're still not real.&lt;/li&gt;
  804. &lt;/ul&gt;
  805. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  806. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  807. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  808. &lt;/div&gt;
  809. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  810. &lt;/div&gt;
  811. &lt;h2&gt;Not At All Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  812. &lt;div&gt;
  813. &lt;ul&gt;
  814. &lt;li&gt;Took my blood pressure this afternoon.&amp;nbsp; 120/77.&amp;nbsp; It's always lower when I come in after a walk or working in the garden, but I hadn't done either, at least not in the past few hours.&lt;br /&gt;
  815. &lt;br /&gt;
  816. Just six weeks ago it was 70 points higher.&lt;br /&gt;
  817. &lt;br /&gt;
  818. &lt;br /&gt;
  819. &lt;/li&gt;
  820. &lt;li&gt;Tried out my new lawn trimmer that I bought to replace my old Bosch model that went &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;phut&lt;/span&gt; last week.&amp;nbsp; It works.&amp;nbsp; It actually works great.&lt;br /&gt;
  821. &lt;br /&gt;
  822. I don't like the handle arrangement as much as the old model, but it was half the price with a battery of the Bosch without, and Bosch doesn't make the old model anymore and their new model has the exact same handle arrangement as this cheap one.&lt;br /&gt;
  823. &lt;br /&gt;
  824. Power Blade brand, if anyone is looking.&lt;br /&gt;
  825. &lt;br /&gt;
  826. &lt;br /&gt;
  827. &lt;/li&gt;
  828. &lt;li&gt;Got a couple of new roasting pans from Kmart to replace the old ones that had gone rusty, which I had also bought from Kmart.&amp;nbsp; I know, I know.&lt;br /&gt;
  829. &lt;br /&gt;
  830. The new ones were slightly more expensive which I put down to inflation, but they turn out to be&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;far &lt;/span&gt;higher quality.&amp;nbsp; They weigh at least twice as much as the old ones, and seem to have a better non-stick coating as well.&lt;/li&gt;
  831. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  832. &lt;/div&gt;
  833. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  834. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=BcO9bZavHRg]&lt;/div&gt;
  835. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  836. &lt;/div&gt;
  837. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  838. &lt;/div&gt;
  839. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  840. &lt;/div&gt;
  841. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  842. &lt;/div&gt;
  843. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  844. &lt;/div&gt;
  845. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Not even the Hololive ones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;     </value>
  846. </content>
  847. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_9_october_2025</guid>
  848. <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
  849. </item>
  850.  
  851. <item>
  852. <title>Daily News Stuff 8 October 2025</title>
  853. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  854. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_8_october_2025</link>
  855. <category>Geek</category>
  856. <description>Sold Out Edition Top Story Qualcomm has bought hobby electronics board maker Arduino for an undisclosed sum. (Ars Technica) Well, that's the end of that then. Sorry? Qualcomm poisons everything it touches. You're thinking of Broadcom. Oh. You're right. The first announcement from the combined company is the Arduino Uno Q, a $44 development board featuring both a Qualcomm Dragonwing CPU running Linux and an STM32U585 microcontroller for real-time control tasks. (Arduino) The Dragonwing is a traditional not-very-powerful Arm processor with four 2GHz A53 cores. The STM32U585 is a microcontroller with an Arm M33 running at 160MHz, 2MB of embedded...</description>
  857. <content>
  858.    <value>Sold Out Edition
  859. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  860. &lt;/div&gt;
  861. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  862. &lt;div&gt;
  863. &lt;ul&gt;
  864. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/arduino-retains-its-brand-and-mission-following-acquisition-by-qualcomm/]Qualcomm has bought hobby electronics board maker Arduino for an undisclosed sum.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Ars Technica)&lt;br /&gt;
  865. &lt;br /&gt;
  866. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Well, that's the end of that then.&lt;br /&gt;
  867. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  868. Sorry?&lt;br /&gt;
  869. &lt;br /&gt;
  870. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Qualcomm poisons everything it touches.&lt;br /&gt;
  871. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  872. You're thinking of Broadcom.&lt;br /&gt;
  873. &lt;br /&gt;
  874. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Oh.&amp;nbsp; You're right.&lt;br /&gt;
  875. &lt;br /&gt;
  876. &lt;br /&gt;
  877. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  878. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.arduino.cc/product-uno-q]The first announcement from the combined company is the Arduino Uno Q, a $44 development board featuring both a Qualcomm Dragonwing CPU running Linux and an&amp;nbsp;STM32U585 microcontroller for real-time control tasks.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Arduino)&lt;br /&gt;
  879. &lt;br /&gt;
  880. The Dragonwing is a traditional not-very-powerful Arm processor with four 2GHz A53 cores.&lt;br /&gt;
  881. &lt;br /&gt;
  882. The&amp;nbsp;STM32U585 is a microcontroller with an Arm M33 running at 160MHz, 2MB of embedded flash storage, and 786kB of RAM.&amp;nbsp; (No, that's not a typo.)&lt;br /&gt;
  883. &lt;br /&gt;
  884. The board includes 2GB of RAM and 16GB of eMMC flash storage for the Dragonwing, as well as WiFi 5 and a whole slew of low-level I/O functions.&lt;/li&gt;
  885. &lt;/ul&gt;
  886. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  887. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  888. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  889. &lt;/div&gt;
  890. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  891. &lt;div&gt;
  892. &lt;ul&gt;
  893. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.servethehome.com/minisforum-n5-pro-review-an-awesome-nas-platform/]Minisforum also has a NAS.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Serve the Home)&lt;br /&gt;
  894. &lt;br /&gt;
  895. It features 5Gb and 10Gb network ports, five 3.5&quot; drive bays, three M.2 slots (convertible to one M.2 slot and two U.2 bays), RAM expandable up to 128GB, and a Ryzen 370 CPU.&lt;br /&gt;
  896. &lt;br /&gt;
  897. That's a 28W part with 12 Zen 5 cores and 16 graphics cores, and it's AMD's current fastest mainstream APU, six times as fast as the N150 found in certain low-end NASes we just bought.&lt;br /&gt;
  898. &lt;br /&gt;
  899. On the other hand, it costs $1019 without any memory or drives, vs. a current price of $204 for the Beelink Me Mini, so you definitely pay for what you get.&lt;br /&gt;
  900. &lt;br /&gt;
  901. &lt;br /&gt;
  902. &lt;/li&gt;
  903. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150?variant=48027613855986]The 16GB RAM model of the Beelink Me Mini is now available for $284 with a 1TB Crucial SSD bundled in.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Beelink)&lt;br /&gt;
  904. &lt;br /&gt;
  905. Well, it's available for pre-order, but so was the model I have and it was on my doorstep in rural Australia in about five days.&lt;br /&gt;
  906. &lt;br /&gt;
  907. &lt;br /&gt;
  908. &lt;/li&gt;
  909. &lt;li&gt;Let the bubbles roll: [url=https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/data-centers-gdp-growth-zero-first-half-2025-jason-furman-harvard-economist/]Spending on datacenters and information processing generally contributed about 90% of US GDP growth in the first half of 2025.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Fortune)&lt;br /&gt;
  910. &lt;br /&gt;
  911. The author notes that this spending did contribute to higher energy prices and continued high interest rates, and estimates that without all of these GDP would still have grown at around 2%:[quote]Our economy might just be three AI data centers in a trench coat.[/quote]&lt;br /&gt;
  912. &lt;br /&gt;
  913. &lt;/li&gt;
  914. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/openai-has-now-done-1-trillion-of-computing-deals-this-year/ar-AA1O1xSE]OpenAI has signed $1 trillion worth of deals for computing hardware and services so far this year.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (MSN)&lt;br /&gt;
  915. &lt;br /&gt;
  916. A trillion here, a trillion there...&lt;/li&gt;
  917. &lt;/ul&gt;
  918. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  919. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  920. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  921. &lt;/div&gt;
  922. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  923. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=5hVEdE0O5tA]&lt;/div&gt;
  924. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  925. &lt;/div&gt;
  926. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  927. &lt;/div&gt;
  928. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  929. &lt;/div&gt;
  930. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  931. &lt;/div&gt;
  932. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Amaris Yuri.&amp;nbsp; Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  </value>
  933. </content>
  934. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_8_october_2025</guid>
  935. <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
  936. </item>
  937.  
  938. <item>
  939. <title>Daily News Stuff 7 October 2025</title>
  940. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  941. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_7_october_2025</link>
  942. <category>Geek</category>
  943. <description>All Your Hosts Are Belong To Us Edition Top Story Now it's AMD's turn. (Serve the Home) A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion in OpenAI in return for OpenAI spending $100 billion on Nvidia hardware. Or some random amount - the scale is so absurd they're talking about graphics cards in gigawatts. OpenAI is buying 10 gigawatts of graphics cards. Now AMD is sort of doing the same. OpenAI is planning to buy 6GW of AMD Instinct cards and in return AMD has issued OpenAI a warrant for up to 160 million...</description>
  944. <content>
  945.    <value>All Your Hosts Are Belong To Us Edition
  946. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  947. &lt;/div&gt;
  948. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  949. &lt;div&gt;
  950. &lt;ul&gt;
  951. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.servethehome.com/amd-and-openai-ink-megadeal-for-6gw-of-future-ai-compute/]Now it's AMD's turn.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Serve the Home)&lt;br /&gt;
  952. &lt;br /&gt;
  953. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion in OpenAI in return for OpenAI spending $100 billion on Nvidia hardware.&amp;nbsp; Or some random amount - the scale is so absurd they're talking about graphics cards in gigawatts.&amp;nbsp; OpenAI is buying 10 gigawatts of graphics cards.&lt;br /&gt;
  954. &lt;br /&gt;
  955. Now AMD is sort of doing the same.&amp;nbsp; OpenAI is planning to buy 6GW of AMD Instinct cards and in return AMD has issued OpenAI a warrant for up to 160 million shares of its common stock, worth about $32 billion at current prices though since some of the shares wouldn't vest until the share price reaches $600 (from $200 today) it's potentially $100 billion again if the bubble don't burst.&lt;br /&gt;
  956. &lt;br /&gt;
  957. &lt;br /&gt;
  958. &lt;/li&gt;
  959. &lt;/ul&gt;
  960. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  961. &lt;div&gt;
  962. &lt;ul&gt;
  963. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crunchyroll-subtitles?open=false#%C2%A7why-did-crunchyrolls-subtitles-just-get-worse]Why did Crunchyroll's subtitles just get worse?[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Anime by the Numbers)&lt;br /&gt;
  964. &lt;br /&gt;
  965. Because they fired everyone who cared about typesetting.&lt;br /&gt;
  966. &lt;br /&gt;
  967. And you're kind of screwed, because all the other streaming services either don't care either or relicense Crunchyroll.&lt;br /&gt;
  968. &lt;br /&gt;
  969. It sucks.&lt;br /&gt;
  970. &lt;br /&gt;
  971. &lt;br /&gt;
  972. &lt;/li&gt;
  973. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/327987/total-victory-for-epic-games-as-supreme-court-declines-to-intervene-for-google]SCOTUS to Google: Stet.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Thurrott)&lt;br /&gt;
  974. &lt;br /&gt;
  975. Google requested a stay in the Epic Game decision, which went very, very badly for them.&lt;br /&gt;
  976. &lt;br /&gt;
  977. The stay was denied.&lt;br /&gt;
  978. &lt;br /&gt;
  979. Google now has &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;two weeks&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;to open Android up to alternate app stores and payment services, and stop even attempting to force this on developers and device makers.&lt;br /&gt;
  980. &lt;br /&gt;
  981. And I'm all out of popcorn...&lt;br /&gt;
  982. &lt;br /&gt;
  983. &lt;br /&gt;
  984. &lt;/li&gt;
  985. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/redis-warns-of-max-severity-flaw-impacting-thousands-of-instances/]There's a remote exploit flaw in Redis that has been lurking quietly for 13 years.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Bleeping Computer)&lt;br /&gt;
  986. &lt;br /&gt;
  987. Redis is typically run as a local caching service, not exposed to the internet, but researchers found 33,000 instances that were so exposed.&lt;br /&gt;
  988. &lt;br /&gt;
  989. Coupled with the recent sudo bug that could instantly give attackers root access on all those machines.&lt;br /&gt;
  990. &lt;br /&gt;
  991. &lt;br /&gt;
  992. &lt;/li&gt;
  993. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theverge.com/news/793039/openai-chatgpt-apps-developers-sdk-canva-zillow-devday-2025]OpenAI plans to allow developers to build apps that run inside ChatGPT.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&lt;br /&gt;
  994. &lt;br /&gt;
  995. There are an uncountably infinite number of ways in which this could go badly.&lt;br /&gt;
  996. &lt;br /&gt;
  997. &lt;br /&gt;
  998. &lt;/li&gt;
  999. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://hothardware.com/news/maxsun-arc-pro-b60]There's a single-slot water-cooled version of Maxsun's Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo, just in case you want to fit seven of them inside a standard ATX case.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Hot Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  1000. &lt;br /&gt;
  1001. And who doesn't want that?&lt;br /&gt;
  1002. &lt;br /&gt;
  1003. &lt;br /&gt;
  1004. &lt;/li&gt;
  1005. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1006. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1007. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=gsHYSs_qgmU]&lt;/div&gt;
  1008. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1009. &lt;/div&gt;
  1010. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1011. &lt;/div&gt;
  1012. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1013. &lt;/div&gt;
  1014. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Pew pew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</value>
  1015. </content>
  1016. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_7_october_2025</guid>
  1017. <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
  1018. </item>
  1019.  
  1020. <item>
  1021. <title>Daily News Stuff 6 October 2025</title>
  1022. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  1023. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_6_october_2025</link>
  1024. <category>Geek</category>
  1025. <description>Never Say Never Again Edition Top Story In May, OpenAI, which has never made a profit, spent $6.5 billion to buy Jony Ive's company io, which has never made a product. The first device to ship from the partnership? Anyone's guess, they're out of ideas. (Tech Crunch) (archive site)The FT now says that OpenAI and Ive aim to create "a palm-sized device without a screen that can take audio and visual cues from the physical environment and respond to users' requests."A phone? I'm told those already exist.But unresolved issues around the device's "personality," how it handles privacy, and computing infrastructure...</description>
  1026. <content>
  1027.    <value>Never Say Never Again Edition&lt;br /&gt;
  1028.  
  1029. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  1030. &lt;ul&gt;
  1031. &lt;li&gt;In May, OpenAI, which has never made a profit, spent $6.5 billion to buy Jony Ive's company io, which has never made a product. [url=https://archive.is/J9LlL]The first device to ship from the partnership? Anyone's guess, they're out of ideas.[/url] (Tech Crunch) (archive site)[quote]The FT now says that OpenAI and Ive aim to create &quot;a palm-sized device without a screen that can take audio and visual cues from the physical environment and respond to users' requests.&quot;[/quote]A phone? I'm told those already exist.[quote]But unresolved issues around the device's &quot;personality,&quot; how it handles privacy, and computing infrastructure might delay the launch.[/quote]Good grief, they've created the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.[quote]&quot;Listen,&quot; said Ford, who was still engrossed in the sales brochure, &quot;they make a big thing of the ship's cybernetics. A new generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and computers, with the new GPP feature.&quot; &quot;GPP feature?&quot; said Arthur. &quot;What's that?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  1032. &lt;br /&gt;
  1033. &quot;Oh, it says Genuine People Personalities.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
  1034. &lt;br /&gt;
  1035. &quot;Oh,&quot; said Arthur, &quot;sounds ghastly.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
  1036. &lt;br /&gt;
  1037. A voice behind them said, &quot;It is.&quot; The voice was low and hopeless and accompanied by a slight clanking sound. They span round and saw an abject steel man standing hunched in the doorway. &lt;br /&gt;
  1038. &lt;br /&gt;
  1039. &quot;What?&quot; they said. &lt;br /&gt;
  1040. &lt;br /&gt;
  1041. &quot;Ghastly,&quot; continued Marvin, &quot;it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door,&quot; he said, stepping through it. The irony circuits cut into his voice modulator as he mimicked the style of the sales brochure. &quot;All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  1042. &lt;br /&gt;
  1043. As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sigh-like quality to it. &quot;Hummmmmmmyummmmmmm ah!&quot; it said.[/quote]&lt;/li&gt;
  1044. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1045. &lt;br /&gt;
  1046.  
  1047. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  1048. &lt;ul&gt;
  1049. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://wccftech.com/intel-panther-lake-to-reportedly-feature-12-xe3-gpu-cores-only-on-core-ultra-x-skus/]Intel is reportedly planning to pack 12 graphics cores into its next-generation Panther Lake laptop chips.[/url] (WCCFTech)&lt;br /&gt;
  1050. &lt;br /&gt;
  1051. That will give them 50% more GPU hardware than the existing Lunar Lake series, which relies on fast on-package LPDDR5X memory to keep the graphics engine fed, and delivers close to AMD levels of graphics performance.&lt;br /&gt;
  1052. &lt;br /&gt;
  1053. Panther Lake will support regular DDR5 RAM so we'll see if this works or if it ends up hopelessly bandwidth-constrained.&lt;br /&gt;
  1054. &lt;br /&gt;
  1055. Reminder that this is the same chip that will only have four full-size CPU cores. Up to 16 in total, but the remainder will all be either E cores (efficiency, half as fast) or LP cores (low power, even slower).&lt;br /&gt;
  1056. &lt;br /&gt;
  1057. &lt;br /&gt;
  1058. &lt;/li&gt;
  1059. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10-01/national/socialAffairs/NIRS-fire-destroys-governments-cloud-storage-system-no-backups-available/2412936]A fire has destroyed the South Korean government's cloud storage system. They don't have a backup.[/url] (Korea JoongAng Daily)&lt;br /&gt;
  1060. &lt;br /&gt;
  1061. Government workers - 750,000 of them - were encouraged to store work documents on the government-run cloud service because... Nobody has ever made an adage of putting all your eggs in one basket, right?&lt;br /&gt;
  1062. &lt;br /&gt;
  1063. Just to be clear, this is for working documents for individual staff members; the usual fleet of government databases are stored separately and did not go up in smoke yet.&lt;br /&gt;
  1064. &lt;br /&gt;
  1065. &lt;br /&gt;
  1066. &lt;/li&gt;
  1067. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish]How did Amazon become so rubbish, and how to fix it?[/url] (The Guardian)&lt;br /&gt;
  1068. &lt;br /&gt;
  1069. It's a Cory Doctorow article, so we know the answer won't be specific antitrust action against the purported monopoly, but communism for everyone.[quote]This flywheel is the direct product of a radical legal theory that has had the world in its grip since the late 1970s. From the 1890s until the Jimmy Carter administration, US corporations' power was blunted by antitrust law, which treated large companies as threats &lt;em&gt;simply because they were large.&lt;/em&gt;[/quote]That claim is partly true. The period from the 1930s to the 1970s was indeed marked by radical antitrust actions, leading Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart to remark: &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;The sole consistency that I can find [in U.S. merger law] is that in litigation under [the Clayton Act], the Government always wins.&lt;/span&gt;[quote]A rival - and frankly terrible – theory of antitrust law says that the only time a government should intervene against a monopolist is when it is sure that the monopolist is using its scale to raise prices or lower quality.[/quote]This is obviously the correct approach and indeed the method used in prior decades was discarded because it was inconsistent, unproductive, and unconstitutional, things Mr Doctorow doesn't appear to consider a problem.&lt;br /&gt;
  1070. &lt;br /&gt;
  1071. &lt;br /&gt;
  1072. &lt;/li&gt;
  1073. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/opera-wants-you-to-pay-1990-per-month-for-its-new-ai-browser/]Opera wants you to pay $20 per month for its new AI browser.[/url] (Bleeping Computer)&lt;br /&gt;
  1074. &lt;br /&gt;
  1075. No.&lt;br /&gt;
  1076. &lt;br /&gt;
  1077. See how easy this is, Cory?&lt;br /&gt;
  1078. &lt;br /&gt;
  1079. &lt;br /&gt;
  1080. &lt;/li&gt;
  1081. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/one-force-is-propping-up-the-economy-fears-are-growing-it-won-t-last/ar-AA1NAuUx]You know, maybe it is a bubble after all.[/url] (MSN)&lt;br /&gt;
  1082. &lt;br /&gt;
  1083. Ya think?&lt;br /&gt;
  1084. &lt;br /&gt;
  1085. &lt;br /&gt;
  1086. &lt;/li&gt;
  1087. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1088. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;[ytlite=uhzy7JaU2Zc]&lt;br /&gt;
  1089. &lt;br /&gt;
  1090. &lt;br /&gt;
  1091. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Share and enjoy!&lt;/span&gt; </value>
  1092. </content>
  1093. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_6_october_2025</guid>
  1094. <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1095. </item>
  1096.  
  1097. <item>
  1098. <title>Daily News Stuff 35 September 2025</title>
  1099. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  1100. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_35_september_2025</link>
  1101. <category>Geek</category>
  1102. <description>Eternal Neptember Edition Top Story The Eternal September is finally over after 34 years as AOL shuts down its dialup service. (Tom's Hardware) Looking around and seeing the current state of the internet, I think they might have left it running a little too long. Speaking of which, how does my upgraded 500Mb internet feel? Exactly the same as before, one 100Mb, to be honest. Moving from ADSL (I got about 16Mb down and 2Mb up) to a nominal 100/40 connection was a huge upgrade. At least it was until I got hit by lightning and my modem exploded. Since...</description>
  1103. <content>
  1104.    <value>Eternal Neptember Edition
  1105. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1106. &lt;/div&gt;
  1107. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  1108. &lt;div&gt;
  1109. &lt;ul&gt;
  1110. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/aols-dial-up-internet-service-killed-with-a-final-modem-screech-this-week-after-34-years-america-online-goes-offline-but-other-dual-up-services-still-exist]The Eternal September is finally over after 34 years as AOL shuts down its dialup service.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)&lt;br /&gt;
  1111. &lt;br /&gt;
  1112. Looking around and seeing the current state of the internet, I think they might have left it running a little too long.&lt;br /&gt;
  1113. &lt;br /&gt;
  1114. &lt;br /&gt;
  1115. &lt;/li&gt;
  1116. &lt;li&gt;Speaking of which, how does my upgraded 500Mb internet feel?&lt;br /&gt;
  1117. &lt;br /&gt;
  1118. Exactly the same as before, one 100Mb, to be honest.&amp;nbsp; Moving from ADSL (I got about 16Mb down and 2Mb up) to a nominal 100/40 connection was a huge upgrade.&amp;nbsp; At least it was until I got hit by lightning and my modem exploded.&lt;br /&gt;
  1119. &lt;br /&gt;
  1120. Since I mostly look at (and work on) US-hosted sites, that trans-Pacific latency erases any obvious gains.&amp;nbsp; The new plan is cheaper, though, and the next step down goes all the way to 50/20 and only saves $2.&lt;br /&gt;
  1121. &lt;br /&gt;
  1122. &lt;/li&gt;
  1123. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1124. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1125. &lt;/div&gt;
  1126. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1127. &lt;div&gt;
  1128. &lt;ul&gt;
  1129. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://wccftech.com/maxsun-intros-powerful-ai-workstation-pc-featuring-up-to-four-intel-arc-pro-b60-48g-turbo-gpus/]Maxsun has teamed up with case manufacturer Abee to produce a workstation powered by Intel CPUs and GPUs, the latter specifically being Maxsun's Arc Pro B60 48GB Turbo model.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (WCCFTech)&lt;br /&gt;
  1130. &lt;br /&gt;
  1131. The B60 is based on Intel's B580 gaming card, not particularly powerful compared with Nvidia's RTX 5060 or AMD's 9060 XT, but $50 cheaper at $250 and equipped with 50% more VRAM - 12GB rather than 8GB - which makes some memory-intensive titles run better even though the hardware is nominally slower.&lt;br /&gt;
  1132. &lt;br /&gt;
  1133. The Arc Pro B60 48GB Turbo takes two of those, doubles the memory on each, and fits them on a single card for $1200.&amp;nbsp; It's only really useful for certain specific tasks - you wouldn't buy one of these to play games - but it's a lot cheaper than any 48GB cards from AMD or Nvidia.&lt;br /&gt;
  1134. &lt;br /&gt;
  1135. &lt;br /&gt;
  1136. &lt;/li&gt;
  1137. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://wccftech.com/hp-launches-zgx-nano-g1n-ai-workstation-powered-by-nvidias-gb10-superchip/]HP has launched the ZGX Nano G1n, powered by Nvidia's GB10 chip.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (WCCFTech)&lt;br /&gt;
  1138. &lt;br /&gt;
  1139. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;What?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1140. &lt;br /&gt;
  1141. It's an AI thing.&lt;br /&gt;
  1142. &lt;br /&gt;
  1143. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Oh.&lt;br /&gt;
  1144. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1145. It has 20 Arm CPU cores - 10 X925 full-size cores and 10 A725 mid-size cores, 48 graphics cores - the same as an RTX 5070 desktop graphics card, 128GB of soldered LPDDR5X memory on a 256-bit bus, and two 200Gb Ethernet ports for attaching it to more of the same.&lt;br /&gt;
  1146. &lt;br /&gt;
  1147. Price not announced but expect it to cost around 50% more than AMD's very similar systems based on the Ryzen AI Max 395.&lt;br /&gt;
  1148. &lt;br /&gt;
  1149. &lt;br /&gt;
  1150. &lt;/li&gt;
  1151. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/03/tech/food-delivery-robots-cec]Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they’re not our friends.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (CNN)&lt;br /&gt;
  1152. &lt;br /&gt;
  1153. I might return to this item tomorrow because the article is impressively deranged.&lt;br /&gt;
  1154. &lt;br /&gt;
  1155. &lt;br /&gt;
  1156. &lt;/li&gt;
  1157. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2928100/gmail-users-watch-out-these-2-features-are-being-killed-next-year.html]Gmail is dropping Gmailify and POP support.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (PC World)&lt;br /&gt;
  1158. &lt;br /&gt;
  1159. Going forward, you will need to use an email client that supports the new IMAP standard, which came out in...&amp;nbsp; 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
  1160. &lt;br /&gt;
  1161. &lt;br /&gt;
  1162. &lt;/li&gt;
  1163. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://github.com/johnperry-math/AoC2023/blob/master/More_Detailed_Comparison.md]A comparison of Ada and Rust.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (GitHub)&lt;br /&gt;
  1164. &lt;br /&gt;
  1165. Is it just me, or is Rust kind of...&amp;nbsp; Bad?&lt;/li&gt;
  1166. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1167. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1168. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1169. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1170. &lt;/div&gt;
  1171. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  1172. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=E-gbYjLd93g]&lt;/div&gt;
  1173. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1174. &lt;/div&gt;
  1175. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1176. &lt;/div&gt;
  1177. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1178. &lt;/div&gt;
  1179. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Makes me want to say, STOP BITING ME!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    </value>
  1180. </content>
  1181. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_35_september_2025</guid>
  1182. <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1183. </item>
  1184.  
  1185. <item>
  1186. <title>Daily News Stuff 4 October 2025</title>
  1187. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  1188. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_4_october_2025</link>
  1189. <category>Geek</category>
  1190. <description>Who What Edition Top Story Thwarted plot to cripple cell service in NY was bigger than first thought unless it wasn't: Sources. (ABC) Over on the sidebar you'll find a link by CBD to an article about a planned attack against communications infrastructure in New York City, discovered and averted twelve days ago by the Secret Service. They found 100,000 activated SIM cards and over 300 specialised (and, in the US, illegal) SIM servers set up to use them, in a handful of rented locations in the city, capable of sending out thirty million SMS messages per minute and overwhelming...</description>
  1191. <content>
  1192.    <value>Who What Edition
  1193. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1194. &lt;/div&gt;
  1195. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  1196. &lt;div&gt;
  1197. &lt;ul&gt;
  1198. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/thwarted-plot-cripple-cell-service-ny-bigger-thought/story?id=126057249]Thwarted plot to cripple cell service in NY was bigger than first thought unless it wasn't: Sources.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (ABC)&lt;br /&gt;
  1199. &lt;br /&gt;
  1200. Over on the sidebar you'll find a link by CBD [url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/secret-service-dismantles-electronic-network-posing-threat-to-officials-at-un-gathering-5919070]to an article about a planned attack against communications infrastructure in New York City[/url], discovered and averted twelve days ago by the Secret Service.&lt;br /&gt;
  1201. &lt;br /&gt;
  1202. They found 100,000 activated SIM cards and over 300 specialised (and, in the US, illegal) SIM servers set up to use them, in a handful of rented locations in the city, capable of sending out thirty million SMS messages per minute and overwhelming and crippling nearby cell towers.&lt;br /&gt;
  1203. &lt;br /&gt;
  1204. The latest update us that the Secret Service has found another 200,000 SIM cards in another location nearby in New Jersey.&lt;br /&gt;
  1205. &lt;br /&gt;
  1206. So they question is, who was behind this rather sophisticated plot, and what were they hoping to achieve.&amp;nbsp; The Secret Service links it to China, which is probably true but only at the surface level.&lt;br /&gt;
  1207. &lt;br /&gt;
  1208. Most likely this wasn't a nation-state planning a terror attack at all, but an organised crime ring using those hundreds of thousands of numbers to make scam calls.&amp;nbsp; The hardware was probably smuggled from China, but not to declare war, just to make an illicit buck.&lt;br /&gt;
  1209. &lt;br /&gt;
  1210. That's speculation, but what we know for sure - because it put the Secret Service on the track in the first place - is that this same network was used in swatting attacks against members of Congress in December of 2023.&lt;br /&gt;
  1211. &lt;br /&gt;
  1212. And it would be foolish of a nation-state actor to allow such an elaborate plot to be foiled over such a minor and secondary objective.&amp;nbsp; Though dumber things have happened.&lt;br /&gt;
  1213. &lt;br /&gt;
  1214. &lt;br /&gt;
  1215. &lt;/li&gt;
  1216. &lt;li&gt;Second pass at today's thread because my computer decided to reboot right when I was looking for the video for the interlude and I hadn't saved yet.&amp;nbsp; That'll teach me.&lt;br /&gt;
  1217. &lt;br /&gt;
  1218. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;* Spoiler: It didn't teach them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1219. &lt;/li&gt;
  1220. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1221. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1222. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1223. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1224. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1225. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  1226. &lt;div&gt;
  1227. &lt;ul&gt;
  1228. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://blog.nataliethenerd.com/i-turned-the-lego-game-boy-into-a-working-game-boy-part-1/]I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game Boy.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Natalie the Nerd)&lt;br /&gt;
  1229. &lt;br /&gt;
  1230. Someone needs to get Natalie the Lego Millennium Falcon, stat.&lt;br /&gt;
  1231. &lt;br /&gt;
  1232. &lt;br /&gt;
  1233. &lt;/li&gt;
  1234. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-now-worth-500-billion-195534705.html]OpenAI is now worth $500 billion, making it the world's most valuable startup.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Yahoo)&lt;br /&gt;
  1235. &lt;br /&gt;
  1236. For the first half of this year, OpenAI lost $13.5 billion on revenues of $4.3 billion.&lt;br /&gt;
  1237. &lt;br /&gt;
  1238. &lt;br /&gt;
  1239. &lt;/li&gt;
  1240. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/red_hat_gitlab_breach/]RedHat has announced that &quot;an unauthorized third party had accessed and copied some data from a Red Hat Consulting-managed, dedicated GitLab instance&quot;.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Register)&lt;br /&gt;
  1241. &lt;br /&gt;
  1242. &quot;Some data&quot; turns out to be 28,000 Git repositories.&lt;br /&gt;
  1243. &lt;br /&gt;
  1244. Quite a lot, really.&lt;br /&gt;
  1245. &lt;br /&gt;
  1246. &lt;br /&gt;
  1247. &lt;/li&gt;
  1248. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/OQi5H]Who would be silly enough to sign up for OpenAI's new social network when all it has to offer is an unending stream of AI slop?[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)&lt;br /&gt;
  1249. &lt;br /&gt;
  1250. Oh.&amp;nbsp; A writer for The Verge.&amp;nbsp; Yes, that checks out.&lt;/li&gt;
  1251. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1252. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1253. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1254. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1255. &lt;/div&gt;
  1256. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;
  1257. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=cHLbaOLWjpc]&lt;/div&gt;
  1258. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1259. &lt;/div&gt;
  1260. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1261. &lt;/div&gt;
  1262. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1263. &lt;/div&gt;
  1264. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: Dumber things happen at sea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </value>
  1265. </content>
  1266. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_4_october_2025</guid>
  1267. <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1268. </item>
  1269.  
  1270. <item>
  1271. <title>Daily News Stuff 3 October 2025</title>
  1272. <author>Pixy Misa</author>
  1273. <link>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_3_october_2025</link>
  1274. <category>Geek</category>
  1275. <description>Twentieth Century Frog Edition Top Story OpenAI reported a revenue of $4.3 billion for the first six months of 2025. (Tech in Asia) Unfortunately, they spent $17.8 billion. But they'll make it up in volume. Speaking of which a college student was caught after a wild and apparently drunken rampage destroying parked cars because he asked ChatGPT if the police had any way of knowing he did it. (The Smoking Gun)The incriminating ChatGPT conversation--filled with typos--opened with Schaefer asking, "How fucked am I" and "qilll I go to jail." After the AI program "gave tips about the potential outcome of...</description>
  1276. <content>
  1277.    <value>Twentieth Century Frog Edition
  1278. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1279. &lt;/div&gt;
  1280. &lt;h2&gt;Top Story&lt;/h2&gt;
  1281. &lt;div&gt;
  1282. &lt;ul&gt;
  1283. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.techinasia.com/news/openais-revenue-rises-16-to-4-3b-in-h1-2025]OpenAI reported a revenue of $4.3 billion for the first six months of 2025.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Tech in Asia)&lt;br /&gt;
  1284. &lt;br /&gt;
  1285. Unfortunately, they spent $17.8 billion.&lt;br /&gt;
  1286. &lt;br /&gt;
  1287. But they'll make it up in volume.&lt;br /&gt;
  1288. &lt;br /&gt;
  1289. &lt;br /&gt;
  1290. &lt;/li&gt;
  1291. &lt;li&gt;Speaking of which [url=https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/chatgpt-confession-196015]a college student was caught after a wild and apparently drunken rampage destroying parked cars because he asked ChatGPT if the police had any way of knowing he did it.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Smoking Gun)[quote]The incriminating ChatGPT conversation--filled with typos--opened with Schaefer asking, &quot;How fucked am I&quot; and &quot;qilll I go to jail.&quot; After the AI program &quot;gave tips about the potential outcome of getting caught or being involved in this kind of behavior,&quot; Schaefer typed, &quot;What if I smashed the shit outta mutlipls cars.&quot;[/quote]Oh, and his own phone placed him at the scene.&lt;br /&gt;
  1292. &lt;br /&gt;
  1293. And it was all caught on security cameras.&lt;br /&gt;
  1294. &lt;br /&gt;
  1295. Not too bright, this lad.&lt;br /&gt;
  1296. &lt;br /&gt;
  1297. &lt;/li&gt;
  1298. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1299. &lt;h2&gt;Tech News&lt;/h2&gt;
  1300. &lt;div&gt;
  1301. &lt;ul&gt;
  1302. &lt;li&gt;When did Australia join the 20th century?&lt;br /&gt;
  1303. &lt;br /&gt;
  1304. Anyway, I'll be upgrading from my 100Mb internet plan this weekend to a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;cheaper &lt;/span&gt;500Mb one with the same provider.&amp;nbsp; I have a business plan for the static IP and extra support (one of which I depend on and the other I have never used), and they didn't offer the cheap fast plans that recently became available to consumers.&lt;br /&gt;
  1305. &lt;br /&gt;
  1306. Now apparently they do.
  1307. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1308. &lt;/div&gt;I could upgrade as high as 2Gb now but that costs twice as much as my current 100Mb plan (for 20x the speed) and requires a tech visit to upgrade the modem.&lt;br /&gt;
  1309. &lt;br /&gt;
  1310. Update: Done.&amp;nbsp; Went from 100Mb to around 250Mb, at least as measured from my laptop's WiFi.&lt;br /&gt;
  1311. &lt;br /&gt;
  1312. Apparently these new plans became available just last month.&amp;nbsp; Consumers automatically got the speed upgrade, but business customers had to request a plan change.&lt;br /&gt;
  1313. &lt;br /&gt;
  1314. It was completely painless; even my SSH connections to work didn't hiccup.&amp;nbsp; I made sure I could access all my servers through my bastion host just in case, but there was no need to worry.&lt;br /&gt;
  1315. &lt;br /&gt;
  1316. &lt;br /&gt;
  1317. &lt;/li&gt;
  1318. &lt;li&gt;Also bought two weed eaters today because my old one went &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;phut&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  1319. &lt;br /&gt;
  1320. The old one was a Bosch cordless, which I bought because I have several other Bosch tools and a stockpile of batteries.&amp;nbsp; It worked well until it when &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;phut&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;so I went onto Amazon to buy a new one and they're out of stock.&amp;nbsp; Bosch sells at least three different models in Australia and Amazon has none of them.&lt;br /&gt;
  1321. &lt;br /&gt;
  1322. So I found something cheap with decent reviews for about $70 with two batteries and a charger, and bought that.&lt;br /&gt;
  1323. &lt;br /&gt;
  1324. Then I discovered that Bosch runs its own store on eBay, and bought their current model for about $85 without a battery.&lt;br /&gt;
  1325. &lt;br /&gt;
  1326. Weeds better look out!&amp;nbsp; In a week.&amp;nbsp; Out here in rural Australia, same-day delivery is still a pipe dream, even if 2Gb internet is readily available.&lt;br /&gt;
  1327. &lt;br /&gt;
  1328. &lt;br /&gt;
  1329. &lt;/li&gt;
  1330. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.404media.co/earth-is-getting-darker-literally-and-scientists-are-trying-to-find-out-why/]The Earth is getting darker and scientists are trying to find out why.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (404 Media)&lt;br /&gt;
  1331. &lt;br /&gt;
  1332. We've been warned about this since at least the 1970s.&lt;br /&gt;
  1333. &lt;br /&gt;
  1334. Or wait, was that the other thing?&lt;br /&gt;
  1335. &lt;br /&gt;
  1336. &lt;br /&gt;
  1337. &lt;/li&gt;
  1338. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://theslowburningfuse.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/digital-id-the-new-chains-of-capitalist-surveillance/]Digital ID: The new chains of capitalist surveillance.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Slow Burning Fuse)&lt;br /&gt;
  1339. &lt;br /&gt;
  1340. Ignore this woman, she is clearly deranged.&lt;br /&gt;
  1341. &lt;br /&gt;
  1342. &lt;br /&gt;
  1343. &lt;/li&gt;
  1344. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/790510/trump-fascism-antifa-soros-ice]Everything is terrorism in Trump's America.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&lt;br /&gt;
  1345. &lt;br /&gt;
  1346. No, not everything.&amp;nbsp; Just terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;
  1347. &lt;br /&gt;
  1348. &lt;br /&gt;
  1349. &lt;/li&gt;
  1350. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://www.theverge.com/news/791170/iceblock-app-store-removed-by-apple]Apple has removed the ICEBlock app from its App Store.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (The Verge)&lt;br /&gt;
  1351. &lt;br /&gt;
  1352. Like that.&lt;br /&gt;
  1353. &lt;br /&gt;
  1354. &lt;br /&gt;
  1355. &lt;/li&gt;
  1356. &lt;li&gt;[url=https://archive.is/UleIs]AI has already run out of training data.[/url]&amp;nbsp; (Business Insider)&amp;nbsp; (archive site)[quote]With the web tapped out, developers are turning to synthetic data - machine-generated text, images, and code. That approach offers limitless supply, but also risks overwhelming models with low-quality output or AI slop.[/quote]The risk there is 100%.&lt;br /&gt;
  1357. &lt;br /&gt;
  1359. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1360. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  1361. &lt;/ul&gt;
  1362. &lt;h2&gt;Musical Interlude&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  1363. &lt;div&gt;[ytlite=nAerTAjLpF0]&lt;/div&gt;
  1364. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1365. &lt;/div&gt;
  1366. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1367. &lt;/div&gt;
  1368. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1369. &lt;/div&gt;
  1370. &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: To the rhythm, or not to the rhythm?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   </value>
  1371. </content>
  1372. <guid>http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_3_october_2025</guid>
  1373. <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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