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Wenig Wasser und hohe Temperaturen stressen die Bäume. Gemeinden warnen vor spontanen Astabbrüchen und sperren Parks. Eine Übersicht. www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Trockenheit stresst Bäume: Warnung vor Astabbrüchen
Wenig Wasser und hohe Temperaturen stressen die Bäume. Gemeinden warnen vor spontanen Astabbrüchen und sperren Parks.
srf.ch
Electrolyte powders promise better hydration, energy, and recovery. But unless you’re losing serious fluid, water and food probably have you covered. www.wired.com/story/how-ma...
How Many Electrolytes Should You Be Taking, and Can You Have Too Many?
Electrolyte powders promise better hydration, energy, and recovery. But unless you’re losing serious fluid, water and food probably have you covered.
wired.com
Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else
Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else
Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code
theregister.com
Senior White House official claims China’s K3 model stolen from Anthropic
Senior White House official claims China’s K3 model stolen from Anthropic
And accuses Thailand hosting hardware that may have helped distillation attack
theregister.com
Frontier LLMs couldn't help Hugging Face fight off evil agents
Frontier LLMs couldn't help Hugging Face fight off evil agents
Chinese open-weight model GLM 5.2 happily obliged
theregister.com
Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop ‘theft’ of content
Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop ‘theft’ of content
PM frames sweeping new regulations as the equivalent of labour movement touchstones like winning a minimum wage
theregister.com
AI is becoming a bargain hunter's market, with a few luxury models on top
AI is becoming a bargain hunter's market, with a few luxury models on top
Inference is become a commodity except for frontier models
theregister.com
USA, UK, Israel, USA's DNC, USA's RNC: "It is not _____________________ (insert genocide, fascism, invasion, war, war crime, police state authoritarian, etc) when we do it"
Even banks and hyperscalers are now sounding the alarm about the AI bubble
Even banks and hyperscalers are now sounding the alarm about the AI bubble
Oracle's down more than 40% this month, the BIS thinks AI could destroy the economy, and we've got the Kettle on for a chat about the whole mess
theregister.com
What began as a “flamingo revolution” to protest the $1.4 billion development on Sazan Island has spiraled into mass protests against a ruling party that thousands now want out.
Ivanka and Jared’s Island Resort Could Bring Down Albania’s Prime Minister
What began as a “flamingo revolution” to protest the $1.4 billion development on Sazan Island has spiraled into mass protests against a ruling party that thousands now want out.
wrd.cm
Hmm. We've been boiling the planet, then told them that A.I. will replace all the jobs (while we use massive amounts of energy and water to power the A.I.). Meanwhile, lunatic geriatric men waste billions of dollars of missiles to dismember civilians. Of course the kids are fucking anxious.
Anxiety drives child mental health referrals past one million
Demand is soaring beyond capacity, meaning children in England wait years for help with various conditions.
bbc.co.uk
Could Europe ever have its own independent search index? What makes @ecosiasearch.bsky.social different from other search engines? You'll find the answers (together with @brucel.bsky.social insufferable jokes) on the latest episode of our podcast, For A Better Web ✊🌲
Wolfgang Oels (Ecosia) - For A Better Web | Vivaldi Browser
In this podcast series, Bruce interviews people from across different communities and industries who, in their own way, are fighting for a better web.
vivaldi.com
TMD’s keyless bike lock is a $280 solution to a $60 problem
TMD’s keyless bike lock is a $280 solution to a $60 problem
Not everything has to be “smart.”
buff.ly
Trump-shuttered climate change site back online in nonprofit hands
Trump-shuttered climate change site back online in nonprofit hands
Remove something from the internet? You can't stop the (climate change) signal, Mal
theregister.com
Read this before you vibe-code another app
Read this before you vibe-code another app
Your dream vibe-coded app might be a security nightmare.
buff.ly
ah yes...I should also post about OUR book. the 2nd edition of "Observability Engineering" is now available for download.. and you can download it for free on the honeycomb site. this was supposed to be an update, and ended up being a total rewrite (& then some). 😅 www.honeycomb.io/blog/the-sec...
The Second Edition of Observability Engineering Is Here
IT’S HERE it’s here it’s here it’s here!!!! The second edition of Observability Engineering is available for download, and since Honeycomb is the sponsor, you can now download it from our website (th...
honeycomb.io
Doug Winter@doug.winter.cx · 2mo agoBoth Cat and Charity are very much worth reading.
🇨🇴 🇵🇸 “Israel’s war is also a war against truth.” Colombia’s Permanent Rep. to the UN, Leonor Zalabata Torres, addressed the Sec. Council meeting on the situation in Gaza on June 18. She said: “The dissemination of biased, partial information, alongside the prohibition of access by the...
Apple keeps changing my preferred search engine FROM duckduckgo TO Google. Google keeps harassing me to log in to google to access ANYTHING. So I changed some settings. Now I’ve lost tabs, been locked out of websites, etc. End result: I hate both more, am MORE motivated to find ways to avoid them.
People often ask about @eurosky.social, so I wrote a little thread to explain some of the ideas.
Robin Berjon@robin.berjon.com · 2mo agoCore to Eurosky is the idea that European tech needs to invent its own vision and playbook rather than copy US incumbents. A European Google, European Meta, European X would still be toxic sludge except with a EU sticker. @maxvonthun.bsky.social wrote about this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With its music focus, no-AI content policy, and larger artist royalties, the hi-res streaming service is scooping up all sorts of switchers. www.wired.com/story/qobuz-...
Qobuz Is the Anti-Spotify Music Streamer You’ve Been Waiting For
With its music focus, no-AI content policy, and larger artist royalties, the hi-res streaming service is scooping up all sorts of switchers.
wired.com
I think AI is the best opening we've ever had to bring our engineering values to the mainstream, instead of the top single-digit-percent of teams it's always been. But nondeterminism will take more engineering discipline. Not less. charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-demands...
AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less
If you lived through the shift from handcrafted server pets to immutable infrastructure, you should sense something oddly familiar about what's happening now.
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A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
wrd.cm
"Maybe we should work harder on noticing the wins and celebrating the progress we do make. Maybe we should remind ourselves that these are pretty great problems to have, all things considered. And then maybe go outside and touch grass." Got a question? Send it my way, details in the piece.
Coffee firms ill-prepared for EU rules on living wages, report finds reut.rs/4eg4JZA
Coffee firms ill-prepared for EU rules on living wages, report finds
None of the world's top coffee roasters and traders have committed to paying farmers a living income even though this is set to become a legal obligation for large companies operating in the EU from 2029, according to a major coffee sector report.
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