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AmiMoJo shares a report: Europe’s biggest battery storage project has entered commercial operation in Scotland [alternative source], promising to soak up surplus wind power and prevent turbines being paid to switch off. Zenobe said the first phase of its project at Blackhillock, between Inverness and Aberdeen, was now live with capacity to store enough power … Read more

Anthropic’s announcement of Claude 3.7 Sonnet notwithstanding, the breakneck pace of major AI announcements seemed to slow down through February. That gave us some time to look at some other topics. Two important posts about programming appeared: Salvatore Sanfilippo’s “We Are Destroying Software” and Rob Pike’s slide deck “On Bloat.” They’re unsurprisingly similar. Neither mentions … Read more

Corporate and diplomatic trends in AI writing According to the researchers, all sectors they analyzed (consumer complaints, corporate communications, job postings) showed similar adoption patterns: sharp increases beginning three to four months after ChatGPT’s November 2022 launch, followed by stabilization in late 2023. Organization age emerged as the strongest predictor of AI writing usage in … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook teased a new product announcement this week, sharing a short video that says “there’s something in the Air.” Based on the “Air” wording and the timing of the launch, it sounds like we’re going to get new M4 MacBook Air models. Design Apple will continue to offer the ‌MacBook Air‌ in … Read more

SpaceX was set to perform another test of the world’s most powerful rocket last night, but the launch was scrubbed in the final minute before takeoff. Now the eighth test flight of the Starship will have to wait for at least a day as engineers check on problems with the rocket. Starship was scheduled to … Read more

Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the … Read more

Why build an industry around a scale that cuts across established verticals? This question occurred to me on a long flight to Paris, to attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), at UNESCO headquarters last month. I was part of an IEEE delegation led by 2025 IEEE … Read more

Tom Gerken Technology reporter PA Media The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a “major investigation” into TikTok’s use of children’s personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will inspect the way in which the social media platform uses the data of 13 to 17-year-olds to recommend further content to them. John Edwards, … Read more

LowKick Games announced today that its web3 MMORPG WorldShards has generated over $6.2 million in marketplace sales in its first year. According to the developer, it has done this through a strategic partnership with web3 gaming platform Open Loot, which it entered into in February 2023. LowKick also claims to have achieved these sales without … Read more

Matthew Miller/ZDNET Spring is just around the corner, and as we head into warmer weather, discounts on great devices are cropping up. OnePlus is offering a killer deal for the OnePlus Open. By entering the code “LUCKY25” at checkout, you shave $500 off the foldable’s price tag, bringing it down to $1,200.  Additionally, you can … Read more