Articles by billybuckwheat
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Mysterious Next-Gen Aircraft Allegedly Spotted Near Area 51 (theaviationist.com)

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Billions spent and hypothetical returns: the AI boom explained with six charts (theguardian.com)

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AI could drive advances that solve problems it brings, scientist suggests (rnz.co.nz)

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New Zealand testing of Elon Musk's Starshield 'significant', US expert says (rnz.co.nz)

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US says ban on AI chip shipments applies to Chinese firms outside China (aljazeera.com)

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'Your devices could be at risk': how McAfee antivirus scams trade on fear (theguardian.com)

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The Art of Telling a Lie (rnz.co.nz)

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Huawei touts chip design breakthrough in bid to defy U.S. sanctions (nbcnews.com)

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Authors versus AI and the risks to government public sector push (rnz.co.nz)

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New Zealand at wild frontier of AI superhacking (rnz.co.nz)

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'Future of work' on agenda as NZ govt digital leaders head to Microsoft US HQ (rnz.co.nz)

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AI is minting new billionaires, and workers want their share (restofworld.org)

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Palantir Protests Exclusion from U.S. Military Intelligence System Project (asiae.co.kr)

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Replacing NZ public servants with AI could come with hidden costs, critics warn (rnz.co.nz)

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Advanced AI models bring government to 'reflection point,' CIA official says (nextgov.com)

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ThinkPad Endgame (williamjansson.com)

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Scientists worried about de-extinction ethics as biotech co. touts breakthrough (rnz.co.nz)

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Tech bros say AI can be your best friend. Experts explain why it can't (rnz.co.nz)

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Canvas hack: is it a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data? (theguardian.com)

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Silver scrollers: What is screen time like for seniors? (rnz.co.nz)

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Microsoft warns of Exchange zero-day flaw exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Big tech bets on new mascots in bid to seem more cuddly (bbc.com)

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SpaceX backs Anthropic with data centre deal amidst Musk's OpenAI lawsuit (aljazeera.com)

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Do look up: stargazing in New Zealand's first dark sky community (theguardian.com)

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The Software Layer of China-US Tech Diplomacy (thediplomat.com)

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Police shut down reboot of Crimenetwork marketplace, arrest admin (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? (rnz.co.nz)

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SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites (cbc.ca)

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The Eye in Your Pocket (aeon.co)

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Pentagon will 'never again' rely on a single AI provider, official says (nextgov.com)

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US reportedly charges Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland (bleepingcomputer.com)

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French professor investigated for awarding himself fake prize (bbc.com)

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A man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared (theguardian.com)

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New Zealand passes solar tipping point (rnz.co.nz)

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Amazon takes $45M hit, abandons planned West Auckland data centre (rnz.co.nz)

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How the vinyl revival fills the gaps streaming left behind (restofworld.org)

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Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI. Why it matters (rnz.co.nz)

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Spy officials: job‑loss fear, safe rapid change top AI workforce challenges (cyberscoop.com)

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Super fly: can an electric aircraft spark a quiet revolution in New York travel? (theguardian.com)

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The quiet power of headphones for people with autism (rnz.co.nz)

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'Look, no hands': China chases the driverless dream at Beijing car show (theguardian.com)

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Personal Daily Briefing (PDB) (icbrief.org)

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Meta says it will cut 8k jobs as AI spending grows (bbc.com)

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NASA's Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars (theguardian.com)

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Demand for AI-related skills has grown and older workers are acing the pivot (rnz.co.nz)

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Chinese carmaker Seres granted patent for voice-controlled in-car toilet (drivencarguide.co.nz)

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How to invent a realistic language for fictional speakers (sciencenews.org)

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AI answers break down, and what each one looks like (substack.com)

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Robots learn: A brief, contemporary history (technologyreview.com)

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Should you turn off your laptop while commuting? (rnz.co.nz)

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South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution (theguardian.com)

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Solar panels are forming rainfall clouds and oases in the middle of deserts (ecoportal.net)

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Can you learn to read faster? And why would you want to? (rnz.co.nz)

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How to foster critical thinking for teens in an online world (rnz.co.nz)

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China's Alibaba launches 10k-card computing cluster (scmp.com)

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Meta unveils first AI model from costly superintelligence team (msn.com)

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Skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat (theguardian.com)

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Quantum computing could fix AI's sustainability problem (japantimes.co.jp)

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'Microshifting' puts a new spin on 9-to-5 schedules (apnews.com)

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Cert-EU: European Commission hack exposes data of 30 EU entities (bleepingcomputer.com)

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'System malfunction' causes robotaxis to stall in middle of the road in China (theguardian.com)

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'Worst in Show' CES products include AI fridges, AI companions and AI doorbells (apnews.com)

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The Opt Out Project (optoutproject.net)

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Health NZ staff told to stop using ChatGPT to write clinical notes (rnz.co.nz)

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Popular LiteLLM PyPI package backdoored to steal credentials, auth tokens (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Meta ordered to pay US$375M over child exploitation, user safety claims (rnz.co.nz)

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A city that wasted nothing [video] (aeon.co)

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Whatever Happened to NFTs? (rnz.co.nz)

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What was DOGE? How Elon Musk tried to gamify government (theguardian.com)

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These aren't AI firms, they're defense contractors (theguardian.com)

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What happens if OpenAI or Anthropic fail? (reuters.com)

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Wired headphone sales are exploding (bbc.com)

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Keyboard jamming: sneaky way to make your boss think you're working from home (theguardian.com)

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Anthropic sues US Government for calling it a risk (bbc.com)

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Stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliens, new research suggests (theguardian.com)

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'Our consciousness is under siege': On chatbots, social media and mental freedom (theguardian.com)

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The 5am myth: Waking early won't make you more successful (rnz.co.nz)

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AI is creeping into election campaigns. NZ's rules aren't ready (rnz.co.nz)

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'Enshittification' blamed for fewer NZers feeling positive about the internet (rnz.co.nz)

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AI can slowly shift an organisation's core principles (rnz.co.nz)

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Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars (themarkup.org)

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Leave big tech behind How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more (theguardian.com)

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Data center developers asked Trump for an exemption from pollution rules (grist.org)

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Anthropic touts new AI tools weeks after legal plug-in spurred market rout (reuters.com)

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The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic (bbc.com)

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What is burnout? And do you have it? (rnz.co.nz)

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California tried to protect students' data. Tech companies found loopholes (themarkup.org)

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Does open source have an AI slop problem? [video] (youtube.com)

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Wired for power: The geopolitics of subsea cables in the South China Sea (rnz.co.nz)

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Stone parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data (theguardian.com)

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Big tech stocks lose billions as AI spending fears hit valuations (reuters.com)

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Do you need an admin party to get your life back in order? (rnz.co.nz)

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OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of "free-riding" on American R&D (restofworld.org)

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'Another way to gamble money': prediction markets prompt confusion and concern (theguardian.com)

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Are AI replicas of the dead an innovative medical tool or an ethical nightmare? (rnz.co.nz)

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Apple and Google agree app store changes to appease UK regulator (reuters.com)

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US companies accused of 'AI washing' re: job losses (theguardian.com)

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Fake NZ news pages are swamping Facebook with AI slop (rnz.co.nz)

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What you need to know to avoid multi-million-dollar subscription traps (rnz.co.nz)