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The First Signs of Burnout Are Coming From the People Who Embrace AI the Most

Today at 08:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: The most seductive narrative in American work culture right now isn’t that AI will take your job. It’s that AI will save you from it. That’s the version the industry has spent the last three years selling to millions of nervous people who are eager to buy it. Yes, some white-collar jobs will disappear. But for most other roles, the argument goes, AI is a...

Tender to outsource traffic fines in South Africa

Today at 07:59 AM, via MyBroadband

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has raised red flags over a tender seeking private companies for the rollout and operation of South Africa’s driving licence penalty points system.

David Ellison just won’t quit

Today at 07:56 AM, via TechCentral

Paramount CEO David Ellison is doubling down in his relentless pursuit of Warner Bros Discovery assets.

Love & Stability: ZOOMEX’s 150K Airdrop for Valentine’s Market Moves

Today at 07:42 AM, via Tech Financials

London, UK – Amid the ever-shifting dynamics of the digital asset market, investors’ choice of trading platforms is increasingly determined not only by technical capabilities but also by the depth of trust and quality of service offered. Cryptocurrency trading platform ZOOMEX today officially announced the launch of its month-long “Valentine’s Month Love Airdrop Event.” Guided […]

From the archive: Do we need a new theory of evolution? – podcast

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2022: A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology

By Stephen Buranyi. Read by...

Iceland is Planning For the Possibility That Its Climate Could Become Uninhabitable

Today at 05:45 AM, via Slashdot

Iceland in October classified the potential collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation — the ocean current system that ferries warm water northward from the tropics and essentially functions as the country’s central heating — as a national security risk, a designation that amounts to a formal reckoning with the possibility that climate change could render the island nation...

ByteDance Suspends Seedance 2 Feature That Turns Facial Photos Into Personal Voices Over Potential Risks

Today at 03:45 AM, via Slashdot

hackingbear writes: China’s Bytedance has released Seedance 2.0, an AI video generator which handles up to four types of input at once: images, videos, audio, and text. Users can combine up to nine images, three videos, and three audio files, up to a total of twelve files. Generated videos run between 4 and 15 [or 60] seconds long and automatically come with sound effects or music. Its...

Exercise can be ‘frontline treatment’ for mild depression, researchers say

Today at 01:30 AM, via The Guardian

Biggest improvements seen in young adults and new mothers, with group activities of most benefit

Aerobic exercise such as running, swimming or dancing can be considered a frontline treatment for mild depression and anxiety, according to research that suggests working out with others brings the most benefits.

Scientists analysed published reviews on exercise and mental health and found that some...

White House Eyes Data Center Agreements Amid Energy Price Spikes

Today at 00:45 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: The Trump administration wants some of the world’s largest technology companies to publicly commit to a new compact governing the rapid expansion of AI data centers, according to two administration officials granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. A draft of the compact obtained by POLITICO lays out commitments designed to ensure energy-hungry...

Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: In 1966, a beach-ball-size robot bounced across the moon. Once it rolled to a stop, its four petal-like covers opened, exposing a camera that sent back the first picture taken on the surface of another world. This was Luna 9, the Soviet lander that was the earliest spacecraft to safely touchdown on the moon. While it paved the way toward interplanetary...

Google’s Personal Data Removal Tool Now Covers Government IDs

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Google on Tuesday expanded its “Results about you” tool to let users request the removal of Search results containing government-issued ID numbers — including driver’s licenses, passports and Social Security numbers — adding to the tool’s existing ability to flag results that surface phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses. The update, announced on Safer Internet Day, is rolling out...

The US Is Flirting With Its First-Ever Population Decline

Yesterday at 21:01 PM, via Slashdot

The U.S., whose population the Census Bureau did not expect to start shrinking until 2081, may record its first-ever decline as early as this year because of the Trump administration’s accelerating immigration crackdown. Census data released in late January showed US population growth slowed to just 0.5% in the year prior to July 2025 — the lowest rate since the pandemic — as net migration fell...

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