BlogFlockBrigham Young University: A Farmer’s Field of Dreams? BYU-built smart tech maps moisture levels, will adjust watering automatically. “Each of these sensors, called BYU Smart Bluetooth Stakes, are powered by a credit-card-sized solar panel and use two metal prongs to gauge the soil moisture as often as every minute.…
Larry Ferlazzo: Google Unveils “Scholar Labs” For Academic Research – Seems “Meh”. “Google has unveiled ‘Scholar Labs,’ an AI tool designed to assist academic research. It’s part of what appears to be an unending search for ways to make their AI useful. They haven’t been that successful in the…
NiemanLab: Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use. “On Tuesday, November 11, all four reporters at Suncoast Searchlight sent a letter to the nonprofit’s board of directors accusing their editor-in-chief, Emily Le Coz, of using generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, to edit stories and…
Mashable: OpenAI board member Larry Summers resigns as Epstein links revealed. “Economist Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary under the Clinton administration and a former president of Harvard, has resigned from OpenAI’s board, according to statements provided by Summers and the company to Axios. Summers had previously acknowledged he’d…
Engadget: Bluesky revamps its moderation and reporting tools with transparency in mind. “Bluesky is looking to make its moderation and reporting systems more transparent as part of its efforts to forge a healthier social media ecosystem than some of the alternatives out there.”
The post Engadget: Bluesky revamps its…Disassociated: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?. “But with the revival of personal blogs well underway, I think it’s time to bring niche blogs back into the fold. I’m talking about well written, quality, topic focused resources. This is material fast vanishing from the web, leaving…
Northeastern Global News: How AI can create a virtual programmable human and revolutionize drug discovery . “From idea, to lab, to clinic, to approval — it’s a long and expensive process to bring a drug to market. It also rarely succeeds. Northeastern University researchers You Wu and Lei Xie are…
Lisa Abend | Unplugged Traveller | 20th November 2025 | U
A few nights ago, I was far above the Arctic Circle, reporting on a Sámi ballet (you can read the result, and admire the gorgeous photos and video that David…
Elizabeth Van Nostrand | 19th November 2025 | U
It took me a long time to realize that Bell Labs was cool. You see, my dad worked at Bell Labs, and he has not done a single cool thing in his life except…
Natan Last | Nation | 15th November 2025 | B
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