BlogFlockMcGill University: McGill researchers develop stretchable, biodegradable battery using eco-friendly acids. “Researchers with McGill’s Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design have developed a stretchable, eco-friendly battery suitable for use in wearable and implantable devices. The battery, which uses citric or lactic acid and gelatin to achieve flexibility…
TechSpot: Google is working on Android-based “Aluminium OS” to replace ChromeOS on laptops. “Google is reportedly developing a new Android-based operating system for traditional PCs. Codenamed ‘Aluminium,’ the OS is expected to replace ChromeOS, Google’s cloud-focused laptop platform, which continues to lag far behind Windows and macOS in the…
Gizmodo: AI Teddy Bear That Talked Fetishes and Knives Is Back on the Market. “A week after a toy company pulled its AI-powered teddy bear off the market due to child safety concerns, the company has returned its dystopian stuffed animal to virtual shelves. FoloToy, which sells a stuffed…
Lifehacker: Here’s What Happened When I Gave ‘Vibe Coding’ a Try. “According to a lot of AI enthusiasts I see on X, vibe coding means ‘it’s over’ (whatever ‘it’ is), and people are ‘one-shotting’ all kinds of projects (as in, using a single prompt to create something). To investigate…
Library of Congress: New PALABRA Archive Recordings Released for Digital Streaming. “The PALABRA Archive is a collection of audio recordings of 20th and 21st century poets and writers from Luso-Hispanic and U.S. Latino communities reading from their works. The collection now has now close to 900 recordings and continues…
NiemanLab: Studies on AI transcription and translation in journalism reveal “low-resource” language gap, new report finds. “For this new report, the group combed through the work of social scientists, linguists, and computer scientists. One of the report’s topline findings: there is a major divide between the accessibility and accuracy…
Billboard: iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities’ in Staff Memo. “iHeartRadio’s chief programming officer and president, Tom Poleman, sent a letter to staff on Friday (Nov. 21), obtained by Billboard, pledging that the company doesn’t and won’t ‘use AI-generated personalities’ or ‘play…
NC Newsline: North Carolina AG calls on Shopify to take action against illegal online e-cigarette sales. “More than 200 online stores who do business using e-commerce platform Shopify illegally sold electronic cigarettes or other tobacco products, circumventing age and safety requirements, according to a letter sent by North Carolina…
The Conversation: Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data – his plan needs state and consumer support to work. “Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, has released an important new book about the problems we face online and how to solve them. It is…
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