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Pope Leo launches Vatican group to study impact of AI on "human dignity
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (944+ words) Pope Leo XIV has established an internal study group dedicated to artificial intelligence, the Vatican announced on Saturday. This initiative comes as the Pontiff prepares to issue his inaugural encyclical, which is anticipated to underscore the critical need for an…...
Self-destructing $2, 000 Nvidia chips will soon power tens of thousands of solar-run data centres hidden in lampposts
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (515+ words) UK startup Conflow Power Group Limited (CPG) has proposed a major shakeup to the world's data centers by embedding micro units directly within urban street infrastructure such as lampposts, rather than concentrating compute inside the hyperscale facilities as we know…...
Malta offers free Chat GPT Plus access to its citizens through a national AI program
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (359+ words) Open AI has signed its first partnership with a national government bringing the paid version of Chat GPT for free to residents of Malta. Open AI and the Government of Malta on Saturday announced a deal that will give every…...
Humans made in factories? Yes
20+ hour, 54+ min ago (262+ words) Lab-made genomes are within reach. Are we okay with that? Woolfson talks of biology becoming "infra, the "new steel. He talks of this infinite space where organisms can be built, like we build infra. Think organisms that can degrade plastics…...
The Steam Controller doesn't just scream for its life, it will also sing its little haptic heart out
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (259+ words) By now, you've likely seen a million videos of the Steam Controller screaming classic movie-style as it drops from a height. It's exactly the kind of fun easter egg that makes Valve's gamepad so special, especially since it uses haptics…...
Google launches Googlebook laptops to take on the Mac Book Neo
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (305+ words) When Apple launched the Mac Book Neo in March, the company's low-cost laptop sent shivers through the budget laptop market, potentially killing off cheap Chromebooks and entry-level Windows laptops in the process. Now Google has bitten back. The tech giant…...
GIMP (2026) review
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (743+ words) Regular readers of my reviews will know I'm not a big fan of renting software (developers erroneously refer to those as "subscriptions'). I prefer to purchase - and therefore own - my software. GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program - an acronym…...
Why is healthcare AI stuck in pilot mode? Ui Path has a
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (201+ words) Yet, the path forward is stalled by a persistent 'pilot-to-production' gap. Most healthcare providers are held back by a tangle of fragmented systems, disconnected workflows, and compliance-heavy processes. Clinical, financial, and administrative workflows often run across multiple platforms and approval…...
Best web hosting services for 2026, tried and tested by an expert
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (924+ words) I've used a lot of different web hosting services over the years. I spent many days with each of the entries below. During this testing time, I set up a basic website to test out the functionality of each hosting…...
Googlebook won't be locked to Intel as Qualcomm and Media Tek join the AI laptop push
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (352+ words) Google's new Googlebook platform is already shaping up to be something much more than a Chromebook replacement, and Qualcomm just confirmed one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Qualcomm is bringing its Arm-based PC silicon to Google's next-generation…...