Reducing compensation to symbolic amounts strips the regulation of its primary purpose: consumer protection and accountability. …
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Crypto Energy Use Claims Need More Than Bitcoin Shock Numbers
A new Bitcoin electricity comparison from DayTrading.com highlights the problem with crypto energy rankings: the numbers often depend on the measurement….
Fusion Power Fallacy: Tritium Bottleneck Still Haunts Clean Energy Claims
John McCormick says fusion power still faces a tritium bottleneck that challenges claims of limitless clean energy. …
Morgan McSweeney warns Labour not to be ‘Luddites’ on AI
The left must master the new technology to take on the authoritarians, the British PM’s former top aide said. …
Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier
BRUSSELS — The Dutch government is blocking a United States-based company’s attempts to acquire a key online identification IT supplier. Dutch…
“Globotics”: Robots Move Into Delivery, Medicine, Construction And Defense
Globotics is moving robots into delivery, construction, medicine, farming and defense as China and the U.S. race for advantage. …
Cloud Security: Protecting Your Data and Workloads in the Cloud
Cloud computing has fundamentally changed the security model for most organizations. The move from on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments shifts both…
The Vatican vs. killer robots: Pope Leo XIV takes aim at AI warfare
The pontiff’s first formal letter to the Catholic world warns of the dangers posed by autonomous weapons systems. …
Meta to axe 8,000 jobs as Zuckerberg doubles down on AI race
Meta begins 8,000 global redundancies to bankroll a $145bn AI splurge, with 350 Dublin roles in the firing line as Zuckerberg…
Europe must make big changes to compete with US, space chief warns
“If we’re not making big changes, we will never catch up,” European Space Agency boss tells POLITICO. …