The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1135179/anthropogenic-noise-hurting-animals/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1135179/anthropogenic-noise-hurting-animals/
MIT Technology Review
The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
The good news is it’s a problem we can solve if we want to.
Apple accelerates eco progress with highest-ever recycled materials
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/apple-accelerates-progress-with-highest-ever-recycled-material-in-its-products/
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/apple-accelerates-progress-with-highest-ever-recycled-material-in-its-products/
Apple Newsroom
Apple accelerates progress with highest-ever recycled material in its products
Apple today announced that a record 30 percent of material across all of its products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content.
Cloudflare Email Service: now in public beta. Ready for your agents
https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-for-agents/
https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-for-agents/
Cloudflare Blog
Email for agents - Cloudflare Email Service now in public beta
Agents are becoming multi-channel. That means making them available wherever your users already are — including the inbox. Today, Cloudflare Email Service enters public beta with the infrastructure layer to make that easy: send, receive, and process email…
The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go from Here?
https://aphyr.com/posts/420-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-where-do-we-go-from-here
https://aphyr.com/posts/420-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-where-do-we-go-from-here
There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains
https://www.engadget.com/ai/theres-yet-another-study-about-how-bad-ai-is-for-our-brains-183418494.html
https://www.engadget.com/ai/theres-yet-another-study-about-how-bad-ai-is-for-our-brains-183418494.html
Engadget
There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains - Engadget
Researchers have conducted another study about AI and its effects on the human brain. The results were grim.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus/
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7
For anyone who has been taking my pelican riding a bicycle benchmark seriously as a robust way to test models, here are pelicans from this morning’s two big model releases—Qwen3.6-35B-A3B …
Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-europe-jet-fuel-flight-cancellations-birol-6e67fafd493861b3858de5548aa77703
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-europe-jet-fuel-flight-cancellations-birol-6e67fafd493861b3858de5548aa77703
AP News
AP Exclusive: Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,' energy agency head warns
The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left.
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European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/
POLITICO
European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp – POLITICO
Governments want to move away from “platforms over which we have no control,” says Dutch minister.
Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine
https://github.com/gainsec/autoprober
https://github.com/gainsec/autoprober
GitHub
GitHub - GainSec/AutoProber: Hardware hacker’s flying probe automation stack for agent-driven target discovery, microscope mapping…
Hardware hacker’s flying probe automation stack for agent-driven target discovery, microscope mapping, safety-monitored CNC motion, probe review, and controlled pin probing. - GainSec/AutoProber
New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing tactics, California AG claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit
the Guardian
Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims
Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing
U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines
The hub will aim to forge China-proof supply chains with automated factories and local resources.
George Orwell Predicted the Rise of "AI Slop" in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-rise-of-ai-slop.html
https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-rise-of-ai-slop.html
Open Culture
How George Orwell Predicted the Rise of “AI Slop” in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
We've lived but a few years so far into the age when artificial intelligence can produce convincing stories, songs, essays, poems, novels, and even films.