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Thailand is emerging as one of the fastest-growing data centre markets in Asia-Pacific, fuelled by surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and digital services.

Bangkok Post

AI ambitions face race against time

Thailand's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy is heading in the right direction, but the country might run out of time before it can turn policies into real economic power, say digital industry leaders.

Bangkok Post

Inside the peptides trend: 'A pretty big gamble to take with your health'

Peptides have been linked to the 'looksmaxxing' trend.

Newcastle Herald

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says US AI restrictions underscore risks of dependence

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says countries must learn the lesson of diversification after AI giant Anthropic said it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals

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Researchers recycle old phones and cluster them into ‘computing platforms’ that operate as a low-cost data center — says processors on modern smartphones deliver higher single-core performance than comparable multicore servers

A team of researchers from UC San Diego found that 'old' smartphones from 2023 could be combined to build a server capable of running apps locally, instead of relying on cloud servers located on a distant site.

Tom’s Hardware

Artificial intelligence’s limited ‘intelligence’

Comment from Auckland University: AI is an amplifier not a replacement, and should always require human oversight

Newsroom.co.nz

Greenwashed AI environmental reports judged more credible than the real thing

When researchers used generative AI to write corporate sustainability disclosures, the tools made things sound just a little too good

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Running a small business has become almost impossible

Letter: Rosie Wolfenden says that under the current tax system, and with rising costs, traditional business models are no longer viable

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s

Sources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps

The Guardian - UK

Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year.

Tom’s Hardware

“Bring Android apps to Windows.” Ten years later, Microsoft’s app-gap problem still exists, but we have AI and Phone Link as alternatives

Microsoft is using the Cortana notification sync feature in Windows 10 to add a "request app" feature if the notification comes from an Android smartphone.

Windows Central

AI data centre boom reveals 'democratic deficit' in Scotland's planning system

Recent proposals for AI data centres reveal a 'democratic deficit' at the heart of Scotland's planning system

The National (Scotland)

Microsoft is reportedly testing Copilot+ AI features with discrete GPUs instead of NPUs — a feature available on Windows App SDK with a Windows Insider Experimental Channel build and Developer Mode turned on

Microsoft is experimenting with Windows AI features on non-Copilot devices, finally allowing AI features to run on discrete GPUs. This move expands its user base and gives more users access to Windows 11 local AI capabilities.

Tom’s Hardware

OpenAI hit with sweeping probe from massive coalition of 42 US state attorneys general just days after reported IPO filing — subpoena targets ChatGPT maker’s ads, data practices, handling of minors, model sycophancy, and safety policies

State attorneys general have opened a broad investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing documents on ads, user retention, data handling, minors, health data, model behavior, and safety policies.

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US government warned Anthropic that Fable 5 had been jailbroken, but firm 'refused' to fix before US implemented export controls — Anthropic defended its decision by saying the jailbreak 'isn’t serious,' Chinese group had reportedly accessed model

David Sacks said the US government warned Anthropic that Claude Fable 5 had been jailbroken and that CEO Dario Amodei refused to fix the flaw.

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM

Leadership hopeful also wants tax revenues from new North Sea oil and gasfields used to cut energy bills

Tom’s Hardware

AI cryptomining network's 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs allegedly burn 112 megawatts of power on ‘zero useful AI computation’ — GPU rental costs jump 38%, but Pearl’s cards are doing random matrix math, study claims

A preprint claims Pearl’s AI mining network consumes 320,000 GPU-equivalents and 112 MW while producing no verified useful AI computation.

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From Microsoft Mico to Apple's Little Finder Guy: why a cute brand mascot isn't enough

Designers should think about it like hiring a person.

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Bangkok Post

China's universities cut 12,000 'obsolete' degrees amid race to embrace AI era

China's universities are undertaking a massive reshuffling of their academic offerings as part of a drive to better align higher education with the nation's development goals - culling thousands of so-called obsolete degrees in favour of new, tech-focused programmes.

Tom’s Guide

The Looki L1 wearable AI device turned my daily life into a comic book — then it harshly judged my embarrassing diet

After going about my workdays for two weeks while donning the Looki L1 AI wearable device, I observed how it turned my habits into viewable content and observations.

Tom’s Guide

iOS 27 beta has new and improved dictation software — I tested it by writing this whole article with my voice

Is Siri AI's new dictation software an improvement over what came before? I put it to the test by writing this entire article with my voice.

Tom’s Guide

I kept hearing that AI data centers are draining towns dry — so I looked at the evidence

I kept hearing that AI data centers are draining towns dry, so I investigated the evidence. Here's what I found about water use, electricity demand and the real environmental impact of AI.

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7 Game-Changing Features in Google's New Search

For more than two decades, searching online followed the same simple formula. Type a few keywords. Scroll through links. Hope the answer is somewhere on the first page. But what if Search could understand you like a real person? What if it could remember your questions, analyze videos, read documents,…

Tom’s Guide

I pay $20 a month for ChatGPT — Claude Fable 5 made me question why

I pay for ChatGPT every month, but Anthropic's new AI made me realize the chatbot era may already be ending — and agents are taking over.

The National (Scotland)

US campaigner warns Scotland to 'run like the plague' amid AI data centre boom

A PROMINENT campaigner in the US has warned Scotland about the country’s planned AI data centre boom ...

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