@bourgwick@heads.social2026-02-10 02:50:34
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-10 17:01:44
Sources: Spain-based Multiverse, which shrinks LLMs to reduce energy and compute costs, is in talks to raise ~€500M at a €1.5B valuation and has hit €100M ARR (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/ai…
@jonippolito@digipres.club2025-12-09 14:11:46
We've updated the What Uses More app to reflect last week's finding by Luccioni and Gamazaychikov that "reasoning" mode increases energy and water usage by 30x. The study casts doubt on the improved efficiency AI companies are claiming for newer models
https://www.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-10 07:10:31
In his rant on taking Greenland, Trump confirmed what Europe should have understood by now: Both Article 5 protection of NATO countries and US 'security guarantees' for Ukraine have zero value.
"As a country, you protect what you own, you do not protect treaties." Clear language.
https://nos.nl/l/2597599
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2025-12-10 08:52:16
I mean I'll take "Engineer" but why the fuck would you put this into your "free wireless at our location" captive portal?
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-10 09:01:21
Analysis: news organizations' open-source activity has fallen from a peak of 2,092 new public GitHub repositories in 2016 to 396 in 2025, an ~80% decline (Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/journalism-lost-its-culture-of-sharin…
@cjust@infosec.exchange2025-12-09 16:31:09
Yeah, um - that's a swing and a miss there. Gemini.
#AI #SwingAndAMiss #Gemini
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-10 20:59:39
Befores & Afters
VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/befores-afters/
@jake4480@c.im2026-01-10 22:08:23
I was thinking this morning, there should be more things like Goodwill, more thrift stores like that everywhere, for even LESS things going to landfills. Just people getting together, even as a trade or barter system, things like flea markets or garage sales-- people do some of this already.
Reusing things is so important, and repair, when possible-- I've been seeing some cool self-repair fix-it meetups on here, too.
As I was talking to my wife about it, and I remembered thi…
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-01-09 23:50:07
Touchdowns & Tea Breaks
the weekly sports show where two Aussie-American brothers unpack the biggest stories from both sides of the Pacific...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/touchdowns-tea-breaks/
