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From: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/this-dpreview-member-uses-a-sony-a7cr-to-capture-lifes-moments/#comments "They may reject the photograph, which is perfectly fine, or, as is sometimes the case, give me the dreaded V-…

“Ultimately, AI systems will shape the future of scholarly communication.” So, resistance is futile? I agree, “the question is whether ACM and the computing community will actively help shape that future in a responsible and mission-aligned manner,” but bowing to the wishes of irresponsible, profit-oriented corporations does NOT “help shape that future in a responsible and mission-aligned manner.”
STOP IT!❞
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“Ultimately, AI systems will shape the future of scholarly communication.” So, resistance is futile? I agree, “the question is whether ACM and the computing community will actively help shape that future in a responsible and mission-aligned manner,” but bowing to the wishes of irresponsible, profit-oriented corporations does NOT “help shape that future in a responsible and mission-aligned manner.”
STOP IT!❞
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"How reflective roof paint is cooling homes across Africa"
#Africa #Climate #ClimateChange

How reflective roof paint is cooling homes across Africa | The Optimist Daily
Across four African communities, reflective roof paint dropped indoor temperatures by 3 to 4 degrees. The effects go well beyond comfort.

The Georgia Trust for Local News purchased The Macon Telegraph and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from McClatchy; The Macon Melody will merge with The Telegraph (GTLN)
https://www.gtln.org/post/georgia-trust-for-local-new…

Georgia Trust for Local News partners with local supporters to acquire two historic newspapers
Deal will revitalize local journalism in Middle, West and South GeorgiaDublin, Ga. – The Georgia Trust for Local News today purchased The Macon Telegraph and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in a landmark transaction that puts two storied papers under local control and nonprofit ownership.The Telegraph has operated as a journalistic mainstay in Middle Georgia for 200 years and has a legacy of community-changing investigative journalism, including a Pulitzer Prize for specialized reporting. The L…

Dynatrace agrees to acquire Arize, which specializes in AI observability and the AI development lifecycle, for $915M, including ~$815M in cash (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
https://www.constellationr.com/insights/news/dynatra…

Dynatrace acquires Arize, accelerates AI observability efforts | Constellation Research
Dynatrace acquired Arize, which specializes in AI observability and the AI development lifecycle, in a deal worth $915 million. The acquisition is just the latest data point indicating Dynatrace has momentum. Arize has a strong open source community and works across all major AI frameworks. Dynatrace, a leading observability platform, said Arize will give it the ability to continuously improve AI applications across the lifecycle and connect them to infrastructure health and business processes.

11,000% Return:
Trump’s $1 Billion Offer Could Yield $110 Billion Windfall for Big Oil
A 2024 analysis explored the possible payout if fossil fuel companies
—who have already shown a willingness to put a price tag on the value of planet Earth
—agree to the presumptive Republican nominee’s election year “quid pro quo” deal.

11,000% Return: Trump's $1 Billion Offer Could Yield $110 Billion Windfall for Big Oil | Common Dreams
A new analysis explores the possible payout if fossil fuel companies—who have already shown a willingness to put a price tag on the value of planet Earth—agree to the presumptive Republican nominee's election year "quid pro quo" deal.

RE: https://mamot.fr/@ploum/117078842383109177
I also agree with the more “safe for work” version left as a comment suggesting to ask people to share their debit card PIN with the entire class. As well as the points that when we go in a public restroom, we still sh…

The National Trust for Local News is acquiring the Vermont Community Newspaper Group of five weekly newspapers and their websites, retaining the entire staff (NTLN)
https://www.nationaltrustforlocalnews.org/

The National Trust for Local News expands to Vermont with acquisition of five publications
The National Trust for Local News is expanding to a fourth state with the acquisition of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group, a family of award-winning weekly newspapers and digital platforms covering more than a dozen northern Vermont communities.Thanks to a community-first decision by VTCNG’s owners, the National Trust will acquire five weekly newspapers and their websites serving more than a dozen communities in Northern Vermont. The titles are: • The Stowe Reporter • News & Citizen …

If there were a 10% chance that AI could wipe out humanity,
no responsible government would leave its development to companies racing to build it.
Yet until recently, that seemed to be the case.
The warning was all the more ominous because it was made by a researcher at Anthropic,
the trillion-dollar AI company behind the Claude chatbot.
The dangers of AI-enabled pandemics or attacks on nuclear systems are real.
Countries need not agree on democracy or …

The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival
Editorial: Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend