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🌳 AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
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AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more difficult. But now a team from Purdue University's Department of Computer Science and Institute for Digital Forestry and Germany's Kiel University has introduced a new AI method for isolating and reconstructing forest trees that they call TreeStructor.

Bluesky releases its first transparency report: users rose 60% in 2025 to 41.2M, including AT Protocol accounts; moderation reports from users grew 54% to 9.97M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/blue

Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands | TechCrunch
Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.

Android: Neue Sideloading-Regeln sollen bei Gerätewechsel weiter erfüllt bleiben
Die einmalige 24-Stunden-Frist beim Android-Sideloading sorgt für viel Frust. Bei einem Gerätewechsel will Google es etwas leichter machen.

Bluesky releases its first transparency report: users rose 60% in 2025 to 41.2M, including AT Protocol accounts; moderation reports from users grew 54% to 9.97M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/blue

Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands | TechCrunch
Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.

De Fix our Forests Act doet precies het omgekeerde van wat de naam doet vermoeden:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimehansen/p/fix-our-forests-fiasco?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e4myx

Fix Our Forests Fiasco
James Hansen

TE Evan Engram hopes to remain with Broncos after challenging first season in Denver https://www.nfl.com/news/te-evan-engram-hopes-to-remain-with-broncos-after-challenging-first-season-in-denver

The First Home Playbook
Buying your first home in Australia feels harder than ever - priced out, confused by the process, unsure who to trust, and wondering if you'll ever actually get there...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-fi

Fernando's First 24 Hours: The No. 1 overall pick's first day as a Raider https://www.raiders.com/video/fernando-mendoza-first-day-arrival-2026-nfl-draft

Leaked audio: San Francisco and Austin first responders told the NHTSA that Waymo robotaxis are "backsliding" and committing more traffic violations than before (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/emergency-first-responders-say-w…

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month.

Meta reports Reality Labs Q1 revenue of $402M, vs. $488.8M est., and a $4.03B operating loss, vs. $4.82B est.; Reality Labs has $80B in losses since late 2020 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/metas-reality-labs-lost-over-4-b…

Meta’s Reality Labs lost over $4 billion in first quarter
In Meta's first-quarter earnings report, the company said Reality Labs recorded an operating loss of over $4 billion while bringing in $402 million in sales.