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Version 0.2 of coap-message-implementations is out. This #RustLang library provides building blocks for server and client implementation of the #CoAP protocol (think HTTP but for #IoT devices with less than 100KiB of …

HypeAuditor: OpenAI doubled its sponsored Instagram posts promoting ChatGPT from 61 in June to 122 in July, rising again to 141 in August, as it seeks new users (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-ope

Inside OpenAI's influencer marketing strategy for ChatGPT
OpenAI is hiring influencers to create content that portrays AI as cool and helpful, not scary. Here's an inside look at its marketing strategy.

Tapirs, bats and nests: How plastic infiltrates Amazonian wildlife https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/tapirs-bats-and-nests-how-plastic-infiltrates-amazonian-wildlife/

Tapirs, bats and nests: How plastic infiltrates Amazonian wildlife
At the mouth of the Amazon River, birds are already building blue nests out of discarded plastic.

Bayern: Steuerprüfungen bei Influencern bringen Hunderttausende Euro
Für die Auswertung Tausender Datensätze nutzt Bayerns Landesamt für Steuern auch KI. Zusammengekommen ist eine stattliche Summe.
https://www.heise.de/news/Bayern-Steuerpru

Bayern: Steuerprüfungen bei Influencern bringen Hunderttausende Euro
Für die Auswertung Tausender Datensätze nutzt Bayerns Landesamt für Steuern auch KI. Zusammengekommen ist eine stattliche Summe.

A look at the relationship between the Mormon Church and influencers; the church owns several advertising companies with influencer-marketing arms (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Influencer-Trend: Handel mit leeren Luxus-Verpackungen floriert
Ein Trend auf Gebrauchtwaren-Börsen zeigt: Leere Originalverpackungen von Luxusgütern werden für hohe Summen gehandelt – oft für Social-Media-Inszenierungen.

Influencer-Trend: Handel mit leeren Luxus-Verpackungen floriert
Ein Trend auf Gebrauchtwaren-Börsen zeigt: Leere Originalverpackungen von Luxusgütern werden für hohe Summen gehandelt – oft für Social-Media-Inszenierungen.

The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout https://www.404media.co/the-rise-of-anti-flock-influencers-who-make-things-up-for-clout/

Man könnt sich ja morgen Eliane Radigues "Jetsun Mila" im Kraftwerkskamin Zwentendorf anhören, und noch so einiges anderes, aber ich vermute, ich bin zu faul dazu. #sound
https://ima.or.at/de/projekt/ima20plus…

StairMed's penetrating BCI trial at Huashan reaches 18 cumulative implants https://insidebci.com/news/2026-07-20-stairmed-18-patients-huashan-shanghai-penetrating-bci-trial/

StairMed's penetrating BCI trial at Huashan reaches 18 cumulative implants
On 20 July 2026, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, StairMed disclosed that its cortex-penetrating invasive BCI clinical trial at Huashan Hospital has now reached 18 cumulative implants since March 2025. The Shanghai firm co-founded by Zhao Zhengtuo and Xue Li at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Center for Excellence in Brain Science demonstrated a patient three months post-op controlling a wheelchair by thought and hitting 6.19 bits per second on a cursor task, alongs…

Career advice from people who cannot follow it themselves, but whose careers benefit from your following it, should be taken with a grain of salt. #influencers