Tootfinder

Not good news - but a very useful bit of research.
Short summary: When it gets too hot or too dry, trees do not add wood, even though photosynthesis continues. So while trees do store carbon, it might not be as much as we thought.
Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

Not good news - but a very useful bit of research.
Short summary: When it gets too hot or too dry, trees do not add wood, even though photosynthesis continues. So while trees do store carbon, it might not be as much as we thought.
Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

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The Smashing Pumpkins:
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#NowPlaying #TheSmashingPumpkins
https://open.spotify.com/track/1P5dqn2alGf98KJzWU6iCE

Tech-Branche nimmt Patagonien als Standort für Rechenzentren in den Blick
Der Süden Argentiniens bietet einige Vorteile für den Bau von Data Centern. Einige Projekte sind bereits in Planung. Aber es gibt auch wesentliche Hürden.

Tech-Branche nimmt Patagonien als Standort für Rechenzentren in den Blick
Der Süden Argentiniens bietet einige Vorteile für den Bau von Data Centern. Einige Projekte sind bereits in Planung. Aber es gibt auch wesentliche Hürden.

I quietly published the AI Alt Text for the Fediverse Chrome extension weeks ago. I have to say, I'm surprised that it already has over 2K active installs. Especially since it only works on Mastodon. I guess I can't be the only person who wants something like this, which is validating.
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Criminals, state-sponsored groups, spyware vendors, scientists and propagandists
have attempted to use Anthropic’s powerful artificial intelligence models to design missiles and bombs,
create deadly pathogens
and surveil dissidents, according to a threat intelligence report the company published on Thursday.
“The cases we share here aren’t typical misuse, but rather examples of the most notable and novel threat activity we’ve identified to date,”
Anthropic wrote…

Anthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweapons
The 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030

Argentina's Patagonia region is drawing interest from hyperscalers and data center developers due to its cold climate, expanses of land, and renewable energy (Leila Miller/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/te

Berge auf der Insel Putuo Shan (2006) #MountainMonday #Putuoshan

"39 Chicks Strengthen Darwin’s Rhea Rewilding in Patagonia"
#Patagonia #Animals
https://happyeconews.…

39 Chicks Strengthen Darwin's Rhea Rewilding in Patagonia | Happy Eco News
Darwin's rhea rewilding in Patagonia reached a new milestone as Rewilding Chile released 39 captive-bred chicks across three events in Patagonia National Park's Chacabuco Valley, advancing a decade-long effort to recover Chile's largest bird.

Google pilots a faster twice-a-week schedule for Chrome security releases as AI tools drive a surge in bug discoveries; Chrome 149 and 150 fixed 1,072 bugs (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/chrome-needs-twice-a-week-patching-…

Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.