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Electrolyzers, machines that split water and separate hydrogen from oxygen, are emerging as the new battleground in green technology between the EU and China.
Can the EU stay competitive?
https://www.dw.com/en/can-the-eu-keep-up-wit…

Can the EU keep up with China in hydrogen technology? – DW – 06/11/2025
Electroysers, machines that split water and separate hydrogen from oxygen, are emerging as the new battleground in green technology between the EU and China. How can the EU stay competive?

Milwaukee Peeps, please consider signing this…
“Say NO to Facial Recognition Technology in Milwaukee”
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-no-to-facial-recognition-technology-in-milwaukee

Deezer says AI-made music accounts for just 0.5% of streams on the music streaming platform, but up to 70% of those streams are fraudulent (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

How Warm-Glow Alters the Usability of Technology
Antonios Saravanos (New York University)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14720 https://ar…

How Warm-Glow Alters the Usability of Technology
As technology increasingly aligns with users' personal values, traditional models of usability, focused on functionality and specifically effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction, may not fully capture how people perceive and evaluate it. This study investigates how the warm-glow phenomenon, the positive feeling associated with doing good, shapes perceived usability. An experimental approach was taken in which participants evaluated a hypothetical technology under conditions designed to evok…

"AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace – I’m working on a solution"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace – I’m working on a solution
AI is turning up the heat on datacentres, causing their water use to soar.

WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.html

WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App
They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy.

“Toyama’s research reminds us that there are few one-size-fits-all solutions. If technology is going to improve the lives of the world’s poorest, it must be grounded in a deep understanding of human behavior and an appreciation for cultural differences.”
— Bill Gates
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"How your old phone could become a ‘tiny data centre’ helping researchers to track marine life"
#Ocean #Evironment #Technology

Old smartphones turned into ‘tiny data centres’ to track marine life
For just €8, researchers are turning old smartphones into devices capable of tracking marine life and buses.

Shelter Soul: Bridging Shelters and Adopters Through Technology
Yashodip Dharmendra Jagtap
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12739 https://a…

Shelter Soul: Bridging Shelters and Adopters Through Technology
Pet adoption processes often face inefficiencies, including limited accessibility, lack of real-time information, and mismatched expectations between shelters and adopters. To address these challenges, this study presents Shelter Soul, a technology-based solution designed to streamline pet adoption through an integrated, web-based platform. Developed using the MERN stack and GraphQL, Shelter Soul is a prototype system built to improve pet matching accuracy, shelter management efficiency, and se…

WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.html

WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App
They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy.