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RWE liefert Fracht mit autonomen Drohnen an Windkraftanlagen
Die Versorgung von Windkraftanlagen in Offshore-Windparks könne mit Drohnen schneller, kostengünstiger und umweltfreundlicher erfolgen, hat RWE herausgefunden.

Interviews with copywriters on generative AI's impact: job losses to AI, work used for training, falling wages and rates, freelancers losing clients, and more (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the

"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

🥄 'Self-fixturing' friction stir technique removes barriers for US manufacturing
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-fixturing-friction-technique-barriers.html

'Self-fixturing' friction stir technique removes barriers for US manufacturing
A spinning tool plunges into two pieces of metal, rotating at a high rate of speed. As the tool begins to move, it softens and mixes the metal, creating a powerful weld—one that can securely join similar and dissimilar materials (particularly metals and alloys) without rivets, fasteners, or adhesive. This advanced manufacturing technique—called friction stir welding—requires only a fraction of the energy required by conventional techniques, but it isn't used on many assembly lines today.

And great timing! Reading group post is up and got posted to the @… account
https://dwebyvr.org/dwebyvr-reading-group-first-meeting/

The First Radio-bright Off-nuclear #TidalDisruptionEvent AT 2024tvd Reveals the Fastest-evolving Double-peaked Radio Emission: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0a26 -> Astronomers Discover Fastest-Evolving Radio Signals Ever Observed from Black Hole Tearing Apart Star: https://public.nrao.edu/news/astronomers-discover-fastest-evolving-radio-signals-ever-observed/ - NRAO telescopes reveal first radio-bright "off-nuclear" tidal disruption event, showing unprecedented double-peaked radio emission -> Investigation of the First Radio-Bright Off-Nuclear Tidal Disruption Event: https://aasnova.org/2025/10/15/investigation-of-the-first-radio-bright-off-nuclear-tidal-disruption-event/

"First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts"
#UNESCO #Climate #ClimateChange

First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts
Nearly all of UNESCO’s more than 2,200 World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks have already endured climate extremes over the past two decades. That’s according to initial data from the first ever global biodiversity and climate assessment unveiled at the UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, held in Hangzhou, China, from Sept. 22-26. The […]

Interviews with copywriters on generative AI's impact: their work used for training, layoffs, wages and rates in free fall, freelancers losing clients, and more (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the…

"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

Cyberangriff: Bundestagspolizei warnt Fraktionen vor gefährlichen USB-Sticks
In vielen Abgeordnetenbüros sind Postsendungen auf Englisch mit einem USB-Stick eingegangen. Die Polizei mahnt, solche Geräte nicht an Computer anzuschließen.

ECC-Umstellung: Frist für Ärzte und Apotheker für E-Heilberufsausweis verlängert
Aufgrund von Engpässen bei der Produktion müssen Ärzte und Apotheker doch erst Mitte 2026 über einen ECC-fähigen elektronischen Heilberufsausweis verfügen.