Sources: OpenAI is proposing a "sign in with ChatGPT" feature for websites, letting startups charge OpenAI model usage costs to users' ChatGPT capacity limits (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-growing-ec…
Astra Nova, which develops no-code tools that enable creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences, raised $48.3M (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/10/17/astra-nova-raises-usd48-3m-to-grow-web3-ai…
"Approximately 80 per cent of all croplands in Gaza had been either damaged or destroyed"
Poisoned water and shattered grid: Gaza left in environmental freefall after war, report says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-israel-war-hamas-water-ecosystems-ceasefire-b2847085.html
from my link log —
Pwning Nix through GitHub Actions.
https://ptrpa.ws/nixpkgs-actions-abuse
saved 2025-10-16 https://dotat.at/:/J86H2.html
Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism: #LightPollution
YouTube's creative ecosystem added over €7B to the EU's GDP in 2024 and supported 200K full-time equivalent jobs, according to advising firm Oxford Economics (David Wheeldon/YouTube Official Blog)
https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/2025-youtube-europe-impact-…
On an island in the Arctic Ocean, in a region that is warming as much as seven times as fast as the rest of the planet, the food chain is being turned upside down.
Underwater kelp forests are surging into once-frozen waters, replacing other native species.
Reindeer, cut off from traditional foraging routes over vanishing sea ice, now graze on seaweed when they cannot reach inland grasses and lichen.
And polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms they once used to hunt seals, …
"People should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of Google's parent company Alphabet told the BBC.
In an exclusive interview, chief executive Sundar Pichai said that AI models are "prone to errors" and urged people to use them alongside other tools.
Mr Pichai said it highlighted the importance of having a rich information ecosystem, rather than solely relying on AI technology."
Vue CEO Tim Richards criticizes Netflix's deal giving Imax a two-week exclusive run for the Narnia film, arguing it undermines the theatrical ecosystem (Alex Ritman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/vue-cinemas-letter-imax-netflix-narn…
YouTube's creative ecosystem added over €7B to the EU's GDP in 2024 and supported 200K full-time equivalent jobs, according to advising firm Oxford Economics (David Wheeldon/YouTube Official Blog)
https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/2025-youtube-europe-impact-…