Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tencent-joins-chinas-…
Letter: 200 Thomson Reuters staff ask the company not to renew its ICE contract when it expires in May; Thomson Reuters' Westlaw service is Minneapolis-based (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
the innocence mission:
🎵 Bright as Yellow
#theinnocencemission
https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/track/bright-as-yellow-demo
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rbGpy1s1TniuQXsIBaQym
Semester is starting again in Göttingen next week, and with it our "Solar System Science: The Planetary System" lecture. If you're a Master student in physics or geosciences in Göttingen and want to join the lecture, find all details here:
Stud.IP https://…
Random #ThingUmbrella tip & tidbit about unit conversions: I've been sourcing materials for a larger contact printing setup for my kallitype process, incl. getting a much heavier ultra-clear glass plate than what I've been using so far.
Using the https://
"wINdoWs jUst wOrkS"
Windows suddenly can't find the external monitor, and the settings dialog freezes.
#TimjanGrumpsOnComputers
POL-GOE: Drohszenarien an Schulen: Polizei und RLSB stärken gemeinsam Handlungssicherheit Göttingen (ots) - Die Polizeidirektion Göttingen und die Regionalen Landesämter für Schule und Bildung (RLSB) Braunschweig und Hannover haben am Dienstag, den 10. März 2026, zu einem gemeinsamen Fachtag nach Göttingen eingeladen. Thema der ... https://www.…
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW of next-gen Vera Rubin chips (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a8853057-c0a3-46f6-817f-7a23e79ea4e2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Flea:
🎵 Thinkin Bout You
#Flea
https://officialflea.bandcamp.com/track/thinkin-bout-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/4LiSdLjUXbS4daVzBJCTwH
Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on "red envelope" freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech…