I've scoured the internet to find you the funniest/important/scary/fascinating technology stories of today.
1 AWS recovers from major outage
The company is committed to bringing hundreds of applications and services back online. (Edge)
+ Snapchat, Roblox and banking services were among those affected. (Guardian)
2 OpenAI made and then retracted a claim that it had made a major mathematical breakthrough
After math experts and rival artificial intelligence firms ridiculed his poorly worded statement. (TechCrunch)
+ What will happen next with AI and mathematics. (MIT Technology Review)
3 The Serious Costs of Trump's War on Climate Science
This affects the accuracy of forecasting systems around the world, not just in the United States. (FT $)
+ Trump himself has led an effort to derail plans to tax shipping pollution. (Politician $)
+ How states can make progress on clean energy under Trump. (MIT Technology Review)
4. China claims the US is behind a cyberattack on its national time center.
He claims to have years of hard evidence of data theft. (Reuters)
+ American experts allegedly took advantage of vulnerabilities in mobile phones belonging to employees of the National Time Service Center. (Bloomberg $)
5 Is art created by artificial intelligence real art?
This question is being debated by galleries and museum curators around the world. (NOW $)
+ Master artisans are happy to resist the pull of the AI. (FT $)
+ This tool claims to track how much of an AI image was derived from existing footage. (Guardian)
+ From slop to Sotheby's? Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase. (MIT Technology Review)
6. Chip maker Nexperia accused its ousted CEO of spreading lies.
Zhang Xuezheng is reported to have said that he is working independently in China. (Bloomberg $)
7 This whistleblower raised concerns about US data security under DOGE.
And he says the hostile reception of his complaint led to him leaving his dream job. (W.P. $)
+ DOGE's technological takeover compromises the security and stability of our critical data. (MIT Technology Review)
8 aid agencies criticized for using artificial intelligence in 'poverty porn'
But non-governmental organizations argue that its use protects the identities of real people in social media campaigns. (Guardian)
9 Electric cars lose their value much faster than gasoline cars
This is not exactly an incentive for potential first-time buyers. (Rest of the world)
