'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025 (trying to make chatbots work)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/26/ai_is_like_adventure_games/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/26/ai_is_like_adventure_games/
The Register
'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025. You play it when trying to make chatbots work
Opinion: Everything you hated about text adventure games is now being sold as a productivity tool
Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024)
https://www.unilad.com/news/scientist-beer-bottle-deepest-point-ocean-mariana-trench-667878-20240213
https://www.unilad.com/news/scientist-beer-bottle-deepest-point-ocean-mariana-trench-667878-20240213
UNILAD
Scientists discover beer bottle at the deepest point of the ocean
Dr Dawn Wright was stunned to find the 'irrevocable' damage humans have done to the planet after deep sea discovery.
tc-ematch(8) extended matches for use with "basic", "cgroup" or "flow" filters
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-ematch.8.html
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-ematch.8.html
Loss of moist broadleaf forest in Africa has turned a carbon sink into source
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27462-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27462-3
Nature
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source
Scientific Reports - Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source
As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/28/nx-s1-5656190/ai-chips-memory-prices-ram
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/28/nx-s1-5656190/ai-chips-memory-prices-ram
NPR
Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise
Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too.
CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them?
https://www.newstatesman.com/business/companies/2023/05/ceos-salaries-expensive-automate-robots
https://www.newstatesman.com/business/companies/2023/05/ceos-salaries-expensive-automate-robots
New Statesman
CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them?
If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.
Private equity is killing private ownership: first it was housing, now it's PCs
https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1px9xwx/private_equity_is_killing_private_ownership_first/
https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1px9xwx/private_equity_is_killing_private_ownership_first/
Reddit
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John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qp17e1lqo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qp17e1lqo
Bbc
John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'
It has been a year of multiple major conflicts - and there are geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance
Tor staying ahead of censors in 2025
https://forum.torproject.org/t/staying-ahead-of-censors-in-2025-what-weve-learned-from-fighting-censorship-in-iran-and-russia/20898
https://forum.torproject.org/t/staying-ahead-of-censors-in-2025-what-weve-learned-from-fighting-censorship-in-iran-and-russia/20898
Tor Project Forum
Staying ahead of censors in 2025: What we've learned from fighting censorship in Iran and Russia
by meskio and shelikhoo | December 3, 2025 From internet blackouts in Iran to Russia's evolving censorship tactics, 2025 has tested Tor's anti-censorship tools like never before. These are the moments where the work of Tor's anti-censorship team is…
EU to build no-fee payments service like Visa/Mastercard and Apple/Google Pay
https://www.independent.ie/business/digital-euro-what-it-is-and-how-we-will-use-the-new-form-of-cash/a165973061.html
https://www.independent.ie/business/digital-euro-what-it-is-and-how-we-will-use-the-new-form-of-cash/a165973061.html
www.independent.ie
Digital euro: what it is and how we will use the new form of cash
It’s January 1, 2029, the first day of the digital euro. You are in a shop buying milk and bread, and decide to pay with this new money. How exactly will i...