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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Software developer Xe Iaso reached a breaking point earlier this year when aggressive AI crawler traffic from Amazon overwhelmed their Git repository service, repeatedly causing instability and dow…
It’s “live-recording the World Wide Web,” according to NPR, with a digital library that includes “hundreds of billions of copies of government websites, news articles and data.”
They described the 29-year-old nonprofit Internet Archive as “more relev…
Long-time Slashdot reader invisik reminds us that the “fish doorbell” is still going strong, according to the Associated Press.
“Now in its fifth year, the site has attracted millions of viewers from around the world with its quirky mix of slow TV and…
Amid angst over the technology, a consensus is emerging about its capabilities – but there is an elephant in the roomIn early March, a job advert was doing the rounds among sports journalists. It was for an “AI-assisted sports reporter” at USA Today’s…
Teachers will be banned from setting homework involving screens in effort to tackle ‘risks’ of intensive use of IT at young ageThe regional government of Madrid has unveiled plans to limit the use of computers and tablets in primary schools to a maximu…
Nearly half of female entrepreneurs surveyed by Cherie Blair Foundation do not have regular internet accessThe cost of a mobile data package is all that is holding back many female entrepreneurs in developing countries, according to recent research.Whi…
National Crime Agency launches awareness campaign, saying criminals are adapting methods and using AIUK police forces are receiving more than 110 reports of child sextortion attempts every month, according to the National Crime Agency, as a new awarene…
Numbers using satellite broadband system has been growing but users are having second thoughts due to Musk’s role in Donald Trump’s administrationTesla sales have tumbled, X has seen an exodus of users, and now it seems cracks are appearing among those…
Nordic countries were early adopters of digital payments. Now, electronic banking is seen as a potential threat to national securityIn 2018 a former deputy governor of Sweden’s central bank predicted that by 2025 the country would probably be cashless….
America’s biggest crypto companies are riding high. Plus, can the left reclaim techno-optimism?Hello, and welcome to TechScape. In this week’s edition, the crypto industry’s political investments pay off in spades, the left attempts to reclaim an optim…