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The Great White Shell Game – Antarctica’s frozen water supply is NOT on thin ice

Richard LeBlanc -
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Here is the standard recipe for presenting Antarctic ice data to corporate and funding clients: Show them the "photogenic edges”. Open with high-definition footage of a massive ice shelf calving into the Southern Ocean — blue-white towers of ancient water crashing into the sea. ...
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Trump promises new tariffs, slams Supreme Court decision

(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump has slammed the Supreme Court as a “disgrace” after a 6-3 ruling that struck down his global...

Gunmen on motorcycles reportedly kill at least 50 in northwest Nigeria

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Gunmen killed at least 50 people and abducted women and children in an overnight assault on a village in northwestern...

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Open source vs closed – who controls the future of AI?

Open source vs closed – who controls the future of AI?

Mark Jennings-Bates - 0
Artificial intelligence is no longer defined primarily by benchmark scores or parameter counts. It is defined by control. The question that now matters most is...
The Cult of Certainty – how climate science lost its error bars

The Cult of Certainty – how climate science lost its error...

Richard LeBlanc - 0
The error bars disappeared from my presentations sometime late 2023, and I did not pay much attention. That is on me. I was preparing a...
Mineral hunger of the cloud – how data centres are reshaping global mining

Mineral hunger of the cloud – how data centres are reshaping...

Kaase Gbakon - 0
Key takeaways Data centres are not just energy intensive; they are mineral intensive, requiring 60-75 tonnes of metals per megawatt (MW) of capacity as a...
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Sometimes I surprise myself. Amazing, completely original ideas just pop into my head ... often as I am in what I call Prime Innovation Zone,...

It is time to face what I have done to your face

I may not be an accredited plastic surgeon, but I have done a LOT of work on your face in recent years – and...
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Galloping into the Year of the Fire Horse

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Xīnnián kuàilè! (pronounced shin-nyen kwai-luh) Since switching BIG Media's editorial focus from North America-centric to global, we have attracted a lot of readers in China. So, it...
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Community is critical in fighting off dark future

Rob Driscoll -
Most of us are having difficulty determining what online content is real and what is generated by artificial intelligence. Most of us are having difficulty...
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BIG issues – your cheat sheet replete with elite deets

Rob Driscoll -
Many in my network have said that they are "too busy" to read the facts/logic-focused content at BIG Media, and that it is easier...
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