Leben (Life aka misc)

Microsoft has pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting the company is taking a harder look at its plans to build the server farms powering artificial intelligence and the cloud. The software company has recently halted talks for, or delayed development of, sites in Indonesia, the UK, Read more…

Commenting in The Times on the absurdity of Meta’s copyright infringement claims, Caitlin Moran defines Schrodinger’s economics: where a company is both [one of] the most valuable on the planet yet also too poor to pay for the materials it profits from. Ultimately “move fast and break things” means breaking Read more…

The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, Read more…

Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott has predicted that AI will generate 95% of code within five years. Speaking on the 20VC podcast, Scott said AI would not replace software engineers but transform their role. It doesn’t mean that the AI is doing the software engineering job…. authorship is still Read more…

Online scam operations across Southeast Asia are rapidly adapting to recent crackdowns, adopting AI and expanding globally despite the release of 7,000 trafficking victims from compounds along the Myanmar-Thailand border. These releases represent just a fraction of an estimated 100,000 people trapped in facilities run by criminal syndicates that rake Read more…