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https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/05/google-to-give-app-devs-access-to-gemini-nano-for-on-device-ai/ He’d been a bit of an outcast at first. Other kids pointed and some laughed. It didn’t help that the teachers all commented approvingly. But he didn’t mind. He was happy with his dumb phone. People thought that parents had demanded he have it, but actually it was his… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/1fe18586-16c4-4eb5-89cf-41afdf16cf85 He was innocent. It was some sort of mistake. It’d get sorted out, wouldn’t it? He’d never even been in a police station. It was so plain, smooth. He felt like he was being washed through the process. They’d taken all his stuff off him, including his Agent. He… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/new_job_machine_learning_administrator/ I know enough. I’m not a geek really but I know how to work with them, get the best out of them. That’s what got me into this job. I guess I’m a people person… Odd considering I manage a bunch of Agents. I manage their workloads, where to… Read the rest

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/amazon-pause-ads-ai-tv-upfront-commercials-1236393751/ It was their favourite programme. A shared experience. They even set aside a particular time to settle down and watch it. It was part of the fun. As were the arguments. For her it was a gentle, Reithian quiz, educational but amusing, some well known faces: half an hour… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/lyft-notion-linkedin-influencers-brand-building/ I got a B. I mean, a B! I wouldn’t have minded if it was the teaching assistant who gave me it. After all humans aren’t that bright and he hates me. But it was the teacher. They’re supposed to be impartial, intelligent! Influencer used to be my favourite… Read the rest

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/revealed-campaign-best-places-work-2025/1916348 It was one of those surveys that actually mattered. Recruitment and retention was an increasing problem. Getting the best talent to join when the business wasn’t star rated was getting more and more difficult. Getting them to stay when their career Agent secured offers from higher-rated businesses was nearly… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/438f421c-ca4e-4201-b450-33bbd2e0c5aa He looked at the mesh as it whizzed past in all directions. His former colleagues. They were still cheaper than drones so they were still there buzzing from delivery to delivery, occasionally stopping for a drink and a chat at one of the coffee shops, their bikes silent on… Read the rest

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/tiktok-trend-sees-kids-setting-chromebooks-on-fire-at-least-one-kid-hospitalized/ Dear Parents. You have probably heard about a disturbing trend that some children are engaging in. I want to assure you that we are aware of this dangerous and destructive behaviour and are taking all necessary steps to ensure our school community is protecting school property and your children.… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/agencies/exclusive-layoffs-hit-wpp-media-agencies-days-after-reports-of-groupm-rebrand/ He’d always imagined a cardboard box. He’d seen archive feeds of people leaving tall glass buildings with their box sometimes hiding their tears. He didn’t have anything that needed to fit in a cardboard box, even if they still made them. But like his predecessors, he’d received his message,… Read the rest

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250507130506.htm He trained at the best fashion school so had gone through what he called his “arty phase”. He’d created extraordinary catwalk outfits, made his eco-line, even done a cost-of-living range which he liked to think was more than the “cheap and cheerful” label his tutor had given it. He… Read the rest