UK Urged To Unplug From US Tech Giants as Digital Sovereignty Fears Grow
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Open Rights Group is warning politicians that the UK is leaning far too heavily on US tech companies to run critical systems, and wants the Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill to force a rethink.

The digital rights outfit says the bill, which is due to receive its second reading in the House … ⌘ Read more

China Is Worried AI Threatens Party Rule
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Concerned that artificial intelligence could threaten Communist Party rule, Beijing is taking extraordinary steps to keep it under control. Although China’s government sees AI as crucial to the country’s economic and military future, regulations and recent purges of online content show it also fears AI could destabilize society. … ⌘ Read more

Airbus Moving Critical Systems Away From AWS, Google, and Microsoft Citing Data Sovereignty Concerns
Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to move mission-critical systems like ERP, manufacturing, and aircraft design data onto a digitally sovereign European cloud, citing national security concerns and fears around U.S. extraterritorial laws like the CLOUD Act. “I need a so … ⌘ Read more

World-Beating 55,000% Surge in India AI Stock Fuels Bubble Fears
The world’s best-performing stock is turning into a cautionary tale for investors chasing outsized returns from the AI boom. From a report: Little-known until recently even within its home market of India, RRP Semiconductor Ltd. became a social-media obsession as its shares surged more than 55,000% in the 20 months through Dec. 17 – by far the big … ⌘ Read more

Woman found dead in police car park ‘believed she was being stalked’
According to her father, Kirsten Moriarty had lodged a stalking report prior to her body being found in a car outside a NSW police station. ⌘ Read more

Popular Bluey, Paw Patrol toy sets recalled over asbestos fears
The three “sensory activity sets” from HL Toys International include sealed tubs of coloured sand which Kmart said may contain the toxic mineral. ⌘ Read more

Canadian traditional owners fear Australian-style LNG development
Canadian hereditary chief Na’Moks wanted to find out what a gas pipeline on his land would look like, so he flew to northern Western Australia. ⌘ Read more

Exploitation fears over SA government aged care changes
The South Australian government is trying to speed up the transfer of hospital patients into aged care, but advocates say they are “trampling on the rights of older people” in the process. ⌘ Read more

Families ‘devastated’ amid fears of Victorian group home closures
Parents of some of Victoria’s most vulnerable people fear what will happen to their loved ones if hundreds of group homes are forced to close. ⌘ Read more

‘Essential for water safety’: Fears Canberra won’t have enough pools
As temperatures soar, advocates of public pools in Canberra say they want to see greater support and investment for facilities in the national capital. ⌘ Read more

Caught-and-bowled king Neser feared his Test career was over
Bowling all-rounder Michael Neser is back and taking vital wickets after beginning to think he had played his last Test match for Australia. ⌘ Read more

Fears number of homes lost in NSW fires could rise
Authorities say there is a risk severe storms could hit the already-fire damaged north-east as part of a cold front, as more than 70 fires continue to burn across NSW. ⌘ Read more

No perfect draw but nothing to fear for Socceroos in World Cup grouping
Nothing can be guaranteed in a World Cup, but the Socceroos’ draw alongside the United States, Paraguay and a European qualifier gives a solid shot at advancing, with the Australians avoiding most of the big names. ⌘ Read more

Hezbollah refuses to disarm while Israel continues bombing Lebanon
Lebanon’s government says it is trying to disarm militant group Hezbollah, but there are fears of sparking an internal conflict. ⌘ Read more

Arsenal’s Mosquera could be out for at least six weeks
Arsenal fear Cristhian Mosquera will miss at least six weeks, with the defender set to undergo further tests to establish the full extent of his ankle injury. ⌘ Read more

‘Not becoming of a president’: Somali-Americans respond to Trump’s ‘garbage’ remarks
Somali-Americans tell of their heightened fear after the US president intensified his criticism of the community. ⌘ Read more

New Homes In London Were Delayed By ‘Energy-Hungry’ Data Centers
A London Assembly report warns that surging demand from “energy-hungry” data centers is straining the electricity grid and delaying new housing developments. With data-center electricity use expected to rise up to 600% by 2050, officials fear London’s housing crisis could worsen without coordinated action. The BBC reports: According to the report ( … ⌘ Read more

‘End-To-End Encrypted’ Smart Toilet Camera Is Not Actually End-To-End Encrypted
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your toilet bowl, takes pictures of it, and analyzes the images to advise you on your gut health. Anticipating privacy fears, Kohler said on its website that the Dekod … ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Motorists stranded for hours in Sydney tunnel over roof fears
Drivers have been stuck in Sydney’s M4 tunnel for several hours over fears part of its concrete roofing could tumble onto traffic. ⌘ Read more

West Bank attacks escalate during olive harvest
Palestinian villagers are living in fear, saying that at any time, armed Israeli settlers could descend on them and cause trouble. ⌘ Read more

Humanitarian migrants in US fear being deported into danger following shooting
The Trump administration’s escalating restrictions on humanitarian migration are leaving some of the United States’s most vulnerable diaspora communities terrified for their futures. ⌘ Read more

UK Plans To Ban Cryptocurrency Political Donations
The UK government plans to ban political donations made in cryptocurrency over fears of anonymity, foreign influence, and traceability issues, though the ban won’t be ready in time for the upcoming elections bill. The Guardian reports: The government’s ambition to ban crypto donations will be a blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which became the first to accept contribu … ⌘ Read more

‘He had no fear in him’: England cricket great dies unexpectedly in Perth
The cricket world mourns after the death of English batting great Robin Smith in his Perth home. ⌘ Read more

Family of Port Lincoln sailor fears she has died overseas
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian missing in the Mozambique Channel off the coast of Africa. ⌘ Read more

Fears NT could become ‘dumping ground’ for climate pollution under CO2 plan
A plan for the Northern Territory to be among the first places in the world to import foreign carbon emissions has raised fears it will turn Darwin into a global pollution dumping ground. ⌘ Read more

Parents fear music exam ‘gold standard’ slipping in parts of Australia
It is held up as the “gold standard” of music testing in the country, but there are claims the Australian Music Examinations Board is letting down talented students. ⌘ Read more

Europe Fears It Can’t Catch Up in Great Power Competition
European leaders have spent years warning that the continent risked falling behind the U.S., China and Russia in the global contest for economic, technological and military dominance, and officials now believe they have reached that point.

The mood darkened over the summer when Europe found itself on the sidelines as Washington and Beijing negotiated a reset of glo … ⌘ Read more

‘Moral distress’: Nurses, doctors groups warn policy puts ambulance patients ahead of drop-ins
Medical experts fear sick or injured Tasmanians who make their own way to emergency departments wait longer than others, due to pressures to fast-track ambulance patients. ⌘ Read more

Beekeepers struggle amid fears varroa mite infestations are worsening in NSW
The cost of treating varroa mite in the beekeeping industry is flowing onto other food growers reliant on pollination. ⌘ Read more

Nvidia Claims ‘Generation Ahead’ Advantage After $200 Billion Sell-off on Google Fears
Nvidia pushed back against investor concerns about Google’s competitive positioning in AI on Tuesday after the chipmaker’s shares tumbled 4.4% and erased nearly $200 billion in market cap on fears that Alphabet’s tensor processing units were gaining ground against its dominance in AI computing. The company said … ⌘ Read more

Nvidia Beats Earnings Expectations, Even As Bubble Concerns Mount
Nvidia blew past earnings expectations with soaring revenue and profit, easing fears of an AI bubble and reinforcing its position as the engine of the global AI boom. From a report: Nvidia’s sales grew 62% year-over-year to $57 billion in the October quarter, ahead of the $54.9 billion Wall Street had projected, signaling that demand for AI chips rem … ⌘ Read more

Netgear Accused by Rival of China Smear To Fan Security Fear
An anonymous reader shares a report: California-based TP-Link says it may take a sales hit of more than $1 billion because of erroneous reports that the networking company’s technology has been “infiltrated” by Beijing. In a lawsuit, TP-Link claims its competitor, Netgear, orchestrated a smear by planting false claims with journalists and internet influen … ⌘ Read more

Fear Drives the AI ‘Cold War’ Between America and China
A new “cold war” between America and China is “pushing leaders to sideline concerns about the dangers of powerful AI models,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “including the spread of disinformation and other harmful content, and the development of superintelligent AI systems misaligned with human values…”

“Both countries are driven as much by fear as by hope of … ⌘ Read more

Amyl and the Sniffers’ free gig shut down over security fears in Melbourne
A free gig by Australian rockers Amyl and the Sniffers has been shut down after security fences at Federation Square “got crushed in”. ⌘ Read more

Molly Ticehurst’s heartbreaking text revealed after killer finally confesses
Daniel Billings killed Ticehurst while on bail for serious alleged attacks on the young mother, who lived in fear and foresaw her own murder. ⌘ Read more

Deadly Blasts in India and Pakistan Set Region on Edge
The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world. ⌘ Read more

AI Bubble Is Ignoring Michael Burry’s Fears
An anonymous reader shares a report: Costing tens of thousands of dollars each, Nvidia’s pioneering AI chips make up a hefty chunk of the $400 billion that Big Tech plans to invest this year – a bill expected to hit $3 trillion by 2029. But unlike 19th-century railroads, or the Dotcom boom’s fiber-optic cables, the GPUs fueling today’s AI mania are short-lived assets with a shelf life of perh … ⌘ Read more

Ask HN: How do you get over the fear of sharing code?
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Why Manufacturing’s Last Boom Will Be Hard To Repeat
American manufacturing’s postwar boom from the 1940s through the 1970s resulted from conditions that cannot be recreated, a story on WSJ argues. Global competitors had been destroyed by war. Energy was cheap. Unions could demand concessions without fearing job losses to foreign rivals.

Strikes were frequent in steel, auto, trucking, rubber and coal mining. That relentle … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Gemini liked your opinion very much. Here is how it countered:

The criticism of AI as untrustworthy is a problem of misapplication, not capability.

• AI as a Force Multiplier: AI should be treated as a high-speed drafting and brainstorming tool, not an authority. For experts, it offers an immense speed gain, shifting the work from slow manual creation to fast critical editing and verification.
  
• The Rise of AI Literacy: Users must develop a new skill—AI literacy—to critically evaluate and verify AI’s probabilistic output. This skill, along with improving citation features in AI tools, mitigates the “gaslighting” effect.
  

The fear of skill loss is based on a misunderstanding of how technology changes the nature of work; it’s skill evolution, not erosion.

• Shifting Focus to High-Level Skills: Just as the calculator shifted focus from manual math to complex problem-solving, AI shifts the focus from writing boilerplate code to architectural design and prompt engineering. It handles repetitive tasks, freeing humans for creative and complex challenges.
  
• Accessibility and Empowerment: AI serves as a powerful democratizing tool, offering personalized tutoring and automation to people who lack deep expertise. While dependency is a risk, this accessibility empowers a wider segment of the population previously limited by skill barriers.
  

The legal and technical flaws are issues of governance and ethical practice, not reasons to reject the core technology.

• Need for Better Bot Governance: Destructive scraping is a failure of ethical web behavior and can be solved with better bot identification, rate limits, and protocols (like enhanced robots.txt). The solution is to demand digital citizenship from AI companies, not to stop AI development.

Global stock markets fall sharply over AI bubble fears
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10 Truly Evil People Who Used Halloween as the Perfect Cover
Halloween uniquely complicates the concept of safety because the night is defined by intentional fear, masking genuine threat within theatrical play. This widespread acceptance of costumes and chaotic activity gives real criminals an immediate advantage, allowing them to commit malicious acts with a much lower risk of immediate detection. The psychological impact of a Halloween […]

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10 Wildly Different Movie Takes on Nuclear War
The Cold War spawned more than fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills. During that era when geopolitical tension hung over audiences like a mushroom cloud, filmmakers channeled the nuclear threat into art, satire, and spectacle. Some explored human frailty, others turned to monsters or absurdity, but all reflected the fears—and sometimes the dark humor—of the atomic […]

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Why Busy Beaver Hunters Fear the Antihydra
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The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration
Thom Hartmann,  Commentator  -  The Hartmann Report

_Stephan: I think Thom Hartmann has it exactly right. This whole immigrant business is about creating an “other” just as the Nazis made the Jews the “other” and using the “other” to create fear and intimidation. Project 2025 is just a restating of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and the Republican … ⌘ Read more