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SCI & TECH2d agoAI use fuels frustration as Hong Kong customer service complaints top 2025 totalThe Hong Kong public’s dissatisfaction with customer service is growing, with complaints in the first nine months of the year already exceeding the total for 2025 and many involving companies’ overreliance on artificial intelligence (AI). The Consumer Council received 3,078 complaints about traders’ customer service between January and September, compared with 2,715 for the whole of last year and 2,173 in 2024. “Among the consumer complaints received by the Consumer Council each year, many...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH2d agoFTC subpoenas OpenAI, Anthropic over potential consumer protection violations: AxiosThe FTC has reportedly subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic regarding potential consumer protection violations. This indicates increased regulatory scrutiny over leading artificial intelligence companies.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECH2d agoArtificial intelligence in education, can it replace teachers?Un profesor descubrió que una plataforma utilizaba su imagen, su voz y fragmentos de sus clases para crear un curso sin su permiso.El caso abre interrogantes sobre el consentimiento y los límites de la IA en la educación.Clarín
SCI & TECH2d agoThe irony of OpenAI crying foul over spyingA company that owes its existence and enormous valuation to stealing others' work is now up in arms about theft.Al Jazeera [en]
SCI & TECH2d agoThe West Needs a Pax BiologicaChinese firms are displacing Western competitors in one of the century’s most important and most overlooked industries.Foreign Policy
SCI & TECH2d agoScoop: "OG" Bill Gates returns to wage war on AI risksBill Gates is gearing up to dramatically expand his AI safety push, personally leaning on business leaders and considering a major deployment of his resources, sources tell Axios.Why it matters: The formidable, sharp-elbowed Bill Gates who built Microsoft is back, and he's directing his competitive fire toward what he has come to see as one of the most important causes of his lifetime."I can reach CEOs on this better than you can," Gates told one person he consulted on AI safety, showing an eagerness for combat that associates say is a return to "OG" form.Driving the news: Once a voice for optAxios
SCI & TECH2d agoAI companies reveal they are preparing for a "catastrophic event": what are the 4 most feared scenariosClarín
SCI & TECH2d agoScientists filmed over a thousand encounters with animals around a tidal turbine in Washington, and only four fish collided with the rotating blades, while all recorded seals and seabirds around the machine managed to avoid collisionThe monitoring was carried out over 109 days using cameras, acoustic sensors, and an automated system. Three of the fish that made contact with the blades were seen swimming away without visible injuries.Clarín
SCI & TECH2d agoUS startup Reflect Orbital books two launches on Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram rocketsReflect Orbital builds and operates orbital mirrors to enable controlled lighting without ground infrastructure, to support a variety of customers and applications, from remote search-and-rescue operations to solar farms generating clean powerThe Hindu
SCI & TECH2d agoClock ticking for leap second: Why timekeeping could change foreverTimekeepers add a leap second occasionally to keep our clocks and the Earth's rotation in tune. That could now change.Al Jazeera [en]
SCI & TECH2d agoOver 1,000 Hongkongers to ride Baidu’s robotaxis in city-first public trialMore than 1,000 residents are expected to ride in autonomous vehicles (AVs) after Chinese technology giant Baidu launches Hong Kong’s first large-scale public trial next week. Baidu’s robotaxi platform, Apollo, will run the trial in Tung Chung from October 21 to November 3, inviting more than 1,000 residents to take part. Iris Wong Man-hei, senior project and business development manager for Baidu’s intelligent driving group, described the trial as a “milestone” for the city’s autonomous driving...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH2d agoChina’s CXMT gets pledge of support as provincial party chief vows chip-industry expansionThree weeks into his tenure as the Communist Party secretary of Anhui province, Li Lecheng carried out an on-site inspection at China’s home-grown memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on Wednesday, pledging to grow integrated circuits (ICs) as an emerging pillar industry. During the visit to the company’s headquarters in the central province’s capital of Hefei, Li urged CXMT to further refine its product portfolio and actively expand into domestic and overseas markets. He...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH2d agoSpirit of Hong Kong Awards: start-up turns to tech to tackle urban wasteInconvenience is one of the biggest obstacles to recycling, a challenge that prompted a Hongkonger to establish a one-stop recycling service. Jorch Wong Ching-hei left advertising in 2019 and started The Loops Hong Kong after finding that recycling different materials often required travelling to different collection points. With no prior background in the industry, he contacted recycling operators, visited plants and learned how paper, plastics and metals were processed. Wong also taught...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH2d agoUkraine’s Starlink disruptions expose US reliance as Europe has no ready alternativeUkraine has reported disruptions to drones relying on Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet network, as well as the United States-operated early warning system supposed to alert it to Russian missile attacks. The problems expose Europe's dependence on US technology, with no homegrown alternatives immediately available.RFI [en]
SCI & TECH2d ago‘They’re not dead yet’: Bleached corals recover in record time after touching healthy clonesIn the lab, bleached corals recovered within just seven weeks of being put in brief contact with healthy corals.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH2d agoEmbryo gene editing is getting more precise, but how safe and ethical is the practice? | Euronews Tech TalksThe use of a precise gene editing technique to edit human embryos has caught the attention of academics and society, yet doubts over its safety and ethics remain.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH2d agoByteDance taps MediaTek for custom data center chips - reportByteDance is reportedly collaborating with MediaTek to develop custom chips for its data centers, indicating a strategic move in technology infrastructure.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECH2d agoIn 1996, Indiana transformed residual foundry sand into a 275-meter road embankment; subsequently, Purdue discovered that the material successfully worked as a large-scale road fillerEl ensayo comparó el desempeño del subproducto con alternativas habituales y también examinó posibles efectos ambientales.Una estimación calculó una reducción de unos 145.000 dólares en los costos de insumos para la obra.Clarín
SCI & TECH2d agoAI in healthcare: from fighting epidemics to family doctorsA situation report in an hour instead of a day: in Africa's fight against Ebola, AI shows how it can bolster healthcare, in Germany too. But experts warn of opaque systems and unresolved risks.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECH2d agoHong Kong teen makes cents of finance, taps AI to tackle economic inequalityAt 17, Hong Kong secondary school student Agastya Rekhi has been teaching finance and economics to younger children for nearly three years. Meeting families struggling to understand how prices, investments and economic news impacted their daily lives during voluntary work convinced him that access to information was only part of the problem. How that information was communicated was just as important. Rekhi, a finalist for the Spirit of Youth Award in this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards, has...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH2d agoAnimation depicts newly-discovered dinosaur speciesScientists in the U.K. have discovered a new dinosaur species, the Invictibellatrix amberina, a two-legged carnivore that was a cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil that led to the discovery sat in a drawer at the Natural History Museum in London for nearly 100 years, having first been obtained by the vaunted institution in 1924.CBS News
SCI & TECH2d agoUS and China race to shape AI agenda ahead of Xi-Trump talks in Shenzhen, sources sayThe United States and China are in regular talks to iron out details of a framework announced last month for handling AI-related incidents and institutionalising bilateral dialogue, multiple sources told the South China Morning Post. The technical teams of the two countries aim to make AI cooperation a potential deliverable when presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen next month – their third face-to-face...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHBREAKING2d agoOpenAI sued by 8 states over claims ChatGPT coached kids to harm themselvesCBS News
SCI & TECH2d agoInside the search for Amelia Earhart, who vanished in 1937For nearly 90 years, CBS News has been following one of the world's biggest mysteries: what happened to Amelia Earhart? American researchers now believe they may have found what remains of her plane. Lana Zak has the story.CBS News
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