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David South

@DSChallenges

Designing human #development and health. Editor and writer of Southern #Innovator. Interested in making #digital human. https://nitter.gq/t.co/rrTAmUImfE

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Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine. buff.ly/d5WBDHJ
When You Should—and Shouldn’t—Use AI to Search the Web

When You Should—and Shouldn’t—Use AI to Search the Web

Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.

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Nearly 3,000 Parks Canada employees face potential job cuts theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Nearly 3,000 Parks Canada employees face potential job cuts

Nearly 3,000 Parks Canada employees face potential job cuts

Work force adjustment expected to eliminate about 500 full-time-equivalent positions, close 13 park-warden detachments

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Advanced economies generally reached high incomes and productivity levels before their populations began aging. But birth rates are now falling sharply in emerging economies, too. mck.co/3UkzjeR
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Haitian officials said they had killed a major gang leader in the capital as private mercenaries and at least 2,000 El Salvadoran troops join the fight to regain control of the troubled Caribbean nation bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Haiti Kills Gang Chief as El Salvador, Mercenaries Add Pressure

Haiti Kills Gang Chief as El Salvador, Mercenaries Add Pressure

Haitian officials said they had killed a major gang leader in the capital as private mercenaries and at least 2,000 El Salvadoran troops join the fight to regain control of the troubled Caribbean...

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Physicists were surprised to discover that quantum effects prevent materials from ever being fully transparent. sciam.com/article/nothing-ca…
Nothing can be fully transparent, physicists discover

Nothing can be fully transparent, physicists discover

Quantum researchers show how materials inevitably absorb light

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“#Godfather of #AI warns humanity: It’s all hurtling out of control.” 😜 🤖 inews.co.uk/news/godfather-a…
Godfather of AI warns humanity: It’s all hurtling out of control

Godfather of AI warns humanity: It’s all hurtling out of control

Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize. Here, he has a stark message for humans. We are about to be replaced as the 'apex intelligence' on Earth

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Canada added no private sector jobs from 2019 to 2024 — U.S. did the exact opposite nationalpost.com/news/canada…
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Ottawa to expand CSIS’s powers to spy abroad theglobeandmail.com/politics…
Ottawa to expand CSIS’s powers to spy abroad

Ottawa to expand CSIS’s powers to spy abroad

Legislative changes could eventually lead to a separate foreign intelligence agency similar to the CIA or MI6, senior official says

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“Writer Nick Harkaway expands his father John le Carré's #spyverse in new thriller 'The Taper Man’.” 🕵️‍♀️ 📕 independent.co.uk/news/john-…
Writer Nick Harkaway expands his father John le Carré's spyverse in new thriller 'The Taper Man'

Writer Nick Harkaway expands his father John le Carré's spyverse in new thriller 'The Taper Man'

Fictional spymaster George Smiley is back in "The Taper Man," a new thriller set in the world of John le Carré and written by his son, Nick Harkaway

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Space is no longer an enabler — it’s a warfighting domain. DIA released the 2026 edition of Challenges to Security in Space: Congestion, Competition, and Cooperation. Learn what DIA anticipates operations in space to look like in 2040! Read the report: dia.mil/Military-Power-Publi…
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“Wall Street settles after Trump blames stock slump on voters: Live.” 🗳️ msn.com/en-gb/news/news/cont…
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The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error. buff.ly/1hGjNVQ
RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd

RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd

The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.

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We preliminarily found that TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed has a harmful design. It shows users endless and repeated exposure of personalised videos, even when those have a negative effect on mental health. While TikTok has implemented measures to mitigate this risk, we consider them insufficiently effective and call for readjustment. 🔗link.europa.eu/Tpc7kc
An EU-themed graphic with a purple gradient background and yellow stars. Bold white text reads PRELIMINARY FINDING at the top, followed by 'TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed is in breach of the Digital Services Act.' A European Commission logo is centered along the bottom.

ALT An EU-themed graphic with a purple gradient background and yellow stars. Bold white text reads PRELIMINARY FINDING at the top, followed by 'TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed is in breach of the Digital Services Act.' A European Commission logo is centered along the bottom.

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“Novartis cites cases of previously unknown tumors possibly tied to its SMA #gene #therapy.” 🧬 💉 statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/…
Novartis cites cases of previously unknown tumors possibly tied to its SMA gene therapy

Novartis cites cases of previously unknown tumors possibly tied to its SMA gene therapy

Novartis has acknowledged seven previously unknown instances in which tumors were found in children who were treated with its spinal muscular atrophy therapy, Zolgensma.

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“#Huawei launches first #HarmonyOS #desktop with Kirin X90 processor.” technode.com/2026/11/06/huaw…
Huawei launches first HarmonyOS desktop with Kirin X90 processor · TechNode

Huawei launches first HarmonyOS desktop with Kirin X90 processor · TechNode

Huawei unveiled its first HarmonyOS desktop, the Qingyun HM650 series, at its enterprise computing summit on November 5. The computers run HarmonyOS and

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Europe's tech sovereignty starts with innovation made in the 🇪🇺. The new EU Chip Design Platform will accelerate chip innovation by supporting startups, SMEs and researchers with design tools, design support services, IP blocks and manufacturing capacity. The initiative is backed by €525 million. ➡️ link.europa.eu/f3v3xF
On a blue background the text reads EUROPE’S DIGITAL FUTURE in large, bold white and yellow lettering, with the subtitle 'Stronger. Smarter. Sovereign.' Below it are three white icons and labels—AI, Cloud, and Chips—separated by thin vertical lines: three sparkles, a cloud with an upload arrow, and a microchip. A white outlined EU logo appears in the bottom-right corner.

ALT On a blue background the text reads EUROPE’S DIGITAL FUTURE in large, bold white and yellow lettering, with the subtitle 'Stronger. Smarter. Sovereign.' Below it are three white icons and labels—AI, Cloud, and Chips—separated by thin vertical lines: three sparkles, a cloud with an upload arrow, and a microchip. A white outlined EU logo appears in the bottom-right corner.

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DOJ LAUNCHES SUPER INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE ⬇️ @POTUS Trump has made clear that “America stands at the forefront of a new technological revolution in intelligence,” and the Department will be a leader in safeguarding against malicious SI actors. “The SI Task Force at the Department of Justice will facilitate our partnership with SI Force Chair Jay Clayton as we ensure critical SI technologies serve the American people and are not manipulated by bad actors at home or abroad. The Department of Justice will continue identifying and prosecuting individuals whose use of SI violates the law, including by maliciously targeting American taxpayers, critical U.S. infrastructure, or other aspects of our national security.” -@AGToddBlanche Read more about the DOJ-SITF here: justice.gov/opa/pr/departmen…
DOJ LAUNCHES SUPER INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE

ALT DOJ LAUNCHES SUPER INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE

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North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance reut.rs/4z7QaQi
North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance

North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance

North Korea rewards its top hackers, tasked with heists like the Binance crypto hack that netted a cool $6.3 billion, with perks such as a spacious apartment in the capital of Pyongyang and huge hard...

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Despite a 25% historic drop in bilateral aid in 2025, Sub-Saharan Africa keeps growing. Growth is projected to reach 4.3% in 2026, with upgrades for nearly three quarters of countries: bit.ly/4yCe46Q #AfricaEconomicUpdate
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Building in zero gravity? ✅ Autonomously? ✅ With simple engineering principles? ✅ Our NOM4D program, with @Caltech, has demonstrated the first automated assembly of a structure in space, marking a major milestone in how we design, build, and operate beyond Earth.
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