Coventry Skatepark Redevelopment

Coventry Skatepark Redevelopment - a Community crowdfunding project in Coventry by WMRR Campaign
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/covskatepark

Science and Technology Quotations

Science and Technology Quotations: 

Excerpt: ″Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ARTHUR C. CLARKE, The Lost Worlds of 2001. (Dutton)″

Source: physics.udel.edu

I Live 400 Yards From Mark Zuckerberg’s Massive Data Center - YouTube

I Live 400 Yards From Mark Zuckerberg’s Massive Data Center - YouTube: 

Excerpt: ″What's the true cost of the AI revolution and who should be paying for it? We went to Georgia to find out. ″

Source: youtube.com

AI Agents Directory - Find and Compare AI Assistants

AI Agents Directory - Find and Compare AI Assistants: 

Excerpt: ″Browse our AI agents list and build your digital workforce in minutes, not months.″

Source: aiagentslist.com

UK can't handle a fight against AI-enabled crims, says repor • The Register

UK can't handle a fight against AI-enabled crims, says repor • The Register: 

Excerpt: ″ The National Crime Agency (NCA) will "closely examine" the recommendations made by the Alan Turing Institute after it claimed the UK was ill-equipped to tackle AI-enabled crime.″

Source: theregister.com

Verizon's 2025 DBIR: Threats Are Faster, Smarter, and More Personal

Verizon's 2025 DBIR: Threats Are Faster, Smarter, and More Personal: 

Excerpt: ″"The three primary ways in which attackers access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing and exploitation of vulnerabilities—across every single industry." Stolen credentials played a role in more than 60% of breaches, making them the top vector once again. Threat actors aren't brute-forcing their way in—they're logging in through the front door. From the report: "Credential theft continues to be the key to the kingdom in the majority of breaches. And it's not slowing down."″

Source: secureworld.io

The Man Out to Prove How Dumb AI Still Is - The Atlantic

The Man Out to Prove How Dumb AI Still Is - The Atlantic: Excerpt: ″ the ARC Prize team released an updated test, called ARC-AGI-2, and it appears to have sent the AIs back to the drawing board. The full o3 model has not yet been tested, but a version of o1 dropped from 32 percent on the original puzzles to just 3 percent on the new version, and a “mini” version of o3 currently available to the public dropped from roughly 30 percent to below 2 percent. (An OpenAI spokesperson declined to say whether the company plans to run the benchmark with o3.) Other flagship models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have achieved roughly 1 percent, if not lower. Human testers average about 60 percent.″

Source: theatlantic.com

ME/CFS Scandal Explainer (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) - YouTube

ME/CFS Scandal Explainer (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) - YouTube: Excerpt: ″A number of academics, experts, and journalists have characterised the treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) as a scandal, with George Monbiot going as far as calling it “the greatest medical scandal of the 21st-century”. ″

Source: youtube.com

Men's 2cm Black Leatherette Heels Ballroom Dance Shoes – DanceandSway

Men's 2cm Black Leatherette Heels Ballroom Dance Shoes – DanceandSway: Excerpt: ″Gender: Men's Category: Modern,Ballroom,Latin,Salsa,Samba Shoes Style: Dance Shoes Color: Black Actual Heel Height: 2cm Upper Materials: Leatherette Lining Materials: Leatherette Outsole Materials: Suede″ £48

Source: danceandsway.com

Ukraine bots

In battle video:
https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-simulated-russia-attack-ukraine-on-itself-wasnt-pretty-air-commodore-2025-4

Poe - Fast, Helpful AI Chat

Poe - Fast, Helpful AI Chat: 

Excerpt: ″The best AI, all in one place. Explore GPT-4.5, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek-R1, Runway, ElevenLabs, and millions of others.″

Source: poe.com

Full 2025 Identity Theft Scam Study

Full 2025 Identity Theft Scam Study: Excerpt: ″This work focuses on patterns of reports from the public about scams they have encountered. BBB studies are intended to give consumers, businesses, news media, researchers and regulatory agencies an in-depth understanding of: 

 • How these scams work • How to avoid them • What is being done to help curb fraud″

Source: bbb.org

What is a Neural Network & How Does It Work? | Google Cloud

What is a Neural Network & How Does It Work? | Google Cloud: Excerpt: ″Connections between neurons have associated weights, signifying the connection strength. During training, the network adjusts these weights to refine its performance on a given task. This learning process allows them to make predictions and recognize patterns, driving their wide adoption in diverse applications like image recognition, natural language processing, and machine translation. ″

Source: cloud.google.com

Kaspersky IT Encyclopedia: Aids Ransomware

1989 | Kaspersky IT Encyclopedia: Excerpt: ″December 1989 witnessed the Aids Information Diskette incident. 20,000 discs containing a Trojan were sent to addresses in Eurpose, Africa, Australia and the WHO. The addresses had been stolen from the database of PC Business World. Once an infected disk has been loaded, the program would automatically install itself on the system, creating its own concealed files and directories and modifying system files. After 90 loads, the operating system encoded the names of all files, rendering them invisible and leaving only one file accessible. This file recommended paying money to a specified bank account. ″

Source: encyclopedia.kaspersky.com

Download LinkedIn Videos in HD | Free Tool by Publer

Download LinkedIn Videos in HD | Free Tool by Publer: 

Excerpt: ″Paste the URL of the LinkedIn video post and press to download in HD″

Source: publer.com

(1) Home | Substack

(1) Home | Substack: 

Excerpt: ″Norbert Wiener, the founder of Cybernetics, famously highlighted this in his 1960 paper, called “Some Moral Technical Consequences of Automation”, which brought forth the alignment problem, which is still unresolved as of writing.″

Source: substack.com

M.E. is more than Fatigue -20 symptoms people deal with ⭐️Must Watch⭐️ - YouTube

M.E. is more than Fatigue -20 symptoms people deal with ⭐️Must Watch⭐️ - YouTube: 

Excerpt: ″More and more people are learning about ME/CFS. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) Many still believe the illness mainly consists of fatigue and brain fog. This video dives into 20 other symptoms many of us deal with.″

Source: youtube.com

How humanity moved from ‘eternal’ to ‘bookended’ time | Aeon Essays

How humanity moved from ‘eternal’ to ‘bookended’ time | Aeon Essays: 

Excerpt: ″this supremacy of finitude – this circumambience of grander mortalities than our own – is, in fact, galvanising. Just like the child coming to accept her ‘first death’, apprehending this might simply be part of growing up. Ultimately, eternity intoxicates and stultifies, whereas finitude edifies by showing us that our decisions – right now – do matter. If immortality’s price is agency’s liquidation, I’d choose agency every time.″

Source: aeon.co

Understanding the Smokeloader Botnet: A Persistent Cyber Threat

Understanding the Smokeloader Botnet: A Persistent Cyber Threat | The DefendOps Diaries: 

Excerpt: ″The dismantling of the Smokeloader botnet through Operation Endgame marks a pivotal victory in cybersecurity efforts. However, the persistent nature of cyber threats necessitates ongoing vigilance and innovation. Cybercriminals are adept at adapting to new challenges, and the modular design of Smokeloader allows it to quickly evolve in response to changes in the cybersecurity landscape.″

Source: thedefendopsdiaries.com

An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it: 

Excerpt: ″In an interview with The Associated Press, Dewald said he applied to the court for permission to play a prerecorded video, then used a product created by a San Francisco tech company to create the avatar. 

Originally, he tried to generate a digital replica that looked like him, but he was unable to accomplish that before the hearing. “The court was really upset about it,” Dewald conceded. “They chewed me up pretty good.” Even real lawyers have gotten into trouble when their use of artificial intelligence went awry. 

In June 2023, two attorneys and a law firm were each fined $5,000 by a federal judge in New York after they used an AI tool to do legal research, and as a result wound up citing fictitious legal cases made up by the chatbot. The firm involved said it had made a “good faith mistake” in failing to understand that artificial intelligence might make things up.″

Source: news4jax.com

The Dark Side of Generative AI: Five Malicious LLMs Found on the Dark Web

The Dark Side of Generative AI: Five Malicious LLMs Found on the Dark Web: 

Excerpt: ″Infosecurity has selected some of the first observed malicious tools leveraging legitimate generative AI models.″

Note this is from 2023...many more MaLLMs.

Source: infosecurityeurope.com

Free AI Detector | Check for ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini

Free AI Detector | Check for ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini: 

Excerpt: ″Identify AI-generated content, including ChatGPT and Copilot, with Scribbr's free AI detector″

Source: scribbr.co.uk

28 x iPhone Camera Tips! - YouTube

28 x iPhone Camera Tips! - YouTube: 

Excerpt: ″Watch this new iPhone Camera Tutorial to discover 28 incredible camera tips, hacks and controls essential for mastering your iPhone photos and videos. Updated for 2023 to include newest features on iPhone 14 Pro:″

Source: youtube.com

How Dismantling DEI Efforts Could Make Clinical Trials Less Representative | JAMA | JAMA Network

How Dismantling DEI Efforts Could Make Clinical Trials Less Representative | JAMA | JAMA Network: 

Excerpt: ″At least 3 major drug companies, all headquartered in Europe—Roche and Novartis in Switzerland and GSK in the UK—have moved to follow Trump’s DEI executive orders by eliminating it from their hiring and training practices.″

Source: jamanetwork.com

Day 81 Agenda - Resistance Kitty

Day 81 Agenda - Resistance Kitty: 

Excerpt: ″The sassiest cat fighting fascism″

Source: resistancekitty.com

Transcript: Sotomayor’s Harsh New Dissent Contains One Terrifying Line | The New Republic

Transcript: Sotomayor’s Harsh New Dissent Contains One Terrifying Line | The New Republic: 

Excerpt: ″“The implication of the government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal.”″

Source: newrepublic.com

Google DeepMind paper predicts AGI matching top human skills could arrive by 2030

Google DeepMind 145-page paper predicts AGI matching top human skills could arrive by 2030 | Fortune: 

Excerpt: ″The paper separates the risks of advanced AI into four major categories: misuse, which refers to people intentionally using AI for harm; misalignment, meaning systems developing unintended harmful behavior; mistakes, categorized as unexpected failures due to design or training flaws; and structural risks, which refers to conflicting incentives between multiple parties, including different groups of people, such as countries or companies, and possibly multiple AI systems. ″

Source: fortune.com

Online Meeting Software & Platform - Zoho Meeting

Online Meeting Software & Platform - Zoho Meeting: 

Excerpt: ″Zoho Meeting is a secure online meeting platform and webinar solution that helps you connect, collaborate, and work remotely with efficacy. Schedule online meetings, stream live webinars and enhance your remote collaboration experience today with our highly secure online meeting software. ″

Source: zoho.com

Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’

Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says | US social security | The Guardian: 

Excerpt: ″In 2024, social security direct deposit fraud was at a rate of 0.00625% and less than 1% of social security payments had been found to be incorrect. US commerce secretary and billionaire Howard Lutnick claimed in an interview on a podcast earlier this month that only a “fraudster” would complain about missing a social security benefit check. ″

Source: theguardian.com

Sausage recipes

From BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/sausage

Sausage frittata

Try it…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/three-way_frittata_71196

AI secrets exposed

Excellent example…
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/think-ai-is-a-safe-place-to-share-your-secrets-think-again

Common Types of Computer Virus and How to Avoid Them - Binary IT

Common Types of Computer Virus and How to Avoid Them - Binary IT: 

Excerpt: ″The Vienna virus is an example of a direct-action virus that appeared in the 1980s. It targeted executable files, and when a corrupted file was executed, the virus took direct action by infiltrating other executable files in the same directory. The Vienna virus did not attempt to hide its presence and immediately manifested its effects upon execution.″

Source: binaryit.com.au

Note that Google's AI search result on this is quite wrongm identifying Vienna as a macro virus:

Frankfort, Des Moines

Water plant
https://www.kentucky.com/news/weather-news/article303587171.html

AGI forecast

Deep mind predicts…
https://fortune.com/2025/04/04/google-deeepmind-agi-ai-2030-risk-destroy-humanity/

Fibro Myalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Hereditary Hemochromatosis 43%!

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology: 

Excerpt: ″One hundred seventy (43%) of the subjects [people with genetic haemochromatosis] were diagnosed with FMS. 

Among those with fibromyalgia fatigue and ≥11 tender points were present in all of the subjects, widespread pain in 150 (88%), depression in 70 (41%), and arthralgia/joint stiffness in 70 (41%). In subjects with FMS 33% reported some functional impairment (HAQ-DI>0), with 10% reporting moderate-severe functional impairment (HAQ-DI≥1.5). 

This study reveals a high prevalence of FMS (43%) among subjects with HFE-related hemochromatosis. Prospective studies are needed to better understand the risk factors for FMS in such patients."

Source: journals.lww.com

OpenAI's models 'memorized' copyrighted content, new study suggests | TechCrunch

OpenAI's models 'memorized' copyrighted content, new study suggests | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/openais-models-memorized-copyrighted-content-new-study-suggests/

Linotype machine - Wikipedia

Linotype machine - Wikipedia: Excerpt: ″The Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnətaɪp/ LYNE-ə-type) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related companies.[1] ″

Also: https://fb.watch/yLQ4fTS23r/

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Turing

AI crime report…
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/nca_ati_ai_report/

High profile cyber gang takedowns in 2024

After a string of high profile cyber gang takedowns, is the cyber crime industry about to get a lot more fragmented? | IT Pro: 

Excerpt: ″The recent string of busts on large-scale threat collectives suggests authorities around the world are taking a firmer stance on cyber crime, and proactively looking to disrupt hacking groups, rather than just defend against their attacks.″

Source: itpro.com

Funding to prioritize ethical and social considerations in emerging technologies​​

​​​NSF and philanthropic partners announce $16 million in funding to prioritize ethical and social considerations in emerging technologies​​ | NSF - National Science Foundation: 

Excerpt: ″The U.S. National Science Foundation today launched a new $16 million program in collaboration with five philanthropic partners that seeks to ensure ethical, legal, community and societal considerations are embedded in the lifecycle of technology’s creation and use. The Responsible Design, Development and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program aims to help create technologies that promote the public's wellbeing and mitigate potential harms.″

Source: nsf.gov

What Is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)? [Starter Guide] - Palo Alto Networks

What Is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)? [Starter Guide] - Palo Alto Networks: 

Excerpt: ″Secure access service edge (SASE) is a cloud-native architecture that unifies SD-WAN with security functions like SWG, CASB, FWaaS, and ZTNA into one service.″

Source: paloaltonetworks.co.uk

Record-Breaking $75 Million Ransom Paid To Dark Angels Gang

Record-Breaking $75 Million Ransom Paid To Dark Angels Gang: 

Excerpt: ″According to ransomware statistics compiled by Varonis, the largest ransom payout was in 2021 when insurance giant CNA Financial reportedly paid an astonishing $40 million. However, the latest Zscaler ThreatLabz ransomware report suggests that this deplorable record has now been broken. Coming in at nearly twice as much, the Zscaler researchers said they found evidence of a $75 million ransom paid by an undisclosed victim earlier this year. Say hello to the Dark Angels.″

Source: forbes.com

Claude Code overview - Anthropic

Claude Code overview - Anthropic: 

Excerpt: ″Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster through natural language commands.″

Source: docs.anthropic.com

GitHub - monteslu/robot-mcp: mcp server for johnny-five

GitHub - monteslu/robot-mcp: mcp server for johnny-five: 

Excerpt: ″A Model Context Protocol (MCP) service that controls a robot arm with a servo motor. When the servo moves, it plays "Hasta la vista, baby!" audio clip.″

Source: github.com

Quickly connect a robot to AI with Claude Code and MCP (Model Context Protocol) - YouTube

Quickly connect a robot to AI with Claude Code and MCP (Model Context Protocol) - YouTube: 

Excerpt: ″In this tutorial we'll quickly make an MCP (Model Context Server) in node.js that can connect with the physical world″

Uses Arduino...

Source: youtube.com

AI In Cybersecurity: The Double-Edged Sword

AI In Cybersecurity: The Double-Edged Sword | Eventbrite: Excerpt: ″Learn about risks, threats, and defense strategies, including how AI is reshaping the threat landscape and what you can do about it.″

Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM 

Source: eventbrite.co.uk

AI and Cybersecurity: Seizing the Opportunities, Defending Against the Threats, Understanding the Legal Risks

AI and Cybersecurity: Seizing the Opportunities, Defending Against the Threats, Understanding the Legal Risks: 

Excerpt: ″AI is transforming cybersecurity, creating both groundbreaking opportunities and complex challenges. In this course, AI and Cybersecurity: Seizing the Opportunities, Defending Against the Threats, Navigating Legal Risks, you'll explore how AI is reshaping the way we defend against cyberattacks, identify emerging risks, and stay compliant with evolving legal standards, which are playing catch-up with the speed of technological development.″

Source: tickettailor.com

Our truth is not enough: the challenge for technocrats

Our truth is not enough: the challenge for technocrats: 

Excerpt: ″So, we see the rise of the charismatic leader who offers the certainty of what technocrats would see as a fraudulent vision of a better world. But the fact that people want to believe them makes them, in some sense, ‘true’, especially when you are told that it was the technocrats who got us into the mess.″

Source: eastangliabylines.co.uk

23andMe Is Up For Sale. Where Is Our Genetic Data Going? | HuffPost UK Black Voices

23andMe Is Up For Sale. Where Is Our Genetic Data Going? | HuffPost UK Black Voices: 

Excerpt: ″It’s a gray area that invites the opportunity for what Ajunwa calls “genetic discrimination,” based on eugenics and pseudoscientific ideas about Black people. “It has been done in the past, so there is a worry about the misuse of this data to support racist ideas about racial categories and specifically about Black folks,” says Ajunwa.″

Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk

Oak by Honeybourne Close, Nod Rise seen on Geograph Britain and Ireland

Oak by Honeybourne Close, Nod Rise © E Gammie :: Geograph Britain and Ireland: 

Excerpt: ″Coventry has several stream courses along which building had been avoided due to the risk of flooding and 1940s planners envisaged that they could be developed as 'brook-strays' providing 'green wedge' public access land from the city centre to the outskirts.″

Source: geograph.org.uk