The Download: AI’s energy future Summary MIT Technology Review has released a short video to accompany a deep investigation into how much energy the AI industry consumes — down to estimates per query. The piece highlights that data-centre electricity use jumped about 80% between 2020 and 2025 and is set to rise further as billions […]
How do AI models generate videos? Summary The article explains the current technical stack behind AI video generation, centred on latent diffusion transformers. It breaks down diffusion models (which learn to reverse noise to create images), latent diffusion (working in compressed “latent” space to cut compute), and the role of transformers to maintain temporal consistency […]
The Download: America’s gun crisis, and how AI video models work Summary This edition of The Download pulls together several major items: a critique of the Trump administration’s child-health strategy for ignoring gun violence, an explainer on how modern AI video generators operate and why they matter, and a roundup of other notable tech stories […]
Melania Trump’s AI Era Is Upon Us Summary Melania Trump, long notable for her relative absence from public life, is re-emerging with a brief to provide thought leadership on artificial intelligence — specifically aimed at children and education. The move has attracted a mix of enthusiasm from some insiders and deep scepticism from others, with […]
Newly Granted Nintendo Patents An ‘Embarrassing Failure’ By The USPTO, Says Patent Attorney Summary Timothy Geigner reports that Nintendo has been granted two recent US patents (US 12,409,387 and US 12,403,397) covering gameplay mechanics — one for riding/flying systems and another for summoning and battling with “sub-characters.” Patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon calls the approvals an […]
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt Summary This weekly roundup highlights the top insightful and funniest comments from Techdirt readers. Standouts include MrWilson’s observations on the risks of walling off the open internet and comments about attempts to hide booing of public figures at major events. The piece also showcases editor’s picks across […]
Schulman Properties secures approval for 21-story condo-hotel in downtown Las Vegas Summary Schulman Properties has won planning approval from the Las Vegas Planning Commission to build the 21-storey Eterno Hotel on a six-acre site at 1003 Iron Horse Court, near Charleston Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway. Groundbreaking is planned for January 2026 and completion is […]
Nominations now open for 16th edition of the BEGE Awards | Yogonet International Summary The BEGE Awards have opened nominations for their 16th edition. The ceremony will take place on 26 November at Megami Club in Sofia, followed by the BEGE Party. The awards — part of the Balkan Entertainment and Gaming Exhibition — celebrate […]
Aristocrat appoints former Light & Wonder executive Dylan Slaney as Interactive CEO Summary Aristocrat Leisure has named Dylan Slaney, formerly head of Light & Wonder’s iGaming business, as Chief Executive Officer of its Interactive division. Slaney will take up the role on 3 November 2025, subject to regulatory approvals, and succeeds Moti Malul who will […]
WhatsApp Bug Anchors Targeted Zero-Click iPhone Attacks Summary A WhatsApp vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177, CVSS 5.4) has been linked to a sophisticated zero-click campaign that also used a patched Apple OS flaw (CVE-2025-43300). Meta and CISA say the WhatsApp bug could allow processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target device; WhatsApp has released fixes […]
