Weekend Musings: Brief Brilliance for Your Saturday (July 13)
Here is a quick run down of some stories that I found interesting during the week.
Early Apple tech bloggers are shocked to find their name and work have been AI-zombified
An old Apple blog and the blog’s former authors have become the latest victims of AI-written sludge. TUAW (“The Unofficial Apple Weblog”) was shut down by AOL in 2015, but this past year, a new owner scooped up the domain and began posting articles under the bylines of former writers who haven’t worked there for over a decade. And that new owner, which also appears to run other AI sludge websites, seems to be trying to hide.
AWS launches Graviton4 instances
AWS says Graviton4 is its most powerful and energy efficient processor, suited for a broad range of workloads running on Amazon EC2.
Kano Model: How to Delight Your Customers Without Becoming a Feature Factory
The Kano Model, developed by Professor Noriaki Kano in the 1980s, is a theory of customer preferences. It identifies 5 types of features and explains how to prioritize them to maximize customer satisfaction.
Amazon’s carbon emissions fell last year
Amazon’s carbon emissions decreased slightly in 2023 after the company ramped up renewable energy purchases and cut down on pollution from construction, hardware, and equipment, according to its latest sustainability report.
Microsoft promises HCI on EU clouds as it settles complaint – but AWS, Google, other critics lash out
Microsoft has paid out to settle a major competition complaint from a European cloud consortium and promised licensing and hosting changes.
Have a wonderful weekend!