With all five days of the Barcelona Shakedown complete, we round up the best social media posted by F1 and the teams at the track from the final day of running.
DuckDuckGo recently asked its users how they felt about AI in search. The answer has come back loud and clear: more than 90% of the 175,354 people who voted said they don't want it.
The privacy-focused search engine has since set up two versions of its tool: noai.duckduckgo.com for the AI-averse and yesai.duckduckgo.com for the curious. Users can also tweak settings on the main site to disable AI summaries, AI-generated images, and the Duck.ai chatbot individually.
The privacy-focused search engine has since set up two versions of its tool: noai.duckduckgo.com for the AI-averse and yesai.duckduckgo.com for the curious. Users can also tweak settings on the main site to disable AI summaries, AI-generated images, and the Duck.ai chatbot individually.
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One-Third of US Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals
An anonymous reader shares a report: One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off over the past two years, according to a new survey conducted by the organizers behind the newly revamped Game Developers Conference (GDC). Based on responses from more than 2,300 gaming industry professionals, with surveys "customized for each participant group, ensuring that developers, marketers, executives, investors and others answered questions most relevant to them," the 2026 State of the Game Industry Report found that 33% of respondents in the U.S. were laid off in the past two years. AI use has grown to 36% of respondents, but sentiment has turned sharply negative: 52% now believe generative AI is harming the industry, compared to 30% last year and 18% in 2024. On the labor front, 82% of US respondents support unionization for game workers, and 62% said they're not in a union but interested in joining one. No respondents between 18 and 24 years old opposed unionization.
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An anonymous reader shares a report: A hacking of the Nobel organization's computer systems is the most likely cause of last year's leak of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado's name, according to the results of an investigation [non-paywalled source]. An individual or a state actor may have illegally gained access in a cyber breach, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday after concluding an internal investigation assisted by security authorities.
The leak had triggered an unusual betting surge on Machado at the Polymarket platform hours before she was unveiled as the award recipient in October. The Venezuelan opposition leader hadn't previously been considered a favorite for the 2025 prize.
"We still think that the digital domain is the main suspect," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Oslo-based institute, an administrative arm of the Nobel Committee that awards the prize. The institute has decided against filing for a police investigation given "the absence of a clear theory," he said in an interview in Oslo.
The leak had triggered an unusual betting surge on Machado at the Polymarket platform hours before she was unveiled as the award recipient in October. The Venezuelan opposition leader hadn't previously been considered a favorite for the 2025 prize.
"We still think that the digital domain is the main suspect," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Oslo-based institute, an administrative arm of the Nobel Committee that awards the prize. The institute has decided against filing for a police investigation given "the absence of a clear theory," he said in an interview in Oslo.
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BARCELONA (ANP) - Max Verstappen heeft "een productieve dag" achter de rug in zijn nieuwe RB22 op het circuit van Barcelona. Dat laat de Formule 1-coureur weten via zijn eigen website. Verstappen legde vrijdag 118 ronden af in de wagen van zijn team Red Bull. "We rijden met verschillende afstellingen en proberen zoveel mogelijk ronden te rijden om gedurende de dag zoveel mogelijk uit te proberen. Dat is ons gelukt", aldus Verstappen.
Verstappen moest dinsdag zijn test afbreken na een crash van zijn nieuwe teamgenoot Isack Hadjar. Alle Formule 1-teams mochten op drie van de vijf beschikbare dagen in Barcelona rijden. Verstappen keek tevreden terug. "Ik heb veel op een droge baan kunnen rijden. Dat was het doel. We hebben veel geleerd. Er is natuurlijk nog veel werk te verzetten. We leren veel over de auto en powerunit en begrijpen die steeds beter", aldus Verstappen.
In februari zijn er nog zes testdagen in Bahrein. Het seizoen begint op 8 maart met de Grand Prix van Australië.
Nu het slecht gaat met Feyenoord, neemt ook de kritiek op de organisatorische structuur van de Rotterdamse club toe. Analist Emile Schelvis heeft er in voetbaltalkshow FC Rijnmond geen goed woord voor over. "De directie heeft gefaald."
