Mission Everywhere

Victor Swezey / Bloomberg : A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate staff just to replace them with AI, following a similar ruling by another Chinese court in December 2025   —  A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/L1ScXkZ

The author shares how letting her 4-year-old cook helped with his picky eating. Courtesy of the author I started letting my toddler help cook to improve his picky eating. At first it was messy and frustrating, but he became more engaged with food. Cooking together built his confidence and made mealtimes more enjoyable. I never thought I'd be the kind of parent who lets their child loose in the kitchen but, honestly, it's the best thing I've done. Like many toddlers, my 4-year-old was always interested in what I was doing, but amidst the daily grind of parenting I just wanted to get chores done as quickly and easily as possible. I had enough to do without having to worry about little fingers getting caught under a knife or that resigned feeling where letting them "help" somehow creates more mess than what you were trying to clean up in the first place. I had heard of the Montessori school of thought that involving children in shared household chores helps foster ...

Robert Booth / The Guardian : Study: OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of emergency room patients using electronic records and a few sentences from nurses, vs. to 50-55% for triage doctors   —  Researchers say results mark a ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’  —  From George Clooney in ER … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/wKtovAn

Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, where attackers hack freight brokers' accounts and dupe carriers; 2025 cargo theft losses in N. America rose 60% YoY   —  The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, with hackers targeting brokers and carriers.  Experts say digital attacks are replacing traditional cargo theft. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OshWM2H

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Meta acquires a startup Assured Robot Intelligence to bolster its robotics team, which is working on humanoid hardware and the underlying AI that powers it   —  Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence models for robots … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OVknQPg

Jonathan Greig / The Record : A bug in popular cPanel, WHM, and WP Squared software has reportedly been exploited since Feb.; CISA it gives a 9.8 CVSS score, tells agencies to patch by May 3   —  Federal agencies have until May 3 to resolve a security issue impacting a critical system for server and website management. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7jZGE9m