Lee Grant

It is nice to wake up to some positive news.

Congratulations 🎉

Team GB face uphill task for Olympic medal in four-man bobsleigh Team GB face an uphill task to win an Olympic medal in the four-man bobsleigh event as they sit seventh at the halfway point in Cortina.

I'm not an expert, but I think I've spotted a gravitational-strategy error....

“NURSE!!!!”

The AI-carbon paradox: Inside Microsoft’s 78-million-tonne hedge against climate failure Microsoft's AI-carbon paradox is trying to hit its ambitious AI targets and Net Zero targets - can its gamble in new sustainable tech work?

Microsoft faces an AI-carbon paradox. Continue to build #AI dreams or bankrupt their 2030 climate goals.

Can a company be truly sustainable while leading a power hungry, climate-damaging tech revolution?

New, by me, for TechFinitive.com

#Carbon
#Sustainability
#Emissions
#ClimateAction

You'll hear that I got a little stat-happy in this one.

So here's another for you.

In 777 episodes of the PC Pro Podcast, this is the very first time these four hosts have all been in the studio together.

#PCPro
#Podcast
#Technology

@alicefraser.bsky.social often notes that while we can grasp a 'million', we often fail to scale up (correctly) to a billion - leading us to vastly underestimate the wealth involved.

@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social sobering scale analogy of Shell's £15.6 billion profit is truely jaw-dropping.

Epstein files live updates: Justice department releases three million pages More than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are included in the release of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“The email is signed "A", with what appears to be an email signature that reads "HRH Duke of York KG".

Oh come on! Give us a clue…

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That's the tube used to fire Hunger Games tributes into the arena. I bet she's holding a sword...

Fairphone Fairbuds XL: Next-gen sound meets next-level sustainability Find out why this eco-conscious buyer is such a big fan of the new Fairphone Fairbuds XL headphones, which are built for repairability

"If any other tech firms are reading, then @fairphone.com is about to school you in the art of upgrade."

The best thing about the brand new Fairbuds XL, is that you don't have to buy the brand new Fairbuds XL.

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#Sustainable
#Repairable
#Upgradeable
#Technology

Amazing Barn Find: Restoring a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback Found in a Barn YouTube video by Auto Revive

This rolled into my YouTube repair feed. Clearly a desperate cash grab by the producer.

However, it is so bad - from a #repair perspective - that parts of it are very funny.

It's an awful pastiche of those restoration shows with the humanity removed. Which I suppose is what AI is.

#AIslop

I reckon that if Samsung gives me $1 for every one of these they sell, I won't have enough to buy one.

TBH, that's the great thing about a cockapoo - shedding is virtually zero. The kids moult more than the dog.

However the crumbs, nail varnish & multiple coffee slops are a testament to the durability of Cherry keyboards.

As a @pcpro.co.uk bonus, here's the image mentioned in the #podcast of our 'Hot Hardware' nominee being used to gently warm a cockapoo*

*Warming cockapoos is risky business. PC Pro isn't liable if man's best friend starts living a dog's life by letting sleeping dogs lie on your warm desk.

A pair of men’s white socks from https://communityclothing.co.uk

My youngest glanced at my new socks (from communityclothing.co.uk) & said, “Why are they in Subway’s colours”.

I replied, “because they’re a foot long!”.

I thought that was quite good, but by the look of utter disdain on her face, I reckon my ‘World’s best Dad’ mug is about to be rescinded.

Lee Grant: Huddersfield Town sack manager after eight months in charge Huddersfield Town sack manager Lee Grant after eight months in charge following a run of four games without a win.

Can’t say I’m surprised…I said at the interview that I knew nothing about football, but it was fun while it lasted.

Sir Tony Blair 'honoured' to be part of Donald Trump's efforts to rebuild Gaza The former prime minister has been named on a "founding executive board" alongside several high-profile White House figures.

How bad were the other candidates to not get this gig?

Is there a hope he’s going on a redemptive Severus Snape style mission to infiltrate Trump in plain sight, fuelled by a regretful love he’s felt for Keir Starmer’s mum ever since their days together at Hogwarts?

Gaffer tape and prayer mainly….

Sh💩t the bed...

It'll be like feeding a Reader's Digest Medical Advisor with hallucinogens...

Rear of a PC Case, with the PSU removed, but attached. There is a clear nest of messy and tangled cables within.

Customer: Will you swap my PSU?
Me: I'd be delighted, sir...

Time passes. Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold. I get out my favourite screwdriver.

Me: AAAARRRRGGHH!!!

#Repair 😩

A-woof 🐾

Fears BBC can't attract the right candidate for £547,000-a-year director-general job Midnight deadline for BBC director-general applications as Netflix executive behind Adolescence tipped for top role

If it helps, I’m happy to give it a whirl for around £400k but I will scrap EastEnders and replace it with Hey Duggee…

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AI generated logo printed on a T-shirt which misspelled the lyrics to Starman by David Bowie

Someone who knows I spend too much time talking about #AI & David #Bowie got me this.

Sing along if you know it:

🎵There’s a Starman, waiting in th…ske…sky 🎶

#FFS

Rowan Atkinson as the Vicar in 4 Weddings & a Funeral.

Mrs G is prepping for tonight’s ’Nine Lessons & Carols’.

Has just uttered: “Christ give us the joys of everlasting lice”.

#HolyGoat

£9k of prizes - that’s about £8 million in today’s loot! 💰

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Have used Notta (www.notta.ai/en) for a few years. Aside from sounding like the 'Rola Cola' version of Otter, I've always found it to be rather good. Free trial available and a seasonal 45% discount code if you fancy a dabble...

I don't repost the @pcpro.co.uk #podcasts (but I do encourage you to listen), but an exception is made for annual #Christmas #technology #quiz episode.

Expertly written & hosted by @dariengs.bsky.social, featuring Rois Ni Thuama, @nik.uk, @jonhoneyball.bsky.social, Tim Danton & me.

Please enjoy ☃️

New ChatGPT Images: Is it fit for business? OpenAI has released a new version of ChatGPT Images, with claimed improvements to editing and branding. See how well it performs here.

Want to see what I look like in a suit? This and other marvels are contained in my latest story for TechFinitive:

www.techfinitive.com/new-chatgpt-...

Big Tech vs Brussels: Why US states are demanding Google, Meta and Microsoft reject EU sustainability directives Attorneys General of 16 US states have sent letters to Google, Meta and Microsoft arguing they should reject new EU sustainability directives

"Their relationship is more awkward than Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

Google, Meta & Microsoft are counters in a high-stakes round of transatlantic tiddlywinks over EU #CSRD & #CSDDD eco directives.

Big tech, geopolitics & an omnibus. What could go wrong?

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I’d love to join you, but I fear my ear trumpet would fall out when my bath chair hit a lump in your lawn…