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Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg spoke out against the use of AI technology when used in creative endeavors in an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin on Friday. Asked how he viewed AI’s utility as part of the filmmaking process, Spielberg said, “I’ve never used AI on any of my films yet,” to which the audience erupted with cheers and applause. The director/producer/screenwriter, who became a household name for blockbusters like “Jaws,” “E.T.,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and many others, is not anti-technology, necessarily. His own films have imagined worlds filled with technology,…

Memori Labs has released the Memori OpenClaw plugin, bringing automatic memory recall and capture to agents running through OpenClaw gateways. The integration hooks into OpenClaw’s event lifecycle at two points — retrieving relevant context before each agent response and extracting durable knowledge after each turn — without blocking agent performance. The plugin addresses common production memory failures in multi-agent environments, including flat file storage, context compaction issues, poor user isolation, and cross-project noise. Memori replaces these with structured, SQL-native memory records, knowledge-graph relationships, intelligent context ranking, and real-time observability through Memori Cloud. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Memori…

Location : The M25 clockwise between junctions J23 and J24 . Lane Closures : Lanes 1 and 2 are closed. Reason : Broken down vehicle. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 20:45 and 21:00 on 13 March 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 20:15 and 20:30 on 13 March 2026. Lanes Closed : There are two of four lanes closed. Source link

Travis Kalanick is reportedly starting up a new self-driving vehicle company with “major backing” from Uber, according to The Information. He has reportedly told people he “wants to be more aggressive in rolling out self-driving technology than Waymo,” per the report. The Uber founder is also considering acquiring Pronto, the autonomous vehicle startup focused on industrial and mining sites that was created by his former colleague at the ride-hailing company, Anthony Levandowski. Last year, Kalanick was said to be interested in buying the U.S. arm of Chinese self-driving vehicle company Pony AI with backing from Uber, though The Information said…

Friday 13 March 2026 6:51 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 13 March 2026 6:52 pm Zac Purton teams up with John Size aboard Papaya Brose at Sha Tin on Sunday TRAINER John Size and jockey Zac Purton are going to be a popular combination for bettors, when they team up with Endeared in division one of the Lung Kong Handicap (7.35am) over seven furlongs.The consistent course and distance specialist has tasted success three times over the trip, and notably twice when dropping down into class four company.Back into his favourite grade again, after dropping a few pounds in the ratings following no…

It comes as a review of the gender-based violence (GBV) service and the role workers play to improve the support of their service users was carried out by the local authority. Read next: During the most recent operational performance and delivery scrutiny committee meeting questions were raised by Bailie Martha Wardrop about funding opportunities to continue this work. Bailie Wardrop said: “The skills mix model talks about supporting victims of domestic violence through this new model. Is this funded in 2026/27?  “How is it going to be rolled out to new staff and ongoing training needs?” A council officer advised…

Councillors have also “called-in” the applications for legal examination17:17, 13 Mar 2026Updated 17:17, 13 Mar 2026Ballygomartin Road, Belfast, by Google MapsControversial applications to turn three North Belfast houses into HMOs have been deferred by Belfast Council for site visits and “call-ins.”Plans for three houses in close proximity in the Ballygomartin Road area, at 29 Glencairn Street, 24 Rutherglen Street, and 163 Ballygomartin Road have all gone to City Hall for conversion to HMOs. Each property has a different owner.At the March meeting of the Belfast City Council Planning Committee, elected representatives agreed to defer decisions on all three for site…

At the SXSW conference on Friday, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a new feature, launching in beta, that will allow listeners for the first time to review and edit their Taste Profile, the algorithmically generated model of their music preferences. This Taste Profile is key to Spotify’s recommendations, including personalized playlists like Discover Weekly, Made For You recommendations, and the year-end review known as Spotify Wrapped, among other things. Starting with Premium listeners initially in New Zealand, Spotify will allow users to see all their listening data in one place in the app, including music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Users will…

Researchers from Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre have identified an important connection between two common types of bowel polyps and a greater risk of cancer. Their findings appear in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH). Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is a major health concern. In Australia it ranks as the second leading cause of cancer death and the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer. Many colorectal cancers begin as polyps, which are growths that develop on the inner lining of the bowel. These growths are usually benign and cause no immediate harm. However, two specific types…

It’s been a whirlwind for NanoClaw creator Gavriel Cohen.  About six weeks ago, he introduced NanoClaw on Hacker News as a tiny, open-source, secure alternative to the AI agent-building sensation OpenClaw, after he built it in a weekend coding binge. That post went viral.   “I sat down on the couch in my sweatpants,” Cohen told TechCrunch, “and just basically melted into [it] the whole weekend, probably almost 48 hours straight.”   About three weeks ago, an X post praising NanoClaw from famed AI researcher Andrej Karpathy went viral.   About a week ago, Cohen closed down his AI marketing startup to focus…