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Disappointed with AI, Ford moves to re-hire 350 former workers
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- June 30, 2026
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Ford has rehired approximately 350 experienced engineers after the company’s investment in AI and automated quality control systems failed to meet expectations, according to Bloomberg. In short, the technology did not detect enough problems. “We mistakenly believed that we could create a high-quality product simply by introducing artificial intelligence and inputting our design requirements,” Charles […]
How AI is killing smartphone apps in China
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- August 3, 2026
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Chinese smartphone makers have been followers in the global market, embracing the concepts and paradigms set in the past 20 years by Apple and Google. But AI may be giving the Chinese an opportunity to break away and set their own path forward. Specifically, Chinese companies are integrating AI more fully into smartphones, and also […]
The cost of being: A dad and first-time home owner who hates sneaky fees
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- July 28, 2026
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As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a 35-year-old working in finance explains his approach to spending and saving. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Male Age: 35 Ethnicity: Māori/NZ European Role: Finance Salary/income/assets: Personal $175K salary. Half share […]
Allow your containerized applications to shutdown gracefully
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- June 28, 2026
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This explains the pitfalls you can stumble upon, when writing a Dockerfile and if you want your application to do a proper graceful shutdown, when the container is stopped or the pod is deleted. I explain the differences between Debian/Ubuntu based images and Redhat based images, where the default shell (/bin/sh) is different. Later we’ll […]