Richard Currie

1 week ago | medium.com | Richard Currie

Be Careful Who You Take Home In Phnom PenhIf there’s anywhere in Phnom Penh that best demonstrates the clear divide between civilised society and the criminal elements, then it’s without a doubt the riverside area. This concrete path follows the colossal Mekong River, which stretches for miles right through the heart of Phnom Penh.

1 month ago | theregister.com | Richard Currie

Comment Since Elon Musk vigorously threw up a gesture - once thought reprehensible - at a Trump rally on the day of the president's inauguration, owning a Tesla has taken on a whole new meaning for some. And it's owners of the Cybertruck – Tesla's most conspicuous and dorky model – who are bearing the brunt.

1 month ago | theregister.com | Richard Currie

Ex-Apple design whiz Sir Jony Ive appeared on the BBC's long-running Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs over the weekend. Despite his storied career and close friendship with the late Steve Jobs, his picks were pedestrian even for a Brit in his late 50s. For those unfamiliar, Desert Island Discs tasks its guests (castaways) with choosing eight audio recordings (usually music), a book, and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island.

2 months ago | theregister.com | Richard Currie

Some muy importante legislation is stuck in the cogs of Californian bureaucracy – an Assembly Bill to recognize Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, as the official state cryptid. In the pseudoscientific field of cryptozoology, a cryptid is an animal that supposedly exists in the wild for which there is little credible evidence, such as Scotland's internationally famed Loch Ness Monster.

2 months ago | theregister.com | Richard Currie

It doesn't sleep, it doesn't eat, and it doesn't get sick of dealing with incompetent customers. Even if it's fundamentally strings of ones and zeroes, US insurance biz Allstate is finding that generative AI crafts more empathetic and customer-friendly emails than its human claims reps, though anyone who has had dealings with insurance providers might not be surprised.