https://natick.research.microsoft.com/
https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/project-natick...
One of the facts left unmentioned is that this was built and operated by Naval, the French state-owned submarine and shipbuilding corporation.
That disease is very prevalent, and I don't understand why.
My less-cynical guess is that the industry is stuck in the past, and journalists need better training and tools.
My more-cynical guess is that they are afraid of irrelevance, so they are defensively trying to keep you in their walled garden of information instead of encouraging you to get into the habit of getting info more directly.
Sort of like how we try link to the original YouTube video.
I think with actual articles written by presumed journalists, linking to source data is what establishes the credibility of the author’s writing and suggests they have read and understand the content.
Not linking to it doesn’t mean the author doesn’t understand it, but it may mean their work does nothing more than regurgitate (adds nothing of value apart from increased distribution)
When you consider the significance of undersea cables to the global economy, the propensity of states to intercept them covertly, the difficulty of attacking or even finding submersed compute, and so on, the ramifications are significantly greater than 'green compute'.
It's like the main function of the site is to trap you.
I first saw this on Facebook but I have since seen even sites that I used to respect follow this same pattern.
To me this is nothing but another dark pattern.