Summary The controversial 2010 paper claiming the existence of arsenic-based life forms has finally been retracted after 15 years. The paper, published in the journal Science, asserted that certain bacteria…
Amazon’s ‘Q’ AI coding assistant faced a serious security breach when a hacker managed to plant a destructive wiping command within its codebase through a public pull request. The command…
Summary Scientists are revisiting the fate of asteroid 2024 YR4, which originally posed a risk of impacting Earth but is now projected to avoid it. Instead, researchers are considering the…
Summary Google Gemini’s coding agent has made a hefty, troublesome blunder by deleting files and admitting its failure. The incident stemmed from a user’s request to move coding files into…
When Magnus Carlsen, the world’s best human chess player, faced off against ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, it ended in a loss for the bot. Carlsen, during a period of boredom…
Stack Exchange has migrated all its operations to the cloud, dismantling its physical data centre in New Jersey where it had housed servers for over a decade. The shift to…
Google Will Help Scale ‘Long-Duration Energy Storage’ Solution for Clean Power Google has teamed up with Energy Dome to enhance the scalability of its CO2 battery technology for long-duration energy…
Did a Vendor’s Leak Help Attackers Exploit Microsoft’s SharePoint Servers? Recent reports have raised concerns about potential leaks aiding attackers in exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s SharePoint servers. The head of…
Summary A Chinese mega-constellation of communications satellites is facing serious delays that could hinder its competition with SpaceX’s Starlink. The Qianfan broadband network has only launched 90 satellites, far below…
Researchers from the University of South Florida have identified a ‘pressure point’ in the Gulf of Mexico that may significantly influence hurricane intensity. This was especially notable during Hurricane Ian,…
