Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning?
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Analyst Andy Baio examined a Will Smith YouTube Shorts clip of a concert crowd and…
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy?
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy? Summary Intel amended its CHIPS-era funding deal with the US Department of Commerce to remove some early project milestones and received…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Five indie bands have removed their music from Spotify in protest after the announcement that Spotify founder Daniel…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts?
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts? Summary Slashdot highlights a BBC investigation showing that for months thousands of Facebook and Instagram users have had accounts suspended…
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube Summary Music educator and YouTuber Rick Beato has been hit with a string of copyright claims and takedown…
‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating
‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating Summary The Washington Post and other outlets report a wave of false active-shooter reports across a dozen US universities as…
Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Gray Matter
Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Grey Matter Summary Researchers in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific rose-scented oil on their clothing for one month…
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust?
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary In a recent talk (uploaded to YouTube) 83-year-old Brian Kernighan — co-creator of Unix and long-time educator — described his…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data?
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at The Register and reporting aggregated on Slashdot argue that modern AI web crawlers…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The production team behind the US government climate information site climate.gov was dismissed earlier in 2025 and the site has…