Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary Two independent Israeli security researchers built an AI-driven offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, that uses prompts to large language models (Anthropic’s…
Fusion Power Company CFS Raises $863M More From Google, Nvidia, and Many Others Summary Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has raised $863 million in a Series B2 round from a wide…
Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years Summary This Slashdot post highlights a 41-page review (published in 2025) that distils a decade of research on triboelectric…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Blogger Andy Baio analysed a short clip from Will Smith’s tour and concluded that photos…
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy? Summary Intel amended its CHIPS Act funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce to remove earlier project milestones and received…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Five indie bands have removed their music from Spotify in response to news that Spotify founder Daniel Ek…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts? Summary The BBC and other outlets report that tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts were suspended — many…
‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating Summary A wave of false active-shooter reports — commonly called “swatting” — struck at least a dozen US universities as…
Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Grey Matter Summary Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan ran a small trial asking 28 women…
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary Brian Kernighan, co-creator of Unix, described a single, frustrating experience trying Rust during a public talk. At 83 and still…
