Windows Mobile Plans app to be disconnected in 2026
Windows Mobile Plans app to be disconnected in 2026 Summary Microsoft will retire the Mobile Plans app on 27 February 2026 and remove it from Windows. The app — introduced…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologizes For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti-Cheat Tools
Battlefield 6 dev apologises for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools Summary EA required players in the Battlefield 6 PC open beta to enable Secure Boot in Windows and…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Jon von Tetzchner, Vivaldi’s CEO, has reiterated the company’s refusal to integrate generative AI into its browser in a blog post…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary restrictions on AI chatbots that interact with teens after reports showed…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon has told TechCrunch it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age-verification law because the decentralised software…
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds Summary A new study, published in Environmental Research Letters and reported by The Guardian, finds the Atlantic meridional overturning…
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build Summary China has switched on the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) after more than a decade of construction.…
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void Summary Alibaba, China’s largest cloud-computing provider, has developed a domestically manufactured AI inference chip aimed at reducing reliance on Nvidia…
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube – Slashdot Summary An 84-minute documentary traces Python from Guido van Rossum’s 1991 side project in Amsterdam to its current role powering AI projects…
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record?
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record? Summary New reporting highlights growing public anger over always‑on smart glasses that listen, record and offer AI insights — notably a…