Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi’s CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s refusal to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing it dehumanises the…
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 to its AI chatbots aimed at teenage users after reports…
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 says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because its decentralised software lacks…
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 The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in China has been switched on after more than a decade…
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void Summary Alibaba has developed a domestically manufactured AI inference chip to help mitigate the shortfall caused by US restrictions on…
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube
New Python Documentary Released On YouTube Summary An 84-minute documentary traces Python’s journey from Guido van Rossum’s 1991 Amsterdam side project to a language that now underpins major companies and…
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record?
Is a Backlash Building Against Smart Glasses That Record? Summary New stories and social-media threads are sparking fresh anger about wearable smart glasses that listen and record. Futurism and the…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli duo of independent security researchers built an automated pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, that uses large language models (notably Anthropic’s Claude-sonnet-4.0),…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a security vulnerability in its iOS and Mac apps (CVE-2025-55177) that was being exploited in…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has turned down a proposal from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several industry…