Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ – Slashdot Summary Linus Torvalds updated the Linux kernel’s MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained,” signalling he will not be…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters reports that Meta allowed the creation and public deployment of dozens of flirtatious chatbots modelled on real celebrities without their…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologises For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti-Cheat Tools Summary EA required Secure Boot enabled in BIOS/Windows for the Battlefield 6 PC open beta so its Javelin…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reaffirmed the company’s decision not to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing that doing…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary restrictions on its AI chatbots for teen users after reports showed…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon, the non-profit behind the federated ActivityPub social network, says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new…
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds Summary A new analysis, reported by Slashdot and based on research published in Environmental Research Letters, finds that a…
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 Summary Alibaba, China’s largest cloud provider, has developed a domestically manufactured AI inference chip now in testing to help plug…
Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD Summary Microsoft says it found no connection between the August 2025 security update (KB5063878) and customer reports of SSD or HDD…
