Slashdot summarises reporting from MSN/Washington Post on the growing role of home batteries and virtual power plants (VPPs) in preventing blackouts across the US. Puerto Rico now has about 69,000…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen is offering an in-car software subscription for extra performance on the ID.3 electric hatchback. Owners can pay about…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing at InfoWorld, reminds readers that many large companies quietly shoulder crucial, unglamorous work for open source projects. Using…
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Summary Recent reporting (via Axios) from Black Hat highlights rapid development of AI tools for both cyber defence and offence. Vendors…
Researchers Solve Long-Standing Mystery After Voyager’s 1986 Flyby of Uranus Summary A new study led by the University of Houston and collaborators finds that Uranus emits about 12.5% more energy…
Illinois Bans AI Therapy, Joins Two Other States in Regulating Chatbots Summary Illinois has prohibited the use of artificial intelligence in mental-health therapy. Licensed therapists in the state are barred…
Seagate ‘Spins Up’ a Raid on a Counterfeit Hard Drive Workshop Summary Security teams from Seagate’s Singapore and Malaysian offices, together with Malaysian authorities, raided a warehouse outside Kuala Lumpur…
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry? Summary Researchers in the Polyzos group at the University of Melbourne have developed a new class of…
America’s Labour Unions are Backing State Regulations for AI Use in Workplaces Summary US labour unions are increasingly working with state lawmakers to introduce limits on how employers can use…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary The company often called Merge Labs is reportedly exploring a hybrid approach that combines gene therapy and ultrasound to…
