AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Summary At Black Hat and in recent reporting, cybersecurity firms showcased new AI-powered tools that could help defenders catch up to…
Researchers Solve Long-Standing Mystery After Voyager’s 1986 Flyby of Uranus
Researchers Solve Long-Standing Mystery After Voyager’s 1986 Flyby of Uranus Summary New research led by the University of Houston finds that Uranus emits roughly 12.5% more heat than it absorbs…
Illinois Bans AI Therapy, Joins Two Other States in Regulating Chatbots
Illinois Bans AI Therapy, Joins Two Other States in Regulating Chatbots Summary Illinois has enacted a ban on the use of artificial intelligence in mental‑health therapy by licensed therapists. The…
Seagate ‘Spins Up’ a Raid on a Counterfeit Hard Drive Workshop
Seagate ‘Spins Up’ a Raid on a Counterfeit Hard Drive Workshop Summary Security teams from Seagate’s Singapore and Malaysian offices, working with local Malaysian authorities, raided a warehouse outside Kuala…
Wine 10.13 Released
Wine 10.13 Released Summary Wine 10.13 has been released after a one-month break. The update adds a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab for the Joystick Control Panel, introduces new cryptographic…
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Canceled For 330K Members
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Cancelled For 330K Members Summary South Korean authorities have arrested the core operator of “Yubin Archive”, a large Telegram-based pirate…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Bloomberg reports that Sam Altman’s brain‑computer interface venture (referred to as Merge Labs) is exploring gene therapy to alter…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech
Summary Neuroscientists have reported a brain–computer interface (BCI) that decodes “inner speech” — the words people think rather than attempt to speak. Building on prior “attempted speech” systems, the team…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists working in Svalbard warn that Arctic glaciers are in a “terminal” decline driven in part by microbes that…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds
Ageing Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Scientists have identified a form of the HMGB1 protein, called ReHMGB1, as a circulating messenger that can…