Python Surges in Popularity. And So Does Perl
Python Surges in Popularity. And So Does Perl Summary The TIOBE index shows Python at an all-time high (26.14%), driven in part by increased use of AI code assistants that…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use Summary One-week snapshot: after launching GPT-5, OpenAI has seen a rapid uptick in enterprise use even as some users criticised its…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico, facing dozens of outages this summer, has seen home solar-plus-battery systems become a critical stopgap for…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen is offering a software subscription to unlock extra power on the ID.3 electric car. The standard 201 bhp…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay (writing for InfoWorld and highlighted on Slashdot) argues that many large companies — Oracle, Intel, Google, Red Hat, Microsoft,…
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Summary At Black Hat, several cybersecurity firms unveiled AI agents and tools intended to strengthen defence — but threat actors are…
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 A new study led by researchers at the University of Houston, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, finds that…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips
Summary Reuters reported that US authorities secretly placed location-tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced AI chips to detect diversions to China amid export curbs. China’s state-run Xinhua published a…
Wine 10.13 Released
Wine 10.13 Released Summary Wine 10.13 has been released after a one-month break. The update introduces a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab for the Joystick Control Panel, new cryptographic algorithms…
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Canceled For 330K Members
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Canceled For 330K Members Summary South Korean authorities have arrested the operator of “Yubin Archive”, a large Telegram-based pirate library…