Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen has introduced a subscription option for increased power in its ID.3 electric car. Owners can upgrade the standard…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing at InfoWorld and highlighted on Slashdot, argues that large companies perform much of the “unsexy but essential” maintenance…
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast – Slashdot Summary At Black Hat, several cybersecurity companies unveiled AI agents and tools that suggest cyber defence could begin to…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Summary Reuters reported that United States authorities secretly embedded location trackers in targeted shipments of advanced semiconductor chips…
Wine 10.13 Released – Slashdot Summary Wine 10.13 was released after a one-month break. The update adds a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab to the Joystick Control Panel, introduces ECDSA_P521…
‘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 Telegram-based “pirate library” that…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Reports say the brain‑computer interface venture linked to Sam Altman (referred to in some coverage as Merge Labs) is…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary Researchers have developed a brain–computer interface that decodes “inner speech” — the words people think rather than attempt to…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists working in Svalbard and reporting via The Guardian warn that Arctic glaciers are in a “terminal” decline driven…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary A new study identifies a protein called ReHMGB1 as a messenger that can carry ageing (senescence) signals…
