Python Surges in Popularity. And So Does Perl
Python Surges in Popularity. And So Does Perl Summary The TIOBE Programming Community Index shows Python reaching an all-time high (26.14%), well ahead of C++ (9.18%) and C (9.03%). TIOBE’s…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use Summary OpenAI launched GPT-5 and, despite some early user criticism that led the company to restore GPT-4 for paying chatbot customers,…
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 and several US states are increasingly relying on networks of home batteries paired with rooftop solar…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing in InfoWorld, reminds readers that many large companies quietly perform the unglamorous but essential work that keeps open…
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast
AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Summary At Black Hat, multiple cybersecurity firms demoed AI agents and tools that aim to improve defence — from Microsoft’s prototype…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Summary Reuters reported that US authorities secretly placed location-tracking devices in selected shipments of advanced chips to detect…
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 Canceled For 330K Members Summary South Korean authorities arrested the operator of “Yubin Archive”, a Telegram-based pirate library that hosted…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach
Summary Sam Altman’s brain-chip venture (reportedly called Merge Labs) is exploring combining gene therapy with ultrasound-based hardware to create a new kind of brain–computer interface. The idea is to genetically…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary Researchers have demonstrated a brain-computer interface (BCI) that decodes ‘inner speech’ — the words people silently think — and…