‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Cancelled For 330K Members Summary South Korean authorities have arrested the alleged operator of Yubin Archive, a large Telegram-based pirate…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Bloomberg (via Slashdot) reports that Sam Altman’s brain-chip venture, often referred to as Merge Labs, is exploring a striking…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary A team of neuroscientists has demonstrated a brain‑computer interface (BCI) that decodes “inner speech” — the sentences a person…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein, ReHMGB1, that appears to carry and transmit cellular senescence signals through the…
ADHD Drugs Have Wider Life Benefits, Study Suggests Summary A BMJ-linked study reported in the BBC and summarised on Slashdot finds that drug treatment for people newly diagnosed with ADHD…
Python Surges in Popularity. And So Does Perl Content summary TIOBE’s August commentary shows Python hitting its highest ranking ever on the TIOBE Programming Community Index, with a 26.14% score…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use Summary OpenAI launched GPT-5 in August 2025. Although some consumer users criticised aspects of its behaviour and OpenAI briefly restored GPT-4…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico, facing dozens of outages this summer, has seen a surge in rooftop solar and home batteries:…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen has introduced a paid software option for the ID.3 electric car that increases available power from 201 bhp…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing in InfoWorld and highlighted by Slashdot, argues that large companies do a lot of the unglamorous but essential…
