Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary The Slashdot post reports that Sam Altman’s brain‑computer interface (BCI) venture, often referred to as Merge Labs, is exploring…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary Neuroscientists have demonstrated a brain-computer interface (BCI) that decodes “inner speech” — the silent words we think — and…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists working in Svalbard warn that Arctic glaciers are entering a ‘terminal’ decline as microbes living on snow and…
Ageing Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein called ReHMGB1 (related to HMGB1) that can travel through the bloodstream and…
Python Surges in Popularity. And So Does Perl Summary The TIOBE Programming Community Index shows Python at a record-high 26.14% rating, far ahead of C++ (9.18%) and C (9.03%). TIOBE…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use Summary OpenAI launched GPT-5 and within a week enterprise adoption jumped sharply. Startups and established firms — including Cursor, Vercel, Factory,…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Home batteries paired with rooftop solar are increasingly acting as distributed emergency capacity across the US — and…
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED has uncovered a network of roughly 120 YouTube channels producing low-effort AI celebrity confrontation clips — dubbed “cheapfakes” —…
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Summary Rho Motion’s latest snapshot for the first seven months of 2025 shows global electric vehicle (EV) sales of about 10.7 million units…
Summary New data from Digital Content Next (DCN) suggests Google AI Overviews are associated with notable declines in publisher referral traffic. DCN surveyed 19 member companies (including the New York…
