‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED found about 120 YouTube channels publishing low-effort AI celebrity confrontation videos that use still images and artificial voiceovers rather…
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Summary A short report, via CleanTechnica and Rho Motion, shows global electric vehicle (EV) sales for the first seven months of 2025 reached…
Google AI Overviews Linked To 25% Drop In Publisher Referral Traffic, New Data Shows Summary New research from Digital Content Next (DCN) finds that Google’s AI Overviews are associated with…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Source: Reuters Summary Reuters reported that US authorities secretly placed location trackers in targeted shipments of advanced chips…
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 in the Joystick Control Panel, new ECDSA_P521 and…
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Cancelled For 330K Members – Slashdot Summary South Korean authorities have arrested the operator of “Yubin Archive”, a Telegram-based pirate…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Sam Altman’s brain‑chip venture (reportedly called Merge Labs) is exploring a gene‑therapy route to improve brain–computer interfaces. The plan…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary A team of researchers has demonstrated a brain–computer interface (BCI) that decodes “inner speech” — the words people think…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists working in Svalbard warn that Arctic glaciers are in “terminal” decline as microbes darken snow and ice, increasing…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein, ReHMGB1 (a form of HMGB1), that appears to carry and transmit cellular…
