Wine 10.13 Released
Wine 10.13 Released – Slashdot Summary Wine 10.13 has been released after a one-month pause. This update brings a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab for the Joystick Control Panel, adds…
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Canceled For 330K Members
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Cancelled For 330K Members Summary South Korean authorities have arrested the operator of “Yubin Archive”, a large Telegram-based pirate library…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Sam Altman’s brain‑chip venture, referred to in reports as Merge Labs, is exploring a gene‑therapy route to modify brain…
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 a person thinks—into text. The system uses…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists working in Svalbard warn that Arctic glaciers are in a “terminal” decline, driven in part by microbes that…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein, referred to as ReHMGB1, that can carry cellular senescence signals through the…
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED found more than 120 YouTube channels producing low-effort AI “fan‑fiction” videos that stage fake celebrity interviews and confrontations. These…
Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity
Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told journalists in San Francisco that ChatGPT is on a path to hold billions of…
Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag
Developers Say GPT-5 Is a Mixed Bag Summary OpenAI’s GPT-5 is getting mixed reviews from software engineers. The model is widely praised for technical reasoning, planning and one-shot complex problem…
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley Summary This WIRED piece accompanies an episode of the Uncanny Valley podcast in which Caroline Haskins explains what Palantir actually does,…