New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia Summary Researchers report several new hominin dental specimens from Ledi-Geraru (Afar, Ethiopia) dated to the late Pliocene (approximately 2.78–2.59 Ma). Material…
Pentagon Funded Experiment Develops Robots That Change By ‘Consuming’ Other Robots Summary Researchers at Columbia University, with partial funding from DARPA, demonstrated tubular modular robots that move by extending telescopic…
Exposure To Some Common PFAS Changes Gene Activity, New Study Finds Summary New research indicates that exposure to certain common PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), often called “forever chemicals”, alters…
Another Linux Distro Is Shutting Down Summary Kaisen Linux, a Debian-based distribution focused on system administration, system rescue and network diagnostics, is shutting down. The project released a final Rolling…
VP.NET Publishes SGX Enclave Code: Zero-Trust Privacy You Can Actually Verify Summary VP.NET has published the source for its Intel SGX enclave on GitHub, allowing anyone to build the enclave…
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED uncovered a network of roughly 120 YouTube channels producing AI-generated celebrity confrontation videos. These clips typically use still images…
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Summary A report summarised by CleanTechnica from Rho Motion shows global plug-in vehicle sales grew 27% year-to-date across the first seven months of…
Google AI Overviews Linked To 25% Drop In Publisher Referral Traffic, New Data Shows Summary New data from Digital Content Next (DCN) — a trade group that includes major publishers…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Summary China’s state news agency Xinhua criticised reports that US authorities secretly embedded location trackers in shipments of…
Wine 10.13 Released – Slashdot Summary Wine 10.13 was released after a one-month break. Notable additions include a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab for the Joystick Control Panel, new ECDSA_P521…
