Wine 10.13 Released
Wine 10.13 Released Summary Wine 10.13 was released after a one-month break. The update adds a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab to the Joystick Control Panel, introduces ECDSA_P521 and ECDH_P521…
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Canceled For 330K Members
‘Yubin Archive’ Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Illegal Study Materials Group Canceled For 330K Members Summary South Korean authorities have arrested the operator of ‘Yubin Archive’, a Telegram-based pirate library that…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary The venture linked to Sam Altman (referred to in reports as Merge Labs) is reportedly exploring a gene-therapy route…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary Neuroscientists have demonstrated a brain-computer interface (BCI) that decodes ‘inner speech’ — the thoughts you silently form into words…
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt
Arctic Glaciers Face ‘Terminal’ Decline As Microbes Accelerate Ice Melt Summary Scientists in Svalbard warn Arctic glaciers are in “terminal” decline as microbes that darken snow and ice speed up…
Pentagon Funded Experiment Develops Robots That Change By ‘Consuming’ Other Robots
Pentagon Funded Experiment Develops Robots That Change By ‘Consuming’ Other Robots Summary A Columbia University research team, with partial funding from DARPA, demonstrated tubular, modular robots that move by extending…
Exposure To Some Common Pfas Changes Gene Activity, New Study Finds
Exposure To Some Common PFAS Changes Gene Activity, New Study Finds Summary New research reports that exposure to certain PFAS (so-called “forever chemicals”) alters gene activity — epigenetic changes that…
Another Linux Distro Is Shutting Down
Another Linux Distro Is Shutting Down – Slashdot Summary Kaisen Linux, a Debian-based distribution tailored for sysadmins, system rescue and network diagnostics, is shutting down. The project published a final…
VP.NET Publishes SGX Enclave Code: Zero-Trust Privacy You Can Actually Verify
VP.NET Publishes SGX Enclave Code: Zero-Trust Privacy You Can Actually Verify Summary VP.NET has published the source code for its Intel SGX enclave on GitHub (github.com/vpdotnet/vpnetd-sgx), allowing anyone to build…
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED identified roughly 120 YouTube channels producing AI-generated celebrity confrontation clips that rely on still images and synthetic voiceovers rather…