Summary Sam Altman’s brain-computer interface venture — reported as Merge Labs — is exploring a gene-therapy route that would genetically modify brain cells to respond to ultrasound, combined with an…
Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly acknowledged that AI investment has entered bubble territory, telling reporters “My opinion is yes.” He compared the situation to past tech bubbles: there is…
Summary Proton has started moving much of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland in response to proposed changes to Swiss surveillance law. The amendments to the Ordinance on the Surveillance…
Pentagon Funded Experiment Develops Robots That Change By ‘Consuming’ Other Robots Summary A Columbia University team, backed in part by DARPA, demonstrated tubular modular robots that move by extending shaft-like…
Exposure To Some Common Pfas Changes Gene Activity, New Study Finds Summary New research indicates that exposure to some common PFAS (so-called “forever chemicals”) alters gene activity — an epigenetic…
Another Linux Distro Is Shutting Down Summary Kaisen Linux, a Debian-based distribution designed for sysadmins, system rescue and network diagnostics, is winding down. The project published a final Rolling 3.0…
VP.NET Publishes SGX Enclave Code: Zero-Trust Privacy You Can Actually Verify Content Summary VP.NET has published the source code for its Intel SGX enclave on GitHub (https://github.com/vpdotnet/vpnetd-sgx). By releasing the…
WIRED found roughly 120 YouTube channels publishing AI-generated “cheapfake” celebrity confrontation videos that use still images and artificial voiceovers rather than full deepfakes. These cheaply produced clips are designed to…
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Summary Rho Motion’s snapshot for the first seven months of 2025 shows global plug-in vehicle sales reached about 10.7 million — a 27%…
Google AI Overviews Linked To 25% Drop In Publisher Referral Traffic, New Data Shows Summary New data from Digital Content Next (DCN) suggests Google’s AI Overviews are driving noticeable declines…
