‘Ghost Particle’ That Smashed Into Earth Breaks Records Summary In February 2023 the KM3NeT detector beneath the Mediterranean Sea recorded an extraordinarily energetic event, now designated KM3-230213A. An exhaustive analysis…
Summary Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co has filed a lawsuit in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court accusing US chip-equipment maker Applied Materials of illegally obtaining, using and disclosing its proprietary…
The Head of ChatGPT Won’t Rule Out Adding Ads Content Summary OpenAI is exploring additional revenue paths and has not categorically ruled out adding advertising to ChatGPT. Nick Turley, head…
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’ Summary Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden criticised subscription gaming services (citing Xbox Game Pass and similar models) in…
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode Summary Astronomers report a likely new kind of supernova that occurred when a black hole in a close…
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve has confirmed that PayPal payment processing on Steam has been unavailable in most countries since early July…
Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches Summary Apple has reintroduced blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring to certain Apple Watch models in the United States by shifting the…
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a compact open AI model with roughly 270 million parameters designed to run on local devices.…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Guardian (via Slashdot) reports that fragmentation, rising prices, shrinking libraries, regional locks and ad-filled tiers are pushing viewers back…
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model Summary DeepSeek spent months trying to train its R2 model on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators following pressure to use domestic silicon. According…
