Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches Summary Apple has reintroduced blood-oxygen (SpO2) monitoring for certain Apple Watch models in the U.S. by moving the measurement and…
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a compact open AI model optimised to run on local devices. Despite its small parameter count…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Slashdot post links to a Guardian piece that argues piracy is resurging because streaming has become fragmented, expensive and…
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model Summary DeepSeek’s work on its R2 AI model was severely delayed after repeated failed training attempts on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators. Pressured…
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel Summary Intel’s stock jumped about 7% after reports that the Trump administration is weighing taking a government stake in the chipmaker to bolster US-based…
Plex Users Urged To Update Media Server After Security Flaw Exposed Summary Plex has released a patched build of Plex Media Server after a security flaw was discovered. According to…
Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says Summary In April, attackers allegedly took remote control of a small hydropower dam in Bremanger, western Norway, opening a floodgate…
‘Ghost Particle’ That Smashed Into Earth Breaks Records Summary In February 2023, the KM3NeT detector deep under the Mediterranean recorded an event (KM3-230213A) now confirmed as an ultra-high-energy neutrino with…
Applied Materials Sued In China Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft Summary Beijing E‑Town Semiconductor Technology Co has filed a lawsuit in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court accusing US chip‑equipment maker…
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED investigated a wave of low-effort AI-produced celebrity ‘fanfiction’ videos on YouTube — what experts call ‘cheapfakes’. About 120 channels…
