African Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continent’s True Size Summary The African Union has endorsed the “Correct The Map” campaign, calling on governments and global organisations to replace…
‘Ghost Particle’ That Smashed Into Earth Breaks Records Summary In February 2023 the KM3NeT detector, buried deep under the Mediterranean Sea, recorded an event (KM3-230213A) consistent with an ultra‑high‑energy neutrino…
Should UK.gov save money by looking for open source alternatives to Microsoft? You decide Summary The Register has opened a public debate and poll after reporting that the UK public…
Summary Twenty years after Michelin introduced the Tweel (2005), airless tyre concepts still haven’t made it to mainstream passenger cars. A recent feature (via Jalopnik) explains why: while the idea…
Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info Summary A Reuters review of a 200-page internal Meta document titled ‘GenAI: Content Risk Standards’…
The Head of ChatGPT Won’t Rule Out Adding Ads Summary OpenAI is keeping its options open on monetisation: in an interview on Decoder, ChatGPT head Nick Turley said he would…
Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden criticised subscription gaming services such as Xbox Game Pass, arguing they turn developers into “wage slaves”. Layden said subscription deals pay studios a…
Summary Astronomers have observed what appears to be a new kind of supernova that occurred when a black hole and a massive star in a close binary interacted catastrophically. The…
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve has confirmed that PayPal payment processing for Steam purchases has been unavailable in most countries since early…
Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches Summary Apple has reintroduced blood-oxygen monitoring for certain Apple Watch models sold in the United States by moving the measurement…
