Why Cars Still Don’t Have Airless Tires, Yet
Why Cars Still Don’t Have Airless Tyres, Yet Summary Twenty years after Michelin introduced the Tweel (2005), airless tyre concepts still haven’t displaced pneumatic tyres on passenger cars. While they…
Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info
Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info Summary Reuters reviewed a 200-page internal Meta guideline called “GenAI: Content Risk Standards” and found…
The Head of ChatGPT Won’t Rule Out Adding Ads
The Head of ChatGPT Won’t Rule Out Adding Ads Summary OpenAI is exploring additional revenue options and advertising for ChatGPT is one possibility. In a Decoder interview ChatGPT head Nick…
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’ Summary Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden criticises subscription gaming services (notably Xbox Game Pass) in a recent industry…
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode
New Type of Supernova Detected as Black Hole Causes Star To Explode Summary Astronomers have observed what appears to be a previously unrecognised kind of stellar explosion: a massive star…
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones
PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve has confirmed that PayPal payment processing for Steam has been unavailable in most countries since early July…
Apple Returns Blood Oxygen Monitoring to the Latest Apple Watches
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 moving the…
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a very small open AI model optimised to run locally on devices. Despite having only 270…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Slashdot post summarises a Guardian piece reporting a resurgence in piracy driven by a fractured, ad-heavy streaming market. MUSO…
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model Summary DeepSeek’s development of its R2 model was seriously delayed after months of failed training attempts on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators. According…