Researcher who found McDonald’s free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots Summary White-hat researcher Bobdahacker discovered that Pudu Robotics — a major Chinese maker of service robots (think…
Uncle Sam doesn’t want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China Summary The US Commerce Department has revoked “verified end user” (VEU) status for major South Korean memory makers Samsung…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich Summary A 56‑year‑old tech‑industry veteran, Stein‑Erik Soelberg, killed his 83‑year‑old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, and then himself in Old…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has started enforcing the UK’s Online Safety Act on Steam by requiring UK…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech raised about $70 million from industry this fiscal year — a 28% increase on the prior year —…
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests Summary A newly published filing to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal suggests the UK government’s Technical Capability Notice (TCN) to…
French president Emmanuel Macron warned on 29 August 2025 in Toulon that France and Europe would respond strongly if any country took measures that undermined Europe’s digital sovereignty. His comments…
Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD Summary Microsoft says its August 2025 KB5063878 Windows security update is not connected to reports of SSD and HDD failures or…
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’ – Slashdot Summary Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has written to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai alleging Gmail applies “partisan” spam-filtering…
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon has halted a decade-old Microsoft programme — referred to as the “digital escorts” programme…
