Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11 Summary Microsoft has begun rolling out “Microsoft 365 companion apps” for Windows 11 to business Microsoft 365 customers. These lightweight taskbar…
Google Will Now Let You Pick Your Top Sources For Search Results Summary Google is rolling out a new ‘Preferred Sources’ feature in the US and India that lets users…
AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview Summary Major employers including Google, Cisco and McKinsey have reintroduced face-to-face interview rounds to counteract AI-assisted cheating in remote technical…
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water Summary The National Drought Group (reported via Slashdot and originally covered by The Verge) has included a surprising recommendation in its public…
China Urges Firms To Avoid Nvidia H20 Chips After Trump Resumes Sales Summary Beijing has reportedly sent letters urging local companies — especially state firms and contractors working on government…
Threads Now Has More Than 400 Million Monthly Active Users Summary Meta’s Threads has surpassed 400 million monthly active users, gaining roughly 50 million in the last quarter, according to…
Sloppy AI Defences Take Cybersecurity Back To the 1990s, Researchers Say Summary Researchers and speakers at Black Hat USA 2025 (and BSides) warn that rushed, poorly designed generative AI deployments…
Google and IBM Believe First Workable Quantum Computer is in Sight Summary IBM and Google say they are on a path to build industrial-scale quantum computers with one million or…
Boston Public Library Aims To Increase Access To a Vast Historic Archive Using AI Summary The Boston Public Library (BPL), one of the oldest and largest US public library systems,…
Russia Is Suspected To Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System Summary Investigations reported by the New York Times indicate that Russia is suspected to be at least partly…
