‘A whole body of health-equity research is being disappeared’ — why I resigned from the NIH Summary In March 2025 the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) began terminating thousands…
Margaret Boden obituary: cognitive scientist who explored how machines might emulate human imagination Summary Margaret Ann Boden, a pioneering cognitive scientist and one of the earliest generation of AI researchers,…
BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown Summary US law enforcement agencies say they “disrupted” the Russia-linked BlackSuit (aka Royal) ransomware operation on 24 July by…
Promising Linux Project Dies After Dev Faces Harassment Summary Kapitano, a GTK4 front end for the ClamAV scanner intended to make virus scanning friendlier on Linux, has been abandoned after…
Biochar From Human Waste Could Solve Global Fertiliser Shortages, Study Finds Summary A Cornell University study published in PNAS finds that converting solid human excrement into biochar could supply up…
Ford Announces Investment To Bring Affordable EVs To Market Summary Ford has unveiled a new production system and a Universal Electric Vehicle Platform intended to bring lower-cost electric vehicles to…
Nvidia and AMD To Pay 15% of China Chip Sale Revenues To US Government Summary In an uncommon arrangement tied to export licences, Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give…
EU Commission Approves $4.8 Billion Prosus’ Takeover of Just Eat Takeaway Summary Prosus has secured conditional approval from the European Commission for its $4.8 billion (about €4.1bn) takeover of Just…
GM Plans Renewed Push On Driverless Cars After Cruise Debacle Summary General Motors is reviving its autonomous driving programme, tapping former Cruise staff and appointing ex‑Tesla Autopilot head Sterling Anderson…
Summary Just days after publicly demanding Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan resign over past China ties, President Trump reversed course following a White House meeting and called Tan a “success.” Trump…
