KDE Calls Microsoft’s Copilot Key ‘Dumb’, Will Let You Remap It Soon
KDE Calls Microsoft’s Copilot Key ‘Dumb’, Will Let You Remap It Soon Summary KDE is preparing Plasma 6.4.5 for release on 9 September, and work is already underway on upcoming…
Meteorite That Hit Home Is Older Than Earth, Scientists Say
Meteorite That Hit Home Is Older Than Earth, Scientists Say Summary Researchers at the University of Georgia examined a fragment from a meteorite that crashed through the roof of a…
As Electric Bills Rise, Evidence Mounts That U.S. Data Centers Share Blame
As Electric Bills Rise, Evidence Mounts That U.S. Data Centers Share Blame Summary The Associated Press reports that growing electricity demand from large tech data centres is contributing to rising…
WSJ Finds ‘Dozens’ of Delusional Claims from AI Chats as Companies Scramble for a Fix
WSJ Finds ‘Dozens’ of Delusional Claims from AI Chats as Companies Scramble for a Fix Summary The Wall Street Journal analysed around 96,000 publicly shared ChatGPT transcripts (May 2023–Aug 2025)…
Astrophysicist Proposes Paperclip-Sized Spacecraft Could Travel at Lightspeed to a Black Hole
Astrophysicist Proposes Paperclip-Sized Spacecraft Could Travel at Lightspeed to a Black Hole Summary Astrophysicist Cosimo Bambi (Fudan University) outlines a speculative blueprint for sending gram-scale “nanocraft” — essentially microchips with…
Autonomous AI-Guided Black Hawk Helicopter Tested to Fight Wildfires
Autonomous AI-Guided Black Hawk Helicopter Tested to Fight Wildfires Summary An autonomous Sikorsky Black Hawk, fitted with Lockheed Martin hardware and software from a company called Rain, was demonstrated in…
$1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code
Researchers at Koi Security describe an ‘industrial-scale’ campaign by a group dubbed GreedyBear that reportedly stole over $1 million. The operation used 150 weaponised Firefox extensions (masquerading as popular crypto…
How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem
How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem Summary The Python Software Foundation’s Security Developer‑in‑Residence, Seth Larson, has published an 11‑page white paper and authored PEP 770 to tackle…
SpaceX’s Crew-10 Astronauts Return to Earth After Nearly 5 months in Space
SpaceX’s Crew-10 Astronauts Return to Earth After Nearly 5 months in Space Summary After almost five months aboard the International Space Station, four astronauts returned to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Crew…
‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’
‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’ Summary Code.org has announced that its long-running Hour of Code initiative is being rebranded as the Hour of AI.…