China Solves ‘Tunnel Boom’ Problem With Maglev Trains Summary Researchers reporting via The Guardian say Chinese engineers have found a way to nearly eliminate the loud low-frequency ‘tunnel boom’ produced…
ThinkPad Designer David Hill Spills Secrets, Designs That Never Made It Summary David W. Hill, lead designer of the ThinkPad from 1995 to 2017, talks to The Register about ideas…
Intel CEO Hits Out at ‘Misinformation’ After US President Calls on Him To Resign Summary Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan has pushed back against what he called “misinformation” about his past…
Summary Privacy groups say the UK government has quietly allowed facial recognition systems to access images held in passport and immigration databases, without clear parliamentary oversight. Big Brother Watch reports…
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes Summary Researchers from Tsinghua University and Stanford have devised a new algorithm for the single-source shortest-path problem that breaks…
Google Tests AI-Powered Google Finance Summary Google is rolling out an AI-powered redesign of Google Finance in the United States over the coming weeks. The update adds natural-language query processing…
Frequent Nightmares Predict Early Death More Strongly Than Smoking or Obesity, Study Finds Summary Dr Abidemi Otaiku of Imperial College London analysed six long-term studies covering more than 180,000 adults…
Google Ending Steam for Chromebook Support in 2026 Summary Google will discontinue the Steam for Chromebook Beta on 1 January 2026 and will remove installed Steam games from affected Chromebooks…
860K Compromised in Columbia University Data Breach Summary Columbia University has confirmed that nearly 870,000 people were affected by a data breach stemming from unauthorised access on 16 May. The…
Cybersecurity Incident at Allianz Life Exposes Personal Information of Hundreds of Thousands Summary Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America issued a press release disclosing a cybersecurity incident that potentially…
