The Backlash Against Duolingo Going ‘AI-First’ Didn’t Even Matter Summary Duolingo’s move to an “AI-first” strategy provoked a visible social media backlash earlier in 2025, after the company indicated it…
China Solves ‘Tunnel Boom’ Problem With Maglev Trains Summary Researchers reporting via The Guardian describe a practical fix for the so-called “tunnel boom” produced by very high-speed maglev trains. China’s…
ThinkPad Designer David Hill Spills Secrets, Designs That Never Made It Summary David W. Hill, lead designer for the ThinkPad line from 1995 to 2017, gave a wide-ranging interview to…
China’s Solar Giants Quietly Shed a Third of Their Workforces Last Year Summary China’s largest solar manufacturers — Longi Green Energy, Trina Solar, Jinko Solar, JA Solar and Tongwei —…
OpenAI Pays Bonuses Ranging Up To Millions of Dollars To 1,000 Researchers, Engineers Summary OpenAI is paying bonuses to around 1,000 employees on its technical research and engineering teams —…
OpenAI Releases GPT-5 Summary OpenAI has released GPT-5 after a two-year development cycle. CEO Sam Altman called it a “significant leap in intelligence”. The model posts state-of-the-art results across multiple…
Google TV’s Uncertain Future Summary Google has quietly scaled back its ad strategy for Google TV, returning ad inventory to publishers and accepting revenue shares rather than controlling ad slots.…
Microsoft’s $30 Windows 10 Security Updates Cover 10 Devices Summary Microsoft’s $30 Extended Security Updates (ESU) licence for Windows 10 now covers up to ten devices tied to a single…
Trump Signs Executive Order Opening 401(k) Retirement Market To Crypto Investments Summary President Trump signed an executive order asking federal regulators to reassess how participant-directed defined-contribution retirement plans (such as…
Summary Lansweeper, an IT asset discovery and inventory company, analysed over 15 million identified consumer desktop operating systems and found Linux desktops now represent just over 6% of the PC…
