Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have devised a simple way to make succulents glow by injecting a light-emitting phosphor compound (similar to…
Taco Bell’s AI Drive-Thru Plan Gets Caught Up On Trolls and Glitches Summary Taco Bell’s experiment with AI-driven voice order takers in drive-thrus has run into problems: glitches, abuse by…
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol Summary Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated, for the first time on live commercial fibre, that delicate quantum signals can…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich Summary A 56-year-old tech veteran, Stein-Erik Soelberg, killed his 83-year-old mother and then himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut in…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has begun enforcing an age-verification measure for UK Steam users to comply with…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech has significantly ramped up corporate funding this fiscal year, securing about $70 million from industry — a 28%…
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests Summary A recently published Investigatory Powers Tribunal filing suggests the UK government’s Technical Capability Notice (TCN) to Apple went…
Macron Vows Retaliation If Europe's Digital Sovereignty Attacked Summary French President Emmanuel Macron has warned of a strong response if any country takes measures that undermine Europe's digital sovereignty. His…
The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’ Summary The White House reportedly instructed the General Services Administration (GSA) to put xAI’s Grok chatbot back on…
Dark Reading Confidential: Guided Tour of the Dark Web Summary This Dark Reading podcast episode (host Becky Bracken, with Alex Culafi and Sophos researcher Keith Jarvis) walks listeners through how…
