RefreshOS 2.5: The Debian remix that borrows from every desk in the house Summary RefreshOS 2.5 is a Debian 12-based distribution that uses the KDE Plasma desktop but deliberately mixes…
Japanese Town Proposes Two-Hour Daily Limit on Smartphones Summary Toyoake, a central town in Aichi prefecture, has proposed a guideline suggesting residents limit smartphone use to two hours a day…
Imgur’s Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner Summary Imgur users have inundated the site’s front page with images mocking parent company MediaLab AI — notably pictures of John…
Microsoft Refuses To Divulge Data Flows To Police Scotland Summary Freedom of Information documents disclosed by Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) show that Microsoft will not confirm…
Summary Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is being integrated into Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. The feature lets viewers summon Copilot for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps and…
FFmpeg 8 Can Now Subtitle Your Videos on the Fly Summary FFmpeg 8.0 (codename “Huffman”) introduces integrated automatic speech recognition via whisper.cpp, enabling FFmpeg to generate subtitles locally and offline.…
Stellantis Shelves Level 3 Driver-Assistance Programme Summary Stellantis has put its in-house Level 3 driver-assistance programme on hold, citing high costs, technical hurdles and weak consumer demand. Although the AutoDrive…
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft has unveiled two new in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed speech-generation model already integrated into Copilot Daily and Podcasts, and MAI-1-preview, the…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak has rolled out its next‑gen Avelia Liberty Acela sets on the Northeast Corridor. The new…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary The South Florida Water Management District, working with University of Florida researchers, deployed about 120 retrofitted toy “robot rabbits”…
