RIP To the Macintosh HD Hard Drive Icon, 2000-2025
Summary Apple is officially retiring the iconic Macintosh HD hard drive icon, originally introduced in the 2000 Mac OS X beta, in favour of a design that represents solid-state drives…
NASA Satellites That Scientists and Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose
NASA Satellites That Scientists and Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose The Trump administration has reportedly directed NASA to create plans to shut down its Orbiting Carbon Observatory…
Meta Eavesdropped On Period-Tracker App’s Users, Jury Rules
Summary A San Francisco jury ruled that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by collecting sensitive data from users of the Flo period-tracking app without consent. This landmark…
Birmingham City Council’s £131M Oracle rebuild in danger as go-live nears
Birmingham City Council’s attempt to implement a new Oracle finance and HR system faces significant challenges as the go-live date approaches. This new phase follows a prior failed rollout that…
Three US Agencies Get Failing Grades For Not Following IT Best Practices
Three US Agencies Get Failing Grades For Not Following IT Best Practices The Government Accountability Office has released a report criticising three major US agencies: the Department of Homeland Security…
OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
Summary OpenAI has released two open-weight language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, marking its first such release since 2019. These models can be run locally on consumer devices and can be…
Retraction-Prone Editors Identified at Megajournal PLoS ONE
Content Summary A recent analysis has revealed that nearly one-third of all retracted papers at PLoS ONE are linked to just 45 editors, who managed only 1.3% of articles published…
US Proposes New Drone Rules That Could Lead To Starbucks, Amazon Deliveries
US Proposes New Drone Rules That Could Lead To Starbucks, Amazon Deliveries The U.S. Transportation Department has introduced new regulations aimed at accelerating the deployment of drones, particularly for commercial…
DRAM Prices Soar as China Eyes Self-Reliance For High-End Chips
DRAM prices have surged dramatically over a short timeframe, fueled by production changes by Chinese manufacturers. This price increase has significant implications for the global DRAM market, particularly as key…
Google’s New Genie 3 AI Model Creates Video Game Worlds In Real Time
Google’s New Genie 3 AI Model Creates Video Game Worlds In Real Time Google DeepMind has unveiled its latest AI model, Genie 3, which generates interactive 3D environments for video…