Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have demonstrated a quick, inexpensive way to make succulents glow by injecting them with a light‑emitting phosphor…
Taco Bell’s AI Drive-Thru Plan Gets Caught Up On Trolls and Glitches Summary Taco Bell’s rollout of AI voice assistants at the drive-thru has hit practical snags: glitches and deliberate…
Anthropic Will Start Training Its AI Models on Chat Transcripts Summary Anthropic has announced it will begin training its AI models on user data from new or resumed chat transcripts…
TransUnion Says Hackers Stole 4.4 Million Customers’ Personal Information Summary Credit reporting company TransUnion disclosed a data breach that affected more than 4.4 million customers after unauthorised access to a…
US To Publish Economic Data On Blockchain, Commerce Chief Says Summary The U.S. Department of Commerce, announced by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during a White House cabinet meeting, will begin…
Japanese Town Proposes Two-Hour Daily Limit on Smartphones Summary Toyoake, a town in Aichi prefecture, has proposed that its roughly 69,000 residents limit smartphone use to two hours a day…
Imgur’s Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner Summary Imgur users have plastered the site’s front page with images of John Oliver giving the middle finger to parent company…
Microsoft Refuses To Divulge Data Flows To Police Scotland Summary Freedom of Information documents and a Police Scotland/Scottish Police Authority (SPA) data protection impact assessment reveal that Microsoft has declined…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI is Now Inside Samsung TVs and Monitors Summary Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is being added to Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. The feature lets users…
FFmpeg 8 Can Now Subtitle Your Videos on the Fly Summary FFmpeg 8, codenamed ‘Huffman’, is out with roughly 30 notable changes. The headline additions are integration of whisper.cpp —…
