Microsoft Refuses To Divulge Data Flows To Police Scotland Summary Freedom of Information material shows Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) pressing ahead with a Microsoft Office 365…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI is Now Inside Samsung TVs and Monitors Content Summary Microsoft’s Copilot assistant will be available on Samsung’s 2025 TVs and smart monitors. The integration lets users summon…
FFmpeg 8 Can Now Subtitle Your Videos on the Fly Summary FFmpeg 8.0, codenamed “Huffman”, is out. The release brings Vulkan-based GPU-accelerated video encoding and—critically—integrated speech recognition via whisper.cpp (Georgi…
Stellantis Shelves Level 3 Driver‑Assistance Programme Summary Stellantis has put its fully developed Level 3 AutoDrive driver‑assistance programme on hold. Reuters sources say the move was driven by high costs,…
Microsoft Expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Cheaper Game Pass Tiers Summary Microsoft is testing an expansion of Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Insiders that brings cloud streaming to cheaper Game…
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft has announced two new in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a fast speech-generation system 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’s new 160mph tilting Acela trains have begun service on the Northeast Corridor. The next‑gen sets…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary The South Florida Water Management District, working with University of Florida researchers, deployed 120 robot rabbits in the Everglades…
Bright city lights make birds around the world sing longer Summary New analysis of a global citizen-science dataset shows that birds in brightly lit urban areas sing for far longer…
Solo Founders Are Battling Silicon Valley’s Biggest Bias Summary Venture capitalist Sajith Pai’s analysis finds solo founders now launch about 35% of startups (up from 17% in 2015) but receive…
