What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary At an InfoAge public talk, 83-year-old Brian Kernighan recounted his single experience writing a Rust programme and explained why it…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at The Register argues that modern AI web crawlers are aggressively “strip‑mining” the web…
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women Summary A large, contemporary clinical programme (REBOOT) and related analyses question routine use of…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The U.S. government’s climate information portal climate.gov remains technically online but its production team was dismissed earlier in 2025 and…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary NBC News reports that freelancers and creative professionals are increasingly being hired to fix imperfect outputs from generative…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-powered offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patches to generate proof-of-concept exploit code and…
Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years Summary This Slashdot post summarises recent progress in wave (blue) energy after a decade of development, driven largely by…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Slashdot reports on a Hollywood Reporter piece and independent analysis by blogger Andy Baio suggesting…
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy? Summary Intel amended its CHIPS Act funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce to remove earlier project milestones and received…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary A small but notable group of indie bands have pulled their music from Spotify in protest after news…
