Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years
Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years Summary A new 41-page review (published in 2025) looks back at a decade of advances in marine ‘blue’ energy,…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning?
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Slashdot reports on analysis by blogger Andy Baio and coverage in The Hollywood Reporter suggesting…
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy?
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy? Summary Intel amended its CHIPS Act funding deal with the U.S. Department of Commerce, removing earlier project milestones and receiving about…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Several indie acts have recently removed their music from Spotify after the revelation that Spotify founder Daniel Ek…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts?
Slashdot highlights BBC reporting that, for months, tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts have been suspended—often without clear explanation. Over 500 people contacted the BBC describing lost photos,…
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube Summary Music educator and YouTuber Rick Beato says Universal Music Group (UMG) has been issuing Content ID claims…
‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating
Swatting Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating Summary This piece summarises recent false reports of active shooters that targeted about a dozen US universities as students returned…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research system — dubbed Auto Exploit by its creators — automatically produced proof-of-concept exploit code for 14 open-source vulnerabilities,…
AI spies questionable science journals, with some human help
AI spies questionable science journals, with some human help Summary A team of computer scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, Syracuse University and the Eastern Institute of Technology built…
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build Summary The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in China has been switched on after more than a decade…