Unifying gravity and quantum theory requires better understanding of time Summary The article explains why quantising gravity is uniquely hard and argues that the problem centres on time. Quantum mechanics…
These ‘glass straw’ optical fibres could speed up the Internet Summary A new hollow‑core optical fibre design replaces the usual solid glass strand with a system of nested glass ‘straws’.…
Air taxis will soon be in our skies — if batteries can be made safer Summary Small electric aircraft and eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) craft are moving from…
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary In a short correspondence in Nature, Hongfang Lu and Y. Frank Cheng highlight that the September 2022 ruptures of the Nord Stream natural-gas…
China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call Summary The correspondence warns that China’s recent chikungunya (CHIKV) outbreak — more than 7,000 cases reported in Guangdong province since July…
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals Summary In a brief correspondence, Borbala Foris and Jean‑Loup Rault argue that current debates on AI-agent ethics and alignment largely overlook risks to…
Spanish government cancels €10m contract using Huawei equipment Summary The Spanish government cancelled a €10 million contract that would have used Huawei equipment to upgrade RedIRIS, the national academic and…
Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off Summary The article examines why running large language models (LLMs) locally — on your own PC, server room kit or…
WhatsApp warns of ‘attack against specific targeted users’ Summary Meta has disclosed CVE-2025-55177 in WhatsApp — an incomplete authorisation bug in linked-device synchronisation that could let an unrelated user trigger…
Traffic to government domains often crosses national borders, or flows through risky bottlenecks Summary New research by PhD student Rashna Kumar, conducted under an Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship, maps…
