Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake Summary This piece reviews recent meta-analyses and experiments discussed by cardiologist Eric Topol that question the benefits of very high protein intake. Randomised controlled trials…
Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House? Summary Waymo robotaxis have been observed repeatedly parking in the exact same spots outside certain homes in Los Angeles and…
Summary A problematic Microsoft account migration caused Azure’s cost-forecasting system to wildly overestimate customer spending, triggering automated budget alerts for multiple users. Reports on support forums and a The Register…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The longstanding US de minimis duty-free import exemption that let many international parcels enter without tariffs has been eliminated. Previously raised…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli research duo built an automated offensive pipeline called “Auto Exploit” that uses prompts to a large language model (Anthropic’s Claude-sonnet-4.0),…
How ageing changes our genes — huge epigenetic atlas gives clearest picture yet Summary A large meta-analysis has mapped DNA methylation changes across 17 human tissues over the adult lifespan…
Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Grey Matter Summary Researchers in Japan report that daily inhalation of a specific rose-scented oil for one month was associated with…
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary At an InfoAge talk, 83-year-old Brian Kernighan described a single attempt at writing a Rust program and found the experience…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The piece (originally arguing via The Register) warns that modern AI web crawlers are far more aggressive…
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women Summary A large, modern trial (REBOOT) and related analyses report that routine beta‑blocker use…
