Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Grey Matter Summary Researchers in Japan tested whether continuous inhalation of a rose-scented oil could change brain structure. They asked 28…
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Content Summary In a recorded talk uploaded from New Jersey’s InfoAge Science and History Museums, 83-year-old Brian Kernighan — co-creator of…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The Slashdot post links to a Register piece arguing that modern AI web crawlers are far more…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The article reports that the production team behind the US government climate portal climate.gov were dismissed earlier in 2025 and…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Generative AI is producing fast drafts but often not finished work. Companies and individuals are increasingly hiring humans…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police Summary Futurism reports that OpenAI quietly confirmed — inside a longer blog post about ChatGPT and mental-health risks —…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered at Forest City, Malaysia, to attend Network School — a programme created by Balaji…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary The article reports that 37-year-old Oliver McCann, described as an ‘AI music creator’, has…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary Ars Technica reports a lawsuit against Amazon Prime Video claiming the service misleads customers by labelling…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary Over 450 developers from Blizzard’s Diablo team voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA),…
