‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating Summary A string of false active‑shooter reports targeted about a dozen US universities as students returned to campus, prompting shelter‑in‑place…
Summary Researchers in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific rose-scented oil on their clothing daily for a month, while 22 control volunteers applied plain water. Pre- and post-study…
What Happened When Unix Co‑Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary Brian Kernighan, now in his eighties and still teaching, described a single hands‑on attempt at Rust that left him frustrated.…
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 “strip-mining” the web to…
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women Summary New clinical data challenge the long-standing routine use of beta-blockers after myocardial infarction…
Former US Government Site Climate.Gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The US government climate-science portal climate.gov has been effectively sidelined after its production team was dismissed earlier in 2025 and…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Freelancers — graphic designers, developers and other creatives — are increasingly being paid to tidy, fix or finish…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police Summary OpenAI quietly confirmed in a blog post that it scans ChatGPT conversations for signs that users may be…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered in Forest City, Malaysia, to attend “Network School,” an in-person programme founded by Balaji…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary The Associated Press reports that Oliver McCann, a 37-year-old from Britain who says he…
