Traffic to government domains often crosses national borders, or flows through risky bottlenecks Summary New research by Rashna Kumar (Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship) mapped network paths to government websites…
Overview Five indie bands have removed their music from Spotify in response to news that Spotify founder Daniel Ek led a €600m fundraising round for a German defence company developing…
Slashdot summarises BBC reporting that, for months, thousands of Facebook and Instagram users have complained of wrongful account suspensions. More than 500 people contacted the BBC with stories of lost…
Summary Music educator and YouTuber Rick Beato is publicly contesting a series of copyright Content ID claims and strikes from Universal Music Group (UMG). Some claims target very old uploads…
‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating Summary A wave of ‘swatting’ — false reports of active shooters — targeted more than a dozen US universities as…
Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Grey Matter Summary Researchers in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific rose-scented oil on their clothing daily for a…
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary Brian Kernighan, now in his eighties and co-creator of Unix, described a single attempt at writing a Rust programme during…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The piece, citing The Register and industry reports, warns that modern AI web crawlers are far more…
Beta Blockers for Heart Attack Survivors: May Have No Benefit for Most, Could Actually Harm Women Summary A large contemporary study (REBOOT) and related analyses challenge decades‑old routine use of…
Former US Government Site Climate.gov Attempts Relaunch as Non-Profit Summary The U.S. government climate site climate.gov — long a public resource for climate science — saw its production team dismissed…
