Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has built an analog optical computer (AOC) prototype using off-the-shelf components — micro‑LEDs, lenses and camera sensors — and demonstrated…
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces Summary NASA will run a 378-day Mars surface simulation beginning 19 October 2025 inside a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot habitat…
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago Summary This piece reports on a Fortune article that draws on Pave workforce data covering more than…
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Summary Developers on GitHub have been increasingly vocal about GitHub Copilot intruding into repositories and developer workflows. Two…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI is reporting faster-than-expected revenue growth from ChatGPT, but its infrastructure and compute costs are rising even faster. The…
Nepal social media ban sparks protests, dozens injured Summary At least 14 people were reportedly killed and dozens injured after police clashed with thousands of mainly young protesters in Kathmandu.…
French datacentre biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF Summary Data4 has signed a 12-year Nuclear Production Allocation Contract (CAPN) with EDF to secure a 40 MW allocation of nuclear-generated…
First AI-Powered ‘Self-Composing’ Ransomware Was Actually Just a University Research Project Summary Cybersecurity firm ESET believed it had discovered the first AI-written ransomware, dubbed “PromptLock.” Further investigation showed the sample…
Switching Off One Crucial Protein Appears to Reverse Brain Ageing in Mice Summary A team led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco report that the protein ferritin…
32% of Senior Developers Say Half Their Shipped Code is AI-Generated Summary Fastly surveyed 791 professional developers in July about their use of AI coding tools. Roughly one third of…
