FreeBSD Project Isn’t Ready To Let AI Commit Code Just Yet
FreeBSD Project Isn’t Ready To Let AI Commit Code Just Yet Summary The FreeBSD Project’s Q2 2025 status report says the core team is investigating a policy on generative AI…
The New Dolby Vision 2 HDR Standard is Probably Going To Be Controversial
The New Dolby Vision 2 HDR Standard is Probably Going To Be Controversial Content Summary Dolby Vision 2 introduces two headline features: Content Intelligence, an AI-driven tone-mapping system that uses…
Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware, Warns Lack of Support Could Disrupt Food Supply
Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware, Warns Lack of Support Could Disrupt Food Supply Summary In January 2021 Tesco purchased perpetual licences for VMware vSphere Foundation and Cloud Foundation, plus subscriptions…
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History Summary A 404 Media report highlighted a wave of AI-generated, long-form “boring history” videos dominating YouTube recommendations. Channels…
Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch
Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch Summary Garmin has launched the Fenix 8 Pro, its first smartwatch with built-in inReach satellite and cellular connectivity, days before Apple’s expected…
Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy
Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy Summary Switzerland has launched Apertus, a fully open-source, multilingual large language model trained on about 15 trillion tokens across more than 1,000…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-powered offensive research system — dubbed Auto Exploit by its creators — used prompts to a large language model (Anthropic’s Claude-sonnet-4.0),…
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself
Summary Microsoft has published the assembly-language source for its 1976 Microsoft BASIC port for the MOS 6502 processor on GitHub (repository: microsoft/BASIC-M6502). The release is version 1.1, about 6,955 lines…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has started an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two stores — Sydenham in London and a Sainsbury’s…
Amazon Must Face US Nationwide Class Action Over Third-Party Sales
Amazon Must Face US Nationwide Class Action Over Third-Party Sales Summary A federal judge in Seattle has certified a nationwide class action against Amazon on behalf of roughly 288 million…