Google Critics Think the Search Remedies Ruling is a Total Whiff Summary The recent court ruling on remedies in the US government’s antitrust action against Google has drawn sharp criticism…
Streameast, World’s Largest Illegal Sports Streaming Platform, Shut Down in Sting Summary Streameast — a network of roughly 80 unauthorised domains and the world’s largest illegal sports-streaming operation — was…
FreeBSD Project Isn’t Ready To Let AI Commit Code Just Yet Summary The FreeBSD Project’s Q2 2025 status report says core developers are drafting a “Policy on generative AI created…
Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline developed by two Israeli security researchers can ingest CVE advisories and code patches, prompt a large language model (Anthropic’s Claude-sonnet-4.0), produce a vulnerable test…
How the brain’s amygdala reacts when making decisions to avoid losses Summary Humans explore unfamiliar options more when trying to avoid losses than when pursuing gains. A recent research briefing…
A way to determine how partial charges of atoms in a molecule are distributed Summary Researchers have demonstrated an experimental method that uses electron diffraction to determine how partial charges…
Flies evolved a shock-absorber tissue used during embryonic development Summary Two new studies, reported in Nature, explain the long-mysterious role of the cephalic furrow in Drosophila embryos. The fold of…
Ancient DNA clarifies the early history of the Slavs Summary This News & Views piece summarises new ancient-DNA research (Gretzinger et al., Nature) that provides crucial genetic evidence about the…
Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading Summary A zebrafish model of skin melanoma shows that mechanical compression from surrounding tissues can trigger cancer cells to switch from a proliferative…
Depriving brain tumours of an amino acid could enhance chemotherapy Summary Glioblastoma — the most aggressive adult brain cancer with a five-year survival under 5% — shows a surprising metabolic…
