How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another Summary Steven C. Currall reflects on the persistent tensions and opportunities in collaborations between academic researchers and major technology firms.…
FreeBSD Project isn’t ready to let AI commit code just yet Summary The FreeBSD Project’s Q2 2025 Status Report reveals the core team’s work on a formal “Policy on generative…
Poor Amazon Rains Linked To Brazil Deforestation Content Summary A new study published in Nature Communications (2 September 2025) finds that much of the observed decline in Amazon dry‑season rainfall…
Laravel Inventor Tells Devs To Quit Writing ‘Cathedrals of Complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and maintainer of the PHP framework Laravel, warns developers against building ‘‘cathedrals of complexity’’—clever, bespoke solutions…
New Study Proves EVs Are Always Cleaner Than Gas Cars Summary The University of Michigan released a lifecycle analysis and an interactive calculator that compares lifetime greenhouse‑gas emissions for different…
Hackers Threaten To Submit Artists’ Data To AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up Summary Ransomware group LunaLock posted a message on the Artists&Clients website claiming it had breached,…
Google Gets To Keep Chrome But Is Barred From Exclusive Search Deals, Judge Rules Summary U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case that Google…
OpenAI To Acquire Product Testing Startup Statsig, Appoints CTO of Applications Summary OpenAI will acquire product-testing startup Statsig in an all-stock deal that values the company at roughly $1.1 billion…
SAP To Invest Over 20 Billion Euros In ‘Sovereign Cloud’ Summary SAP will invest more than €20 billion (about $23bn) over the next decade to build European “sovereign cloud” infrastructure,…
Chrome Increases Its Overwhelming Market Share, Now Over 70% Content summary Statcounter’s August 2025 data, reported by Slashdot (via Neowin), shows Google Chrome extending its dominance in desktop browsers —…
