Experiment puts ‘spoon bending’ to the test
Experiment puts ‘spoon bending’ to the test Summary Researchers examined claims that people can bend spoons simply by stroking them and report that the claimants failed to convince the investigators.…
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up Summary US District Judge Amit Mehta, who earlier found Google to have violated US…
YouTube Is Pausing Premium Family Plans if You Aren’t Watching From the Same Address
Summary YouTube has begun pausing some Premium family plans when members are detected watching from addresses outside the household registered to the family manager. The restriction is based on a…
Laravel Inventor Tells Devs To Quit Writing ‘Cathedrals of Complexity’
Laravel Inventor Tells Devs To Quit Writing ‘Cathedrals of Complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and maintainer of the Laravel PHP framework, urges developers to avoid needless complexity and not to…
New Study Proves EVs Are Always Cleaner Than Gas Cars
New Study Proves EVs Are Always Cleaner Than Gas Cars Summary A University of Michigan lifecycle study and online calculator compare greenhouse‑gas emissions “cradle to grave” for different vehicle classes…
Hackers Threaten To Submit Artists’ Data To AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up
Hackers Threaten To Submit Artists’ Data To AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up Summary Ransomware group LunaLock says it breached Artists&Clients, stole and encrypted the site’s data, and…
Google Gets To Keep Chrome But Is Barred From Exclusive Search Deals, Judge Rules
Summary A federal judge, Amit Mehta, ruled in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google that the company will not be required to divest its Chrome browser or…
OpenAI To Acquire Product Testing Startup Statsig, Appoints CTO of Applications
OpenAI To Acquire Product Testing Startup Statsig, Appoints CTO of Applications Summary OpenAI is acquiring product-testing startup Statsig in an all-stock deal that values the company at about $1.1 billion,…
SAP To Invest Over 20 Billion Euros In ‘Sovereign Cloud’
SAP To Invest Over 20 Billion Euros In ‘Sovereign Cloud’ Summary SAP plans to invest more than 20 billion euros (about $23 billion) over the next decade to build and…
Chrome Increases Its Overwhelming Market Share, Now Over 70%
Chrome Increases Its Overwhelming Market Share, Now Over 70% – Slashdot Summary Chrome has extended its dominance in the browser market, surpassing the 70% mark on desktop. Statcounter’s August 2025…