What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong
What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong Summary Developer Hugo Tunius argues that most sideloading debates miss the point. People say “I should be able to run whatever code I…
32GB of RAM On Track To Become the New Majority For Gamers
32GB of RAM On Track To Become the New Majority For Gamers Summary Steam’s August 2025 hardware survey shows a continuing shift in system memory among PC gamers: 32GB RAM…
Poor Amazon Rains Linked To Brazil Deforestation
Poor Amazon Rains Linked To Brazil Deforestation Summary A new study published in Nature Communications finds that about 75% of the long-term decrease in Amazon dry‑season rainfall is directly linked…
Laravel Inventor Tells Devs To Quit Writing ‘Cathedrals of Complexity’
Taylor Otwell, creator and maintainer of the Laravel PHP framework, cautions developers against building what he calls ‘cathedrals of complexity’ — clever, bespoke solutions that bypass framework conventions and become…
New Study Proves EVs Are Always Cleaner Than Gas Cars
New Study Proves EVs Are Always Cleaner Than Gas Cars Summary This Slashdot item highlights a new University of Michigan lifecycle study (and an accompanying online calculator) showing that, across…
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 claims to have breached Artists&Clients, a site that connects independent artists…
Google Gets To Keep Chrome But Is Barred From Exclusive Search Deals, Judge Rules
Google Gets To Keep Chrome But Is Barred From Exclusive Search Deals, Judge Rules Summary A federal judge in the U.S. antitrust case against Google has ruled that the company…
OpenAI To Acquire Product Testing Startup Statsig, Appoints CTO of Applications
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 about US$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 has announced plans to invest more than 20 billion euros over the next decade to build out European…
Chrome Increases Its Overwhelming Market Share, Now Over 70%
Chrome Increases Its Overwhelming Market Share, Now Over 70% Summary Chrome has extended its dominance in the browser market: according to Statcounter figures reported by Neowin, Chrome’s desktop browser market…