Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts
Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts Summary Microsoft says parts of its Azure cloud experienced delays after undersea cables in the Red Sea were damaged. The company…
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise
Microsoft’s Analogue Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has been developing an analogue optical computer (AOC) using commercially available components such as micro‑LEDs, smartphone camera sensors and optical…
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces Summary NASA has selected a four-person volunteer crew to take part in a 378-day Mars surface simulation as…
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago Summary Recent workforce data analysed by Pave and reported by Fortune shows a sharp drop in early-career…
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Summary Developers on GitHub are pushing back against Copilot-related features that appear without clear opt-outs. Two of the…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI reports faster-than-expected revenue growth from ChatGPT, but computing and data-centre costs are rising even quicker. The company now…
Texas Sued Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban
Texas Sued Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban Summary Two California-based cultivated-meat companies, UPSIDE Foods (cultivated chicken) and Wildtype (cultivated salmon), have sued Texas officials over Senate Bill 261, a state…
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Summary University of Luxembourg researchers tested GPT-5 on an open mathematical task: extending a qualitative fourth-moment theorem to yield explicit…
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Summary Attaullah Baig, the former head of security for WhatsApp, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the…
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant Summary A 67‑year‑old US man, Tim Andrews, is alive more than six months after receiving a genetically modified pig kidney…