Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended the shutdown of its UK and overseas factories after a cyber attack forced it to…
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left
Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer behind Nova Launcher, has left Branch Metrics after being instructed to stop working on the launcher and on plans to release it…
All 54 Lost Clickwheel IPod Games Have Been Preserved For Posterity
All 54 Lost Clickwheel iPod Games Have Been Preserved For Posterity Summary A community of retro iPod enthusiasts has completed a preservation project collecting all 54 official clickwheel games Apple…
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets Summary Plex has alerted customers to a security incident in which an unauthorised third party accessed one of its…
Disposable Face Masks Used During Covid Have Left Chemical Timebomb
Disposable Face Masks Used During Covid Have Left Chemical Timebomb Summary Research reported by The Guardian and published in the journal Environmental Pollution examined how single-use COVID face masks degrade…
Warming Seas Threaten Key Phytoplankton Species That Fuels the Food Web
Warming Seas Threaten Key Phytoplankton Species That Fuels the Food Web Summary New research published in Nature Microbiology finds that Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton, could decline sharply…
Gemini App Finally Expands To Audio Files
Gemini App Finally Expands To Audio Files Summary Google has rolled out three linked Gemini updates: the Gemini app now accepts audio uploads, Search’s AI Mode gains five new language…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli research duo built an AI-powered pipeline, dubbed “Auto Exploit”, that uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patch code to…
Microsoft veteran’s worst Windows bug was Pinball running at 5,000 FPS
Microsoft veteran’s worst Windows bug was Pinball running at 5,000 FPS Summary Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer says the worst bug he ever shipped was in the Windows Pinball game.…
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Summary Researchers at the University of Luxembourg tested GPT-5 in September 2025 to see if it could extend a qualitative…