Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has developed an analog optical computer (AOC) built from off-the-shelf optical components — micro-LEDs, camera sensors and lenses — that…
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces Summary NASA has selected four research volunteers to take part in a 378-day, Earth-based simulation of a Mars…
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago Summary Data compiled by Pave and reported by Fortune shows a sharp drop in early-career Gen Z…
Summary Slashdot reports on growing developer backlash against GitHub’s Copilot features being pushed into users’ workflows without an adequate opt-out. Top community discussions over the past year demand ways to…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI has told investors that it now expects to burn about $115 billion in cash between now and 2029…
Texas Sued Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban Summary Two California-based cultivated-meat companies, UPSIDE Foods (cultivated chicken) and Wildtype (cultivated salmon), have filed suit against Texas officials over Senate Bill 261,…
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Summary Researchers at the University of Luxembourg tested GPT-5 on an open mathematical problem: extending a qualitative fourth-moment theorem to…
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 Summary A 67-year-old man, Tim Andrews, is alive and dialysis-free more than six months after receiving a genetically modified pig…
Kazakh oil giant denies cyberattack, says incident was ‘planned’ phishing drill Summary Seqrite Labs published research naming a new group, “NoisyBear”, which it said had targeted Central Asia’s energy sector…
