Microsoft Open Sources Copilot Chat for VS Code on GitHub
Summary Microsoft has announced that they have made the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code open source under the MIT license. This move grants developers access to the full…
UK Scientists Achieve First Commercial Tritium Production
UK Scientists Achieve First Commercial Tritium Production Astral Systems, a UK-based fusion company, has achieved the first successful commercial production of tritium using its operational fusion reactor in collaboration with…
KDE Plasma 6.4 Has Landed in OpenBSD
Summary KDE Plasma 6.4 has officially arrived in OpenBSD’s package system. The announcement was made on July 4, 2025, and it highlights a significant shift as the KDE Kwin team…
How Do You Teach Computer Science in the Age of AI?
Summary This article discusses the challenges facing computer science education in an era increasingly dominated by AI technology. It highlights a significant drop in entry-level programming jobs due to the…
Tesla Launches Solar-Powered ‘Oasis’ Supercharger Station: 30-Acre Solar Farm, 39 MWh of Off-Grid Batteries
Tesla has introduced its new Oasis Supercharger station featuring renewable energy solutions. This station, located in Lost Hills, California, incorporates a 30-acre solar farm and off-grid battery storage capabilities. The…
‘Vibe Coder’ Who Doesn’t Know How to Code Keeps Winning Hackathons in San Francisco
Rene Turcios, a cannabis-loving hackathon superstar, has taken San Francisco’s tech scene by storm despite lacking coding skills. Since 2023, he’s won accolades using AI to build projects, earning the…
Diffusion + Coding = DiffuCode. How Apple Released a Weirdly Interesting Coding Language Model
Diffusion + Coding = DiffuCode. How Apple Released a Weirdly Interesting Coding Language Model Apple has introduced a novel AI model called DiffuCode, designed to enhance coding capabilities by employing…
These Tiny Lasers Are Completely Edible
Summary Scientists have developed the first lasers made entirely from edible materials. These innovative lasers are formed by tiny droplets of everyday cooking oils, which can act as echo chambers…
Police Department Apologizes for Sharing AI-Doctored Evidence Photo on Social Media
Summary A police department in Maine has publicly apologised after mistakenly sharing an AI-edited photo of drug evidence on social media. The Westbrook Police Department shared a photo intended to…
Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With NASA’s ‘New Horizons’
Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With NASA’s ‘New Horizons’ The NASA ‘New Horizons’ spacecraft has successfully demonstrated interstellar navigation by astrometrically locating its position based on the varying…