First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice Summary In a large multi-lab effort, neuroscientists recorded activity from over 620,000 neurons across nearly 280 brain regions in mice to produce…
Air Pollution Can Drive Devastating Forms of Dementia, Research Suggests Summary New research, reported via The Guardian and published in Science, links long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5)…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has signed its first airline deal with JetBlue to provide satellite-powered in-flight Wi-Fi, with…
UK Government Trial of M365 Copilot Finds No Clear Productivity Boost Summary The UK Department for Business and Trade ran a pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot between October and December…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber’s India division is using its app to recruit rideshare and delivery drivers for ‘digital tasks’…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary In 2020 Sundar Pichai publicly pledged that Google would operate carbon-free 24/7. A 2025 investigation by Canada’s National Observer found the company’s…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been roughly flat at about $25 billion for the past decade, while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for anti-competitive behaviour in its adtech business, following a complaint…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of neural networks, warns that AI will concentrate wealth in the…
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky and the broader cohort of AI “doomers” who argue that advanced artificial intelligence poses an…
