Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after being instructed to stop…
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 notified customers of a security incident in which an unauthorised third party accessed one of its…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI reports that while ChatGPT revenue is growing faster than expected, the compute and data-centre costs required to build…
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’s ability to produce an original extension of a qualitative fourth-moment theorem…
Texas Sued Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban
Texas Sued Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban Content summary Two cultivated-meat companies, UPSIDE Foods (cultivated chicken) and Wildtype (cultivated salmon), have filed a lawsuit challenging Texas officials and agencies over…
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, remains alive more than six months after receiving a genetically modified pig kidney…
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Summary Former WhatsApp head of security Attaullah Baig has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District…
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary Attackers hijacked an npm maintainer’s account via a targeted phishing campaign and injected malware into packages…
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Summary Signal has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in its latest Android beta. The opt-in feature…
Google Tells Court ‘Open Web is Already in Rapid Decline’ After Execs Claimed It Was Thriving
Summary Google has told a court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a statement that appears to contradict recent public comments from executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai…