Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has been developing an analog optical computer (AOC) using readily available components — micro‑LEDs, optical lenses and camera sensors —…
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces Summary NASA has announced a 378-day, Earth-based simulation of a Mars surface mission that will be run at…
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Summary Developers on GitHub are pushing back against Copilot-related features that appear to be imposed without adequate opt-outs.…
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago Summary New analysis cited by Fortune, based on Pave’s workforce data covering more than 8,300 companies, finds…
Mathematicians Find GPT-5 Makes Critical Errors in Original Proof Generation Summary Researchers at the University of Luxembourg tested GPT-5 on a mathematical task: extending a qualitative fourth-moment theorem to provide…
Texas Sued Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban Summary California-based cultivated-meat companies UPSIDE Foods (cultivated chicken) and Wildtype (cultivated salmon) have sued Texas officials over Senate Bill 261, a state law…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI tells investors it now expects to burn about $115 billion from 2025 through 2029 — roughly $80 billion…
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Summary Former WhatsApp head of security Attaullah Baig has filed a lawsuit against Meta in the U.S. District Court for the…
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive and dialysis-free more than six months after receiving a genetically modified…
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Summary Signal has begun rolling out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in its Android beta. The opt-in feature allows…
