Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable? Summary The Comment argues that widespread hoarding of biomedical and health data across Africa is driven by historical power imbalances,…
Daily briefing: Nine metals in two dimensions Summary This Nature Briefing highlights a chemistry milestone: researchers have synthesised a MXene — a family of two‑dimensional materials related to graphene —…
‘Amazing feat’: 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 kidney from…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves Summary Rainer “Rai” Weiss (born 1932) was the German–American physicist whose 1972 proposal showed that laser interferometers…
Kazakh oil giant denies cyberattack, says incident was ‘planned’ phishing drill Summary Kazakhstan’s state oil company KazMunayGas has rejected claims from Indian security firm Seqrite that it was targeted by…
Nepal social media ban sparks protests, dozens injured Summary At least 14 people were reported killed and dozens injured after clashes between police and demonstrators in Kathmandu. The protests followed…
Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems Summary Microsoft warned that Azure customers may see increased latency after undersea fibre cuts in the…
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated Summary Anthropic has agreed to create a $1.5 billion fund to compensate authors whose works it…
All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe Summary Gartner analysts told their Symposium audience that by 2030 all work in IT departments will…
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban Summary UK reseller ValueLicensing takes Microsoft back to the Competition Appeal Tribunal this week to contest claims around…
