Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has been developing an analog optical computer (AOC) that uses off‑the‑shelf components — micro‑LEDs, optical lenses and camera sensors —…
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago Summary Recent workforce data reported via Fortune and sourced from Pave (with LinkedIn data) shows a sharp…
A New Four-Person Crew Will Simulate a Year-Long Mars Mission, NASA Announces Summary NASA has selected a four-person volunteer crew to take part in a 378-day Mars surface simulation under…
OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 Summary OpenAI reports that while revenue from ChatGPT is accelerating faster than it expected, the computing and data-centre costs needed…
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Summary Developers are pushing back against GitHub’s persistent Copilot features — notably automated issue/PR creation and mandatory-looking code-review…
New In Firefox Nightly Builds: Copilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets, JPEG-XL Support Summary Firefox Nightly now includes Microsoft Copilot in its sidebar list of chatbots, plus tests for non-AI features…
32% of Senior Developers Say Half Their Shipped Code is AI-Generated Summary Fastly surveyed 791 professional coders in July about their use of AI coding tools. About a third of…
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research Summary Researchers who were exploring the creation of “mirror life” — cells built from mirror-image biomolecules — paused their experiments…
AI Tool Usage ‘Correlates Negatively’ With Performance in CS Class, Estonian Study Finds Key Points • 231 students in an object-oriented programming course at the University of Tartu were surveyed.…
Publishers Demand ‘AI Overview’ Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging ‘Forced’ Deals Summary UK publishers — including the Daily Mail and Guardian Media Group — have asked regulators to force Google…
