Summary A UK government pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot (Oct–Dec 2024) showed mixed results: users were broadly satisfied, especially for routine tasks like meeting summaries and emails, but there was…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has signed its first airline partner, JetBlue, aiming to provide satellite‑powered in‑flight Wi‑Fi. Amazon…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary Canada’s National Observer reports that Google quietly removed its high-profile net-zero pledge from its sustainability website. The commitment — originally highlighted as…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber India has begun offering short digital gigs to its rideshare and delivery drivers via the…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission has hit Alphabet’s Google with a $3.45 billion antitrust fine over alleged anti-competitive behaviour in…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has stayed roughly flat at about $25 billion for the past decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary Two independent Israeli researchers built an AI-powered pipeline called Auto Exploit that uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patches to generate…
Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer hits exascale threshold at inauguration Summary The Jupiter supercomputer at the Jülich Supercomputing Center was officially inaugurated and its Booster GPU module surpassed the exascale threshold of…
Firefox ESR 115 won’t quit Windows 7 – at least not until March 2026 Summary Mozilla has extended security support for Firefox ESR 115 on legacy Windows (7, 8 and…
Summary Senior leaders at Qantas have had their 2024/25 short-term bonuses reduced by 15 percentage points after a cyberattack in July that exposed the information of about 5.7 million people.…
