Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment Summary The New York Times reports that Jay Blahnik, Apple’s vice-president for fitness technologies and credited creator of the Apple…
Why LinkedIn Rewards Mediocrity Summary Entrepreneur and product executive Elliot Smith argues that LinkedIn’s engagement-first algorithm systematically elevates shallow, over‑produced posts above substantive professional discussion. Likes, comments and brief viral…
Russia Orders State-Backed WhatsApp Rival Pre-Installed On Phones and Tablets Summary From 1 September 2025 Russia will require smartphones and tablets sold in the country to come with MAX, a…
Americans’ Junk-Filled Garages Are Hurting EV Adoption, Study Says Summary A Telemetry market-research analysis (reported via Ars Technica and shared on Slashdot) finds that one under-discussed barrier to EV adoption…
Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It? Summary Lauren Goode spends two days embedded at Notion to try “vibe-coding” — a…
ORCID launched more than a decade ago, but has yet to fulfil its potential Summary ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) began in 2012 to give researchers a persistent 16-digit…
Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work Summary A preprint analysing 18,400 articles across four open‑access platforms finds reviewers are more likely to recommend approval…
RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no Summary US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr publicly called for the retraction of a large Danish…
Not again! Microsoft blames config tweak for 365 outage in parts of North America Summary Microsoft suffered a midweek outage that prevented some users from accessing Office.com and parts of…
Transatlantic chip war fizzles as EU and US framework confirms 15% tariff cap Summary The EU and US have published a framework trade agreement that includes a 15% tariff cap…
