Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay contributes an opinion piece (originally published at InfoWorld) arguing that large companies — driven by enlightened self-interest — carry…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen is offering a software subscription on its ID.3 electric hatchback to unlock extra performance. The standard model is…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen is offering a software subscription to unlock extra power on its ID.3 electric hatchback. The upgrade raises output…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing in InfoWorld and summarised on Slashdot, argues that large companies do essential — if unglamorous — work for…
Summary WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast episode features Caroline Haskins explaining Palantir: a secretive, controversial data‑integration company cofounded by Peter Thiel and led by Alex Karp. The episode unpacks what Palantir…
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility Summary This Nature editorial argues that the US decision to cancel 22 grants (nearly US$500 million) for messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine research is…
Controversial climate report from Trump team galvanises scientists into action Summary By Benjamin Thompson and Jeff Tollefson. A recent US Department of Energy report concluded that global warming is “less…
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The UK government is publicly embracing AI, but much of Whitehall’s IT estate remains stuck on legacy systems —…
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ Content Summary Microsoft is changing how Online Services are priced under Enterprise Agreements (EAs). From 1 November 2025 the company will align…
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash Summary The Linux kernel’s next-gen copy-on-write filesystem, bcachefs, looks likely to be left out of upcoming stable releases…
