How the Unraveling of Two Pentagon Projects May Result In a Costly Do-Over Summary Reuters reports the Pentagon is poised to cancel two near-complete HR/payroll modernisation projects — an Air…
Just how bad will climate change get? The only way to know is to fund basic research Summary Predictions of future global warming remain highly uncertain, largely because of poorly…
Summary Matters Arising by Christof Schötz (2025) critiques the statistical approach used by Kotz, Levermann and Wenz (KLW, 2024). Schötz argues that KLW underestimated uncertainty in projected economic damages from…
Accuracy of rubber-related deforestation maps Summary This correspondence critiques recent high-resolution rubber plantation maps by Wang et al. (2023), arguing that reported areas of rubber and associated deforestation are substantially…
Estonians behind $577 million cryptomining fraud sentenced to 16 months Summary Two Estonian nationals, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin (both 40), were sentenced in Washington state to 16 months in…
Marc Andreessen wades into the UK’s Online Safety Act furore Summary Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has criticised the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), accusing the government of leaking and “mutating”…
Microsoft wares may be UK public sector’s only viable option Summary Jos Creese argues that, despite concerns about big-tech lock-in, Microsoft products currently represent the most practical choice for many…
US weather agency dangles $396M to run ops for its next space-watching fleet Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a request for proposals to design and…
Desktop-as-a-service now often cheaper to run than laptops – even after thin client costs Summary Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) finds hosted desktops are frequently…
Datacenter diplomacy: Australia commits to help Vanuatu build bit barns Summary Australia will help fund two data centres in Vanuatu as part of a new security and development pact, the…
