Threads Now Has More Than 400 Million Monthly Active Users
Threads Now Has More Than 400 Million Monthly Active Users Summary Meta’s Threads has passed 400 million monthly active users, adding about 50 million in the last quarter, according to…
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water Summary The National Drought Group in the UK has recommended that members of the public consider deleting old emails, photos and files…
Linus Torvalds Blasts Kernel Dev For ‘Making the World Worse’ With ‘Garbage’ Patches
Linus Torvalds Blasts Kernel Dev For ‘Making the World Worse’ With ‘Garbage’ Patches Content summary Linux creator Linus Torvalds publicly reprimanded a kernel developer after a set of late RISC-V…
Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to US Fraud Charges In $40 Billion Crypto Collapse
Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to US Fraud Charges In $40 Billion Crypto Collapse Summary Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, 33, pleaded guilty in a US federal court in New York…
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system Summary The article outlines how peer review — the bedrock process by which research and grant applications are assessed — is…
Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it
Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it Summary Ankit Panda argues that nuclear-weapons risks have returned to the centre of global security debates after a…
Data anomalies and the economic commitment of climate change
Data anomalies and the economic commitment of climate change Summary This short correspondence (Bearpark, Hogan & Hsiang) critiques the analysis by Kotz, Levermann and Wenz (KLW) that estimated very large…
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants Summary US President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking” that would transfer major control…
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them Summary This commentary, written by Indigenous scientists from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Canada, Australia and the United States, argues that diversity, equity and inclusion…
Epic Games has another win over Apple and Google, this time in Australia
Epic Games has another win over Apple and Google, this time in Australia Summary Australia’s Federal Court has handed Epic Games another legal victory in its fight over app-store rules.…