Summary This opinion piece argues that Microsoft keeps bolting unwanted features into Windows — local AI trinkets, Copilot pushes, account sign‑ins that nudge data collection, and promotional nags — while…
Another Linux Distro Is Shutting Down Summary Kaisen Linux, a Debian-based distribution aimed at sysadmins and system rescue, is shutting down. The project released a final Rolling 3.0 build that…
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Summary A new snapshot from UK data firm Rho Motion (reported via CleanTechnica and linked on Slashdot) shows global plug-in vehicle sales rose…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Summary Reuters reported that US authorities secretly embedded location trackers in shipments of advanced chips at risk of…
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley Summary This WIRED piece accompanies an episode of the Uncanny Valley podcast in which Caroline Haskins explains what Palantir actually does,…
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility Summary An editorial in Nature criticises the US federal government’s decision to cancel 22 grants — worth nearly US$500 million — for research…
Controversial climate report from Trump team galvanises scientists into action Summary The US Department of Energy released a report concluding that global warming is “less damaging economically than commonly believed”.…
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The UK government talks big on AI and modern tech, but much of Whitehall still runs on legacy systems…
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services under Enterprise Agreements (EAs): from 1 November 2025 it will align EA Online…
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash Summary The Linux kernel may miss inclusion of bcachefs — a next‑generation copy‑on‑write filesystem — in the upcoming…
