No more Blocktoberfest? German court throws book at ad blockers Summary The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has partially overturned an appeals-court ruling in the long-running Axel Springer v…
Oracle cuts cloud jobs with Seattle hit hard as AI spending soars Summary Oracle has issued Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) layoff notices for more than 300 employees in…
Foxconn Now Making More From Servers than iPhones Summary Foxconn reported Q2 2025 results showing a notable shift in its business mix: revenue rose 16% to NT$1.79 trillion (about $59.7bn)…
Microsoft Kills Volume Rebates in Name of ‘Transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services under Enterprise Agreements, removing the volume rebate/discount model so pricing aligns with what…
The Plan For Linux After Torvalds Has a Kernel of Truth: There Isn’t One Summary The Register columnist Rupert Goodwins flags a key risk for the Linux kernel project: there…
Another Linux Distro Is Shutting Down Summary Kaisen Linux, a Debian-based distribution aimed at sysadmins, system rescue and network diagnostics, is shutting down. The project published a final Rolling 3.0…
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Summary Rho Motion’s data for the first seven months of 2025 shows global plug-in vehicle sales reached about 10.7 million units, a 27%…
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley Summary This WIRED Uncanny Valley podcast episode (with staff writer Caroline Haskins) unpicks Palantir: what it actually builds, who it serves,…
Controversial climate report from Trump team galvanises scientists into action Summary The US Department of Energy published a report arguing that global warming is “less damaging economically than commonly believed.”…
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility Summary This Nature editorial criticises the US federal government’s decision to cancel 22 grants worth nearly US$500 million for messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine…
