Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination Summary West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford retired on 16 January after the force…
Royal Navy’s helicopter drone makes its first autonomous flight Summary The Royal Navy’s Proteus — a helicopter-sized, autonomous demonstrator built by Leonardo from its AW09 light-single design — completed its…
UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids Summary The UK government is facing fresh pressure to back a ban on under-16s holding social media…
I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too Summary Adrian Barnett, a professor of statistics and meta-researcher, announces a personal rule to cap his publications…
Mandiant releases quick credential cracker, to hasten the death of a bad protocol Summary Google-owned security firm Mandiant has published rainbow tables and guidance that make recovering credentials protected by…
Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack Summary Researchers at KU Leuven have disclosed a flaw in implementations of Google’s Fast Pair system — dubbed “WhisperPair” —…
Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination Summary Leaders at Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, confronted cofounder and former CTO Barret Zoph last summer over an alleged workplace…
Coming soon: We interrupt this ChatGPT session with a very special message from our sponsors Summary OpenAI will begin testing advertising in ChatGPT’s free tier and its budget ChatGPT Go…
More Problems for Fortinet: Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Exploited Summary On 13 January 2026 Fortinet disclosed CVE-2025-64155, a critical OS command injection in FortiSIEM (CVSS 9.4) that allows unauthenticated remote code…
HPV vaccine could help to protect the unvaccinated against cervical cancer Summary A large observational study of more than 857,000 girls and women suggests that widespread human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination…
