5 Threats That Defined Security in 2025
5 Threats That Defined Security in 2025 Summary 2025 was a busy year in security — a mix of highly capable nation-state operations, critical software flaws, supply-chain shocks and policy…
How California built one of the world’s biggest public-sector IT systems
How California built one of the world’s biggest public-sector IT systems Summary FI$Cal (Financial Information System for California) is a PeopleSoft- and Hyperion-based statewide finance platform that took roughly two…
Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work
Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work Summary This Nature Comment argues that academic consulting is an underused route for universities to deliver societal…
Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence
Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence Summary Former Coupang staffer admitted to improperly accessing records describing about 33 million customers but, according to the company’s…
Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83
Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83 Summary Lou Gerstner, the executive credited with rescuing IBM in the 1990s, has died aged 83. Appointed CEO in April 1993 as…
Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence
Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence Summary South Korean e-tailer Coupang says a former employee admitted to improperly accessing data connected to 33 million customers,…
Death, torture, and amputation: How cybercrime shook the world in 2025
Death, torture, and amputation: How cybercrime shook the world in 2025 Summary 2025 saw cybercrime move far beyond balance sheets and downtime: attacks caused confirmed loss of life, exposed and…
Billion-Dollar Data Centres Are Taking Over the World
Billion-Dollar Data Centres Are Taking Over the World Summary WIRED examines the global rush by big tech to build enormous, AI-focused data centres and the cascading effects of that build‑out.…
So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen
So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen Summary WIRED’s Will Knight reports that Qwen — Alibaba’s open-weight large language model — has emerged as a major player as the AI landscape shifts…
Georgia arrests ex-spy chief over alleged protection of scam call centers
Georgia arrests ex-spy chief over alleged protection of scam call centers Summary Former head of Georgia’s state security service, Grigol Liluashvili, has been arrested on multiple bribery charges amid allegations…