A CISO’s Playbook for Defending Data Assets Against AI Scraping
A CISO’s Playbook for Defending Data Assets Against AI Scraping Summary Automated AI-driven scraping is no longer just a technical nuisance — it’s an economic threat that can erode the…
Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data storage system that lasts for millennia
Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data storage system that lasts for millennia Article Date: 18 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00502-2 Summary Microsoft Research has demonstrated a glass-based archival storage system that…
Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X shifted political opinions, but turning it off did not
Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X shifted political opinions, but turning it off did not Summary A field experiment analysed the political effects of X’s algorithmic “For you”…
Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia
Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia Summary An end-to-end laser-based archival system reported by the Microsoft Research Project Silica team encodes information in changes to glass’s optical properties…
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm Summary This Nature study reports a large randomised experiment (July–September 2023) with active US X users that tested the causal effects of switching…
Cold-injection synthesis of highly emissive perovskite nanocrystals
Cold-injection synthesis of highly emissive perovskite nanocrystals Article Meta Article Date = 18 February 2026 Article URL = https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10117-2 Article Title = Cold-injection synthesis of highly emissive perovskite nanocrystals Article…
Laser writing in glass for dense, fast and efficient archival data storage
Laser writing in glass for dense, fast and efficient archival data storage Summary Microsoft Research’s Project Silica team demonstrates Silica: a full archival storage system based on femtosecond laser direct…
Practical lithium–organic batteries enabled by an n-type conducting polymer
Practical lithium–organic batteries enabled by an n-type conducting polymer Article Date: 18 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10174-7 Article Image: Extended data figure (flexibility) Summary Researchers report a practical lithium–organic battery…
Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ branding in California after DMV order
Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ branding in California after DMV order Summary Tesla has complied with a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) order and removed the term ‘Autopilot’ from its marketing…
Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn’t Offer Much Proof
Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn’t Offer Much Proof Summary WIRED reports on a new analysis by Ketan Joshi that scrutinises 154 claims from tech…