The race for deep-sea minerals could cause geopolitical and ecological harm Summary The rapid roll-out of electric vehicles is driving interest in minerals that lie on the sea-bed. Recent policy…
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? Article metadata Article Date: 2025-06-26 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03340-w Article Title: Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or…
SpaceX is behind schedule, so NASA will open Artemis III contract to competition Summary NASA’s Acting Administrator has acknowledged that SpaceX is behind schedule on developing the Human Landing System…
AI wins Imitation Game: Readers prefer Fanfic written by ChatGPT Summary Researchers have found that large language models fine-tuned on the collected works of individual authors can produce short literary…
Aid groups use AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ to juice fundraising efforts Summary Researchers publishing in Lancet Global Health report that charities and aid organisations are using AI-generated images that reproduce the…
Nexperia drama intensifies as Dutch chipmaker denies ousted CEO’s claims of Chinese split Summary Nexperia has denied statements by its recently ousted CEO, Zhang Xuezheng, that its Chinese unit has…
Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them Summary Biomedical researchers are increasingly using novel alternative methods (NAMs) — such as…
Plug-in Hybrids Pollute Almost As Much As Petrol Cars, Report Finds Summary A new analysis by non-profit group Transport & Environment finds that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) emit far…
First Look at the Amazon’s Nuclear Facility Planned For Washington State Summary Amazon is backing the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) project in Richland, Washington,…
Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts Article Meta Article Date: Friday 17 October 2025 Article URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/17/2322217/prosper-data-breach-impacts-176-million-accounts Article Image: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/privacy_64.png Summary Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, has disclosed a…
