Neutral-Atom Quantum Machines Near Error Correction, Approaching Usefulness
TL;DR Researchers and companies are pushing toward small, error-corrected quantum machines with a target around 2026, driven in part by…
US bars former EU commissioner and four tech researchers over social media rules
TL;DR The Trump administration has issued travel bans preventing five European tech figures — including former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton…
Big Balls Was Just the Beginning: Musk’s DOGE Upended US Agencies
TL;DR The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a group linked to Elon Musk, featured prominently in coverage this year as…
How to Track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve: AI Features from NORAD and Google
TL;DR NORAD and Google both run Santa-tracking sites that simulate Father Christmas’s progress on Christmas Eve, and NORAD recently added…
ChatGPT rolls out ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ — a Spotify Wrapped-style review
TL;DR OpenAI is introducing an annual recap called “Your Year with ChatGPT” to eligible users in several English-speaking markets. The…
Alphabet to Acquire Intersect Power for Direct Clean Energy Access
TL;DR Alphabet will pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus assume Intersect Power’s debt, to acquire the data center and clean…
OpenAI: Agentic AI browsers will likely remain vulnerable to prompt injection
TL;DR OpenAI acknowledges that prompt injection attacks are a persistent risk for agentic AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas and says…