Melania Trump’s AI Era Is Upon Us

Melania Trump’s AI Era Is Upon Us Summary WIRED reports that Melania Trump, long a low-profile first lady, is beginning to take a public role around artificial intelligence — specifically initiatives framed as benefiting children and education. The piece sketches how insiders and industry figures view the move: some are intrigued and willing to engage, […]

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Newly Granted Nintendo Patents An ‘Embarrassing Failure’ By The USPTO, Says Patent Attorney

Newly Granted Nintendo Patents An ‘Embarrassing Failure’ By The USPTO, Says Patent Attorney Summary Nintendo was recently granted two U.S. patents (US 12,409,387 and US 12,403,397) covering broad gameplay mechanics such as riding/flying systems and a summoning/battling loop involving “sub-characters.” Patent attorney Kirk Sigmon calls the grants an “embarrassing failure” of the USPTO because the […]

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Schulman Properties secures approval for 21-story condo-hotel in downtown Las Vegas

Schulman Properties secures approval for 21-story condo-hotel in downtown Las Vegas Summary Schulman Properties has won planning commission approval to build the 21-storey Eterno Hotel, a 250-foot condo-hotel on a six-acre site at 1003 Iron Horse Court near Charleston Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway in downtown Las Vegas. Perlman Architect is listed as the project […]

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Aristocrat appoints former Light & Wonder executive Dylan Slaney as Interactive CEO | Yogonet International

Aristocrat appoints former Light & Wonder executive Dylan Slaney as Interactive CEO Published: 2025-09-12T08:44:31+00:00 | Reading time: 1:18 min Summary Aristocrat Leisure has named Dylan Slaney as the new Chief Executive Officer of its Interactive division, with an expected start date of 3 November 2025 subject to regulatory approvals. Slaney joins from Light & Wonder, […]

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WhatsApp Bug Anchors Targeted Zero-Click iPhone Attacks

WhatsApp Bug Anchors Targeted Zero-Click iPhone Attacks Summary Attackers exploited a WhatsApp vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177, CVSS 5.4) in a zero-click campaign against specific Apple users that likely delivered spyware. The WhatsApp flaw allowed processing of content from arbitrary URLs on a target device and was used in combination with an Apple OS out-of-bounds write zero-day (CVE-2025-43300), […]

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Hacked Routers Linger on the Internet for Years, Data Shows

Hacked Routers Linger on the Internet for Years, Data Shows Summary Researchers using Censys Internet-scan data found several hundred Ubiquiti routers still showing hacked banners — defacements that, in many cases, date back years rather than representing recent attacks. The defaced banners trace to campaigns going back to at least 2016–2017 (for example, MF worm-related […]

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The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honourees

The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honourees Summary MIT Technology Review’s The Download rounds up several linked stories: how the Trump administration’s actions are reshaping early-career science in the US; highlights from the 2025 Innovators Under 35, with a focus on climate and energy honourees such as Iwnetim Abate; […]

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National Guard Accidentally Sends Evidence Of Troop Disillusionment To The Washington Post

National Guard Accidentally Sends Evidence Of Troop Disillusionment To The Washington Post Summary An internal National Guard “media roll up” assessing public and social media sentiment about Guard deployments in Washington was inadvertently emailed to The Washington Post. The document highlights alarm and discomfort among residents and, importantly, veterans and active-duty personnel who described the […]

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