Collaborate Disseminate
It’s “radically different from other quantum computers” reports Phys.org. The Helios system uses trapped ions — charged atoms suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields.
But it operates with 98 qubits — making it the largest tra… Continue reading The Global Race To Make a Practical Quantum Computer Just Took a Big Leap Forward
We’ll start this week off with some disappointing, though not entirely unexpected, news — the ambitious commercial mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is officially a bust. The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 23, 2026
A class action filed this week accused Amazon’s Twitch gaming service of using video streams to fuel its AI products without licensing or obtaining permission, reports Engadget:
Earlier this month, Twitch Support posted on X that it added an option to… Continue reading Twitch And Amazon Hit With Lawsuit for Training AI With Streamers’ Content
This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, reports CTV, “saying this version came with stronger protections around content related to mentions of suicide, self-harm and romantic or s… Continue reading OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing ‘ChatGPT For Teens’
After previously putting a very basic version of Minecraft on the Game Boy Color, [Tobi] decided to have some fun and port that version also to the Super Nintendo (SNES), …read more Continue reading Using the Basic SNES Hardware to Play Minecraft
“Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack,” reports the Telegraph.
More details from the BBC:
The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK’s energy system, but the Department for Energy … Continue reading Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days
Slovakia acquired speed cameras to modernize its traffic control– but there was a surprise. Tom’s Hardware cites this story from the Risky Bulletin Newsletter:
Unfortunately, the country’s national security service, the NBU, has discovered that the c… Continue reading Slovakia Finds Russian Backdoor In Traffic Speed Cameras
Impressive as it most certainly is when an amateur fabricates a semiconductor, most of the projects we’ve seen are more demonstrations than workable chips. [Dr. Semiconductor], however, is going much …read more Continue reading Making LEDs in the Home Fab
“There is still no sign of economy-wide job destruction,” says economist Erik Brynjolfsson. Working with researchers at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Brynjolfsson has determined an AI “job apocalypse” is unlikely, reports the Washington Post, “even… Continue reading Stanford Economist Now Believes an AI Job Apocalypse Is Unlikely
“It began life just a year after SimCity 4’s 2003 launch,” writes the blog PCGamesN. “Now, over 20 years later, it’s still going strong with the arrival of Network Addon Mod update 50.”
The SimCity 4 Network Addon Mod, or simply ‘NAM’ among the commun… Continue reading 23 Years After SimCity 4’s Release, ‘Eternal Commuter’ Bug Finally Fixed