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From 2016 to FIPS 203: how NIST picked post-quantum cryptography

NIST announced its standardisation process in 2016. It received 23 signature systems and 59 encryption methods, and ended up with Kyber, Dilithium, FALCON and SPHINCS+. One candidate collapsed spectacularly in 2022.

Publishers bet on AI while readers find six-fingered hands in books

China's publishing sector has been handed a platform that promises to cut repetitive work by more than 80 percent. At the same time, half the illustrations in a photography guide turned out to be machine-generated, anatomy errors and all.

NYT seeks sanctions against OpenAI as the US government backs the company

Publishers want a court to penalize OpenAI for withholding training data. The US Department of Justice argues that training models on other people's texts counts as fair use. The case is entering its decisive phase.

Medicare's ACCESS model expands before it has properly launched

Vertical farming in China: lettuce in 35 days and 800 tonnes of vegetables from one hall

China now requires AI content labels. Platforms are testing how visible they should be

One predictive core, seven different worlds

Three ways to pay publishers: Google, Cloudflare and Microsoft

Right to repair: Directive 2024/1799 enters into force

Niagara 1895: the first big alternating-current power plant, and 32 kilometres to Buffalo

Harlequin translated romance novels with AI. A first in France

Catapult: wearable sensors, 580 employees and data that never makes the match report

UN: the world wastes over a billion meals a day and 1.05 billion tonnes of food

Rural health systems caught between Medicaid cuts and AI promises

An AI-generated fake protest spread across TikTok. Poland has just gained a watchdog

Same score, different bill: how to read open-source model benchmarks

Insurers defend remote monitoring they themselves tried to restrict

Food additives: more than 300 substances, and a new opinion on E 962

Netflix brings ads to Poland and raises prices. Does a Pole pay more for streaming than a German?

German court: a similar motif alone is not theft of a work