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An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides

Outside experts—some with a vested interest in peptides—recommended adding a number of the amino acids to the FDA’s bulks list, including the “Wolverine stack” touted by Joe Rogan and other influencers.

Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending

Business

The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

Business

MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.

The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search

Business

The European Commission claims that Google boosted its own apps and products to the top of search rankings to the detriment of its competitors.

MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance

Computing

The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to a former BBC journalist, Vincent Kearney, following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources

Connectivity becomes the weakest link in Britain’s workplaces

Internet, Technology

Study finds internet and connectivity failures have overtaken software problems as the biggest cause of lost productivity, with the average UK employee losing 93 working hours a year to IT issues

The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters

Science

The EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for data centers increasingly reliant on fossil fuels.

Uplink internet traffic growth breaks further record

Computing

Study finds upstream demand reshaping network performance and capacity with upstream usage up 19.2% year on year in second quarter of 2026, three times that of downstream

The LEO story: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Computing

We speak to Peter Byford, chair of the LEO Computer Society about the world’s first business computer and his experiences programming it

Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop

Technology

With “blessings” from the original Jibo founders, iKairos is a wearable or desk-mounted “AI journal” that turns your family moments into AI images and video.

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