Technology Trends for 2025 – O’Reilly

Technology Trends for 2025 – O’Reilly

Welcome to our annual report on the usage of the O’Reilly learning platform. It’s been an exciting year, dominated by a constant stream of breakthroughs and announcements in AI, and complicated by industry-wide layoffs. Generative AI gets better and better—but that trend may be at an end. Now the ball is in the application developers’ court: Where, … Read more

Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

More impressive still, they could use the language to send telegrams to FREs that control real electric systems in their lab, the same types that are connected to the real Radio Ripple Control system. The video below shows the researchers stopping a real 40 kWp photovoltaic system from feeding energy into the grid. Photovoltaic system … Read more

Valve needs to rethink the Deck Verified program

Valve needs to rethink the Deck Verified program

Table of Contents Table of Contents The times, they are a- Some simple fixes The Steam Deck Verified program was a good start, but it’s time to move on. Valve separates compatibility with the Steam Deck into four buckets. You have Verified games, which have a green check mark for Valve’s seal of approval, and … Read more

Why Do Podcasters Wear Headphones While Sitting Next To Each Other?

Why Do Podcasters Wear Headphones While Sitting Next To Each Other?

Headphones on a podcast panel might look odd at first glance—especially when everyone is just a few feet apart. But there’s a good reason (in fact, several) behind it. They Let You Hear the Final Mix When you record a podcast, your microphone picks up only a slice of what’s actually happening in the room. … Read more

India’s Param Foundation Opens New Science Centers

India’s Param Foundation Opens New Science Centers

Inavamsi Enaganti has long been a dreamer. He keeps ever-evolving lists of life goals, ticking them off as he achieves them, then adding more. One childhood dream has burned particularly brightly in his mind: Create a science-focused amusement park. Enaganti is now working on a version of that dream through India’s Param Foundation. The Bengaluru-based … Read more

X ‘refused to take down’ video viewed by Southport killer

X ‘refused to take down’ video viewed by Southport killer

Australia’s internet regulator says X refused to take down a video of a high-profile stabbing in Sydney that was watched by Axel Rudakubana just before he murdered three young girls in Southport. The body, eSafety, said it “noted with great sadness” that Rudakubana viewed the violent footage of the attempted murder of Bishop Mar Mari … Read more

Apple says 68 percent of all iPhones are running iOS 18

Apple says 68 percent of all iPhones are running iOS 18

Apple posted iOS 18 adoption rates on Friday, which are only slightly different from the numbers for iOS 17 a year ago. The company says iOS 18 has been installed on 68 percent of all iPhones (as of January 21) and 76 percent of models from the last four years. A year ago, 66 percent … Read more