Right-to-Repair Laws Now Introduced in All 50 States

FIXING IT

In February, Wisconsin became the 50th U.S. state to introduce Right to Repair legislation, which would allow people to legally repair their own equipment — from smartphones to tractors — with access to the necessary instructions and parts. While such laws have passed in only a handful of states, and failed in many others, Right to Repair advocates see this as a major milestone in their work.

Source: Boing Boing

GIVE ME A SIGN

American Sign Language (ASL) learners can now improve their skills with a little help from AI. Nvidia, in partnership with the American Society for Deaf Children and creative firm Hello Monday, has developed an online platform called Signs to give users real-time feedback on their signing, informed by a data set validated by ASL users and professional teachers. The platform has 100 signs to start but aims to grow to 400,000 video clips for 1,000 words.
Source: Quartz

197.7 MPH

Researchers from the Politecnico di Milano university in Italy have set a new speed record for self-driving cars: 197.7 mph on a runway at the Kennedy Space Center. The Italian team, together with the Indy Autonomous Challenge, put a robot at the wheel of a Maserati MC20 Coupe. The previous record was 192.2 miles per hour, set in 2022.
Source: New Atlas

203%

That’s how much cyber attacks on governments increased worldwide in 2024, significantly faster than the global average of 120 percent for other sectors, according to Radware’s 2025 Global Threat Analysis Report. The telecommunications sector received the largest volume at 43 percent of malicious web traffic; government organizations took 2.4 percent of the global share.
Source: Radware