‘Soilsmology’ aims to map world’s soils and help avert famine, says not-for-profit co-founded by George Monbiot George Monbiot: Over a pint in Oxford, we may well have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture A groundbreaking soil-health measuring technique could help avert famine and drought, scientists have said. At the...
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water High levels of a toxic “forever chemical” have been found in cereal products across Europe because of its presence in pesticides. The most contaminated food is breakfast cereal, according to a study by Pesticide Action...
The brain’s 5 eras, the vaccine that protects against dementia, altruistic ants – podcast
Science editor Ian Sample sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay and science correspondent Hannah Devlin to hear about three eye-catching stories from the week, including a study showing that the brain has five ‘eras’, with adult mode not starting until our early 30s. Also on the agenda is new research...
Earthquake of 3.3 magnitude rattles Lancashire and Lake District
Residents report homes shaking from quake with epicentre near the village of Silverdale in Lancashire Residents were shaken by what felt like an “underground explosion” after England’s strongest earthquake in two years affected towns and villages across Lancashire and Cumbria. A 3.3-magnitude earthquake was felt as far as 30 miles...
AMD to slightly raise Radeon GPU prices, but Ryzen CPUs remain safe for now
An anonymous industry distribution source recently told Tom's Hardware that memory module prices for AMD's latest Radeon graphics cards sent to board partners have risen by $10 per 8GB. These increases are expected to eventually trickle to retail, with subsequent price adjustments expected in January. Read Entire Article
Windows updates keep breaking, and Microsoft’s “agentic OS” isn’t helping
Microsoft recently published a baffling support document stating that Windows updates released after July 2025 may break some crucial parts of the operating system's shell. According to the KB5072911 document, File Explorer, the Start menu, and other XAML-dependent apps in Windows may show erratic behavior on some enterprise devices. Read...
TechSpot wasn’t always called TechSpot. What was its original 1990s name?
#ThrowBackThursday Trivia goes meta: how long have you been visiting TechSpot? Let's find out. Read Entire Article
Critical vulnerability in React JS framework has a near 100% chance to be exploited
Researchers have uncovered a critical security flaw that could have catastrophic consequences for web and private cloud infrastructure. The vulnerability affects the React framework and represents a rare "perfect" issue – easy to exploit and capable of causing serious damage to web servers. Read Entire Article
Text Grab is a lightweight OCR utility for instant text capture
Text Grab is a small app from the same developer behind PowerToys' Text Extractor. If you just need fast OCR without the rest of the suite, Text Grab gets it done with zero fuss. Read Entire Article
Popular Chrome and Edge extensions go rogue, infecting over 4 million devices with spyware
According to researchers at cybersecurity firm Koi, a China-based hacking syndicate known as ShadyPanda is actively conducting at least two malware campaigns by weaponizing browser extensions with malicious code. Read Entire Article