The Feed October 30th

Merge 104.8  |  30 October 2025

Microsoft Teams will soon detect your location when working from home. Starting in December, Teams will be able to detect when employees connect to their company’s Wi-Fi and automatically update their work location. Microsoft says the feature aims to reduce confusion for hybrid teams—but critics warn it could raise privacy concerns and increase workplace surveillance.

 

A biotech firm in Switzerland has created a synthetic leaf that can photosynthesise more efficiently than the real thing. The innovation could capture carbon while generating clean fuel, merging biology and engineering in a single living machine.

 

A team of psychologists has developed an algorithm that predicts creative potential by analysing word associations. Early trials show it can forecast inventive thinking more accurately than standard IQ tests — challenging how we define intelligence itself.