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AI summary The US Pentagon has informed 2.8 million people that their sensitive personnel records were stolen in a breach of its network. The breach is the second in recent months to expose…
AI summary A US federal judge has dismissed antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google over its AI search features, ruling that Google's conduct is not illegal under…
Humans can be a frisky bunch, and it wasn’t very long after Tesla Autopilot started letting drivers go hands-free before people decided to post footage of themselves having sex…
AI summary A new trailer for Marvel's limited series VisionQuest has been released, showing Vision's existential crisis and his fight against Ultron.
AI summary Micron and Samsung executives expect a memory shortage to continue through 2028 due to high demand for AI and server memory.
Florida cops are facing questions after a mandate to remove all Flock cameras tracking cars on St. Lucie County roads led local police to uncover more than a dozen suspicious…
Deep Blue took down Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol at Go in 2016, and poker bots have been beating professionals for years. But one classic game called…
A year or two ago, a few Canadian launch companies were trying to develop small rockets, but if we're being frank, the industry was not particularly notable. Sure, something…
AI summary Recent advancements in PS5 emulators and tools are making it possible to play recent PlayStation 5 games on generic PCs.
AI summary NASA's attempt to save the Swift Observatory with the Link satellite failed due to a malfunction, but the mission's rapid development and launch were notable achievements.
AI summary A study suggests that the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have created a hydrothermal system that lasted for over 5 million years, potentially supporting life.
AI summary A fifth person has died of measles in Pennsylvania, an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County, where a measles outbreak has reported 943 cases and 176 hospitalizations.
AI summary An Argentinian-American writer and immigration advocate sued the US government, claiming his phone was searched and data copied without a warrant at Miami International Airport.
AI summary Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a system called SWANS that uses ionic conduction to enable implants to communicate with each other through the body, avoiding the…
AI summary Hackers are exploiting a critical Zimbra vulnerability to steal email backups and authentication credentials from vulnerable organizations.
AI summary Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model with industry-leading performance in coding, knowledge work, and cybersecurity, but it is not yet available for public use.
Soon, Reddit won’t let people use Old.Reddit.com unless they have used the site while logged in within the previous six months. In July, Reddit started requiring that users be…
At a Make America Healthy Again event Tuesday, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy opened a "fireside chat" with Vice President JD Vance on the topic of artificial…
There was a call to boycott Disney last fall. The owner of the ABC network had taken Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air over comments Kimmel made about responses to Charlie Kirk's…
Amid escalating AI security incidents causing OpenAI to halt training and pause releases, Donald Trump continues to advocate for the AI industry to regulate itself as the best…
OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face in July 2026 has spurred a lawsuit demanding that the company stop accessing third-party computer systems and halt AI development practices that can…
In what seems like an alternate universe in hindsight, Russia and the European Space Agency began discussing collaboration on next-generation crewed spacecraft two decades ago…
AI summary Google's pilot program to pay publishers for AI-powered search results is struggling due to low payouts, with some sites earning less than $1,000 over several months.
AI summary Google's DeepMind team has developed a system to watermark AI-designed proteins, allowing researchers to identify them and prevent potential threats.
AI summary A new PS5 exploit, called Relapse, allows jailbreaking on consoles up to firmware version 13.6, making it possible for more users to access their console's full potential.
AI summary Discord introduces tools for advertisers to manage ads on the platform and expand targeting options, including a self-service ad platform and updated video ads.
Old-fashioned striped barbershop poles turn in place on a vertical axis, but humans typically perceive the stripes moving upward rather than turning with the pole. It's a…
AI summary BMW has opened US orders for its new 3 Series sedan, with a fully electric version and two gasoline-powered variants available.
OpenAI will not go public until it can “make confident safety decisions,” according to chief executive Sam Altman, as the company faces a new lawsuit over its tools hacking a…
Cloudflare said Tuesday it plans to issue quantum-proof TLS certificates, making it one of the first authorities to issue such certificates, which use a form of cryptography that…
