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Text • Dan Goodin

Google ads caught delivering convincing scareware ads to unsuspecting users

Google ads caught delivering convincing scareware ads to unsuspecting users

Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people.

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Text • Samuel Axon

Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)

Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)

Better thermals and battery life make this iterative update nicer to use.

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Text • Kyle Orland

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

"There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring”

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told

Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told

US judge reviews deal with California, says it must not be result of collusion.

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Text • John Timmer

Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?

Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?

Renewables easily cover changes in US demand, which is rising by 2% in 2026.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Microsoft's new Surface laptops forgo Copilot+ PC branding.

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Text • Eric Berger

After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild

After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild

"There is always a tension that comes with seeing the first of anything fly."

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%

US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%

The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C.

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Text • Stephen Clark

With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time

With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time

NASA's PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost.

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Text • Barbara Moens, Financial Times

Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules

Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules

Washington says Brussels overreached when it fined X €120 million under the DSA.

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Text • Beth Mole

Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."

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Text • Eric Berger

Rocket Report: Era of cheap launch is over? Astra sets early 2027. target for return

Rocket Report: Era of cheap launch is over? Astra sets early 2027. target for return

"The customer got comfortable with a high reliability and a low price."

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Text • Beth Mole

CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay

CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay

Health department previously blamed delay on "not yet finalized procurement decisions."

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Text • Robert Pearlman

Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun

Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun

Introducing the "world-famous authority on outer space..."

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs

F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs

F-Droid's Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

New York asks court to shut down Polymarket's "illegal gambling operation"

New York asks court to shut down Polymarket's "illegal gambling operation"

New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

We have a trailer for Musk documentary Elon called a "hit piece"

We have a trailer for Musk documentary Elon called a "hit piece"

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney focuses on the world's wealthiest man.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer

Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer

Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has erased Russian gains with the help of robots.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators

New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators

Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

Google's experimental orbital data center will have four TPUs and only run for 15 minutes at a time.

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Text • Kyle Orland

OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach

OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach

"There will obviously be legal consequences," prime minister promises.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Formula 1 looks at 3.0 L V8 turbos and smaller hybrids for 2030

Formula 1 looks at 3.0 L V8 turbos and smaller hybrids for 2030

F1 wants smaller, lighter cars that are not energy-starved like the 2026 hybrids.

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Text • Eric Berger

NASA chief concerned China may deny access to parts of South Pole

NASA chief concerned China may deny access to parts of South Pole

"If you come up short with who comes down the ladder first, the impact is felt around the world."

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Text • Hannah Murphy, Financial Times

Meta puts its AI assistant on a keychain

Meta puts its AI assistant on a keychain

Meta says the keychain-sized Muse Charm will ship in December.

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Text • Dan Goodin

There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before

There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before

Until now, cryptographers thought factoring was the only way to break RSA. Not anymore.

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Text • Andrew Cunningham

Review: Apple's hyper-pricey M5 Ultra Mac Studio made me into a vibe coder

Review: Apple's hyper-pricey M5 Ultra Mac Studio made me into a vibe coder

Usable local AI is a lot of fun, but how much would you pay for it?

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Text • Beth Mole

RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access

RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access

US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."

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Text • Ashley Belanger

FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real

FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real

It's unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters' deadline.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

The Disney+ ad-free plan is now more expensive than Netflix's.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley

Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley

It sounds like a V8, rides like a Flying Spur, but handles like a Continental GT.