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Text • Ashley Belanger

Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say

Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say

Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them

XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them

$11M competition showed wildfire detection is still easier than stopping fires.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash

Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash

Discord will try to automatically estimate ages, require verification when it can't.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year

YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year

YouTube's next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and live streams.

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Text • John Timmer

Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains

Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains

A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Netflix drops trailer for Brad Bird's Ray Gunn

Netflix drops trailer for Brad Bird's Ray Gunn

"It’s film noir and a hard-boiled detective story, but it’s got a lot more comedy and a lot more action."

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Text • Scharon Harding

Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

"So absurd and embarrassing ..."

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Text • Eric Berger

Former NASA chief sounds alarm on China's lunar "exploration" plans

Former NASA chief sounds alarm on China's lunar "exploration" plans

"Beijing's intended strategy is to dominate the high ground of the twenty-first century."

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Aftermarket driver assist under federal probe following fatal crashes

Aftermarket driver assist under federal probe following fatal crashes

Feds know of 5 crashes where cars using comma.ai devices hit slow or stopped vehicles.

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Text • Charles Edward Gehrke, The Conversation

How the US handed China control of the rare earth supply chain

How the US handed China control of the rare earth supply chain

Decades of cheaper imports left US dependent on China for crucial rare-earth processing.

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Text • Yook Ji Hun

Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis

Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis

Post-eruption imaging of the Hunga caldera gives new details of its collapse.

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Text • Eric Berger

A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions

A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions

"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."

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Text • Beth Mole

Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test

Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test

There is no single definitive test for these worms, but the tail is fairly convincing.

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Text • Samuel Axon

New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money

New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money

The frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules

Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules

Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren't building networks fast enough.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000

Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000

EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting

Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting

British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free

Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free

You don't even need a Creative Cloud login to edit clips, but AI features cost extra.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Review: Resident Evil might just be the best gaming adaptation yet

Review: Resident Evil might just be the best gaming adaptation yet

Director Zach Cregger's clever reboot strikes perfect balance between horror, humor, and over-the-top gore.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced

Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced

Toyota's push comes as automakers race to develop and deploy humanoid robots.

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Text • Scharon Harding

IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records

IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records

The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.

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Text • Scott K. Johnson

Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report

Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report

First paper added to community collection is a roadmap for research.

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Text • Kyle Orland

Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its "reset" with dramatic restructuring

Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its "reset" with dramatic restructuring

Activision gets Halo, Obsidian becomes part of Bethesda, and more internal shake-ups.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Protests for Germany’s car industry as job losses loom

Protests for Germany’s car industry as job losses loom

A combination of Chinese competition and US tariffs is causing problems in Germany.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent

Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent

Trump adopts Scalia’s ire for feds protecting populations of endangered animals.

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Text • Jeremy White, wired.com

Dyson’s most overengineered gadget may have a waterproofing problem

Dyson’s most overengineered gadget may have a waterproofing problem

Dyson admits a component issue but won't say what's failing in its $500 toothbrush.

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Text • Stephen Clark

NASA chief: I'm only interested in "good deals" from international partners

NASA chief: I'm only interested in "good deals" from international partners

"There was absolutely a time where we were trying to make everyone happy."

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Text • Dan Goodin

Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day

Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day

A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat

Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat

Drone boat battle occurs as Ukraine and Russia target Black Sea ports and ships.

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Text • Chad Kirchner

Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs

Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs

The new carmaker is a joint venture between the Saudi PIF and Foxconn.