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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026

Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026

A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.

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Text • John Timmer

Trump planning to hand veto power over NIH grants to political appointee

Trump planning to hand veto power over NIH grants to political appointee

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates

California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates

State AGs had "very strong" case that merger is illegal, Lina Khan says.

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Text • Alex Rogers and Stephen Morris, Financial Times

Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead

Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead

The president offered few details on what his proposed new AI Force would do.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher

Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher

It's a bit uneven in execution but still delivers as fast-paced, entertaining escapist fare.

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Text • Andrew Cunningham

Apple Mac mini review: The new M6 impresses, but the price hike is rough

Apple Mac mini review: The new M6 impresses, but the price hike is rough

The M4 Mac mini was one of Apple's best values ever. This one, not so much.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Googlebooks launch October 4 starting at $899—here are the five models you can preorder today

Googlebooks launch October 4 starting at $899—here are the five models you can preorder today

Googlebooks offer premium hardware and deep smartphone integration, but you may not like the price.

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Text • Andy Greenberg, WIRED.com

An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang

An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang

Google’s threat intelligence group said it had a mole inside TeamPCP's inner circle.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Don't call it an SUV: The Ferrari Purosangue review

Don't call it an SUV: The Ferrari Purosangue review

Unlike previous Ferrari four-seaters, this one is better for humans than cargo.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant

T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant

Isotope ratios provide a hint that the giants were actively managing temperatures.

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Text • Karen Stollznow, The Conversation

Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy

Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy

Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade

Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade

Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.

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Text • Kyle Orland

AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack

AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack

But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion

FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion

FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar

FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar

FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep

Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep

Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"

US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"

The Federal Register website briefly used an open-source Chinese AI search tool.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest

Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest

Ning Xu of Tsinghua University captured tiny cilia beating in airways of a child with rare respiratory disorder.

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Text • Cristina Criddle, Financial Times

Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI

Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI

Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.

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Text • Eric Berger

Rocket Report: ULA flies into uncertain future; Falcon 9 family hits 700 launches

Rocket Report: ULA flies into uncertain future; Falcon 9 family hits 700 launches

“I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."

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Text • Beth Mole

RFK Jr. stacks another influential federal panel with questionable picks

RFK Jr. stacks another influential federal panel with questionable picks

The USPSTF sets insurance coverage from preventive services, like colonoscopies.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

NATO-backed startup adapts AI for autonomous drone recon and attack missions

NATO-backed startup adapts AI for autonomous drone recon and attack missions

Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google announces new experimental "CC" AI agent for families

Google announces new experimental "CC" AI agent for families

Multiple family members can share data to help the agent make plans and complete tasks.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites

Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites

Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.

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Text • Dan Goodin

LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used

LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used

SynthID can cause models to follow harmful instructions they would otherwise refuse.

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Text • Beth Mole

Sketchy IV drips at wellness clinics have poisoned dozens, CDC and FDA warn

Sketchy IV drips at wellness clinics have poisoned dozens, CDC and FDA warn

The IV drips included glutathione, which was not made to be injected.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Here's what we still like, here's what annoys us

2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Here's what we still like, here's what annoys us

It’s spacious, efficient, and charges very quickly. But what about reliability concerns?

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Text • Kyle Orland

Covert uploads and megalomania: OpenAI details new "misaligned" agent incidents

Covert uploads and megalomania: OpenAI details new "misaligned" agent incidents

Model maker commits to new framework for reporting misaligned models

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Thousands will die if EPA repeals power plant climate rules, advocates say

Thousands will die if EPA repeals power plant climate rules, advocates say

Public health groups warn EPA rule will cost Americans billions in health bills.