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Tesla's revenues are up, but profits squeezed as Musk spends on AI
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• Kyle Orland
Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs
First four compatible titles can be run with an 11-year-old graphics card.
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• Jon Brodkin
ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over
FCC lets ISPs stop listing all fees after companies complained it was too hard.
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• Jennifer Ouellette
Clayface trailer leans into the body horror
"The people I trusted betrayed me. The justice system failed me."
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• Jeremy Hsu
Hyundai claims humanoid robot plan is not part of talks with striking workers
Union previously warned automaker that any robot deployment must be negotiated.
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• Stephen Clark
Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers
It turns out some of Benjamin Franklin's opinions from 240 years ago are still relevant today.
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• Kyle Orland
How an OpenAI benchmark test turned into a real-world cyberattack
"This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.
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• John Timmer
What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?
A mirror that moves mid-photon could release a shower of new photons.
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• Ryan Whitwam
Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7
Samsung's new foldables are slimmer, faster, and more expensive.
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• WIRED
US Army faces AI use limits after exhausting year's supply of AI tokens
Troops received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens.
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• Jeremy Hsu
Ukrainian drones deliver robots directly into battle by sea and air
Ukraine's battlefield surge of robots now features airdrops and beach assaults.
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• Jonathan M. Gitlin
Here's Range Rover's first not-SUV: The Range Rover GT
The Range Rover GT will debut as an EV with a hybrid version to follow.
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• Beth Mole
On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec
Ronald Fischer, aka Richard Graydon, was arrested in New York last week.
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• Jennifer Ouellette
Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
"Maybe that's my responsibility, to live alone with the truth."
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• Beth Mole
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms stirred confusion on FDA test and provided a vague recall list.
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• Jon Brodkin
Nintendo customers have no legal right to tariff refunds, company tells judge
Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.
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• Jennifer Ouellette
Tom Hiddleston tracks possible Pompeii survivors in new docuseries
NatGeo's Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city's last 24 hours to life.
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• Jacek Krywko
Naked mole-rat queens keep their colonies in line with a scent
A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.
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• Ashley Belanger
Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors
Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute.
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• Kyle Orland
Steam Deck sales are losing steam since May's price hike
Analysis of bestseller charts shows an 80 percent dip from 2025's sales rate.
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• Ryan Whitwam
Google reveals faster and cheaper Gemini 3.6 Flash, says 3.5 Pro is still in testing
There are new 3.6 and 3.5 models today, but Google is already training Gemini 4.
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• Scharon Harding
TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe
"Current economic conditions" have shifted TreeSize's business model.
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• Michael Harley
When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?
Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn't open-ended.
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• Dell Cameron, wired.com
Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code
More than one-eighth of apps analyzed contained foreign code.
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• Jonathan M. Gitlin
2027 Kia Seltos first drive gives you plenty of SUV for not much $
It starts at just under $25,000, but the hybrid won't arrive until next year.
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• Nate Anderson
DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him
Pennsylvania cop charged with oppression and obstruction.
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• Jeremy Hsu
Firefighting drones in the works as wildfires plague US nearly year-round
California and XPRIZE competition tests whether drones can stop wildfires early.
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• Stephen Clark
The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches.
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• Jon Brodkin
Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states
Judge grants restraining order, saying merger "likely to violate antitrust laws."
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• Stephen Clark
The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches.