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Text • Kana Inagaki and Clara Murray in London

EV batteries last longer than drivers feared

EV batteries last longer than drivers feared

Study suggests used vehicles can retain about 90% of original usable battery capacity after 150,000 km.

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Text • Eric Berger

With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger

With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger

The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.

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Text • Petala Ironcloud

The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center

The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center

When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?

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Text • Petala Ironcloud

The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center

The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center

When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?

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Text • Stephen Clark

German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket

German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket

"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."

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Text • Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News

Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests

Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests

The shift in the fish’s diet is having significant downstream impacts on the environment and climate.

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Text • Aarian Marshall, WIRED.COM

Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation

Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation

The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards.

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Text • Stephen Clark

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

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Text • Dan Goodin

OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.

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Text • Beth Mole

Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

"It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC

Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC

FCC tells court it is “open-minded" about whether ABC should lose licenses.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.

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Text • Scharon Harding

“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.”

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Text • Dan Goodin

Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.

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Text • Beth Mole

Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation

Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation

The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.

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Text • Kyle Orland

Valve secretly leaked a Left 4 Dead 2 trailer to dodge the ESRB

Valve secretly leaked a Left 4 Dead 2 trailer to dodge the ESRB

"I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago."

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Text • John Timmer

Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.

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Text • Madhumita Murgia, Financial Times

Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight

Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight

Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo

Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo

Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.

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Text • Eric Berger

Why did US space companies pull out of a French space meeting? It’s complicated.

Why did US space companies pull out of a French space meeting? It’s complicated.

"Let me be clear: America is not only welcome—we want you there."

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Text • Stephen Clark

Rocket Report: China debuts yet another new rocket; NASA considers bulk buys

Rocket Report: China debuts yet another new rocket; NASA considers bulk buys

Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

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Text • Beth Mole

Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled.

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Text • Kyle Orland

Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Over 1 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay more for their heavy streaming use.

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Text • Beth Mole

150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

Researchers now have clear new targets and insights for developing a Shigella vaccine.

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Text • Dan Goodin

US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs

Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets

Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets

Circuit split raised the odds that SCOTUS will rule on Kalshi fight against states.

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Text • Scharon Harding

VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent

VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent

Pro soccer team's CTO points to "issues with the Broadcom takeover."

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Text • Federica Sgorbissa

Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents

Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents

Insect-inspired "sparse coding" does fast learning, avoids catastrophic forgetting.

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Text • Kyle Orland

Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

Service interruptions hit ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini practically simultaneously.