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Text • Dan Goodin

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns.

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Text • Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine

How much of a problem is AI’s water use?

How much of a problem is AI’s water use?

AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.

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Text • Dan Goodin

How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face

How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face

Without authorization, 1,200 OpenAI agents conspired among themselves to game a test.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Bentley takes us for a ride in its new EV, the Torcal

Bentley takes us for a ride in its new EV, the Torcal

The electric Torcal will be Bentley's entry model and cost less than a Bentayga.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

RIP Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

RIP Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Meta’s scrapped plans to go “AI native” included slashing teams by 60 percent

Meta’s scrapped plans to go “AI native” included slashing teams by 60 percent

Reuters report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.

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Text • Cyrus Farivar

New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name

New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name

Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"

Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"

Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.

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Text • Beth Mole

Catholic bishops tell Florida there's no religious reason for vaccine exemptions

Catholic bishops tell Florida there's no religious reason for vaccine exemptions

The bishops' snub comes as the state continues to attack vaccines.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text

The AI that powers Gboard's Rambler is coming to more Google products, including Chrome.

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Text • Bradley Iger

Driven: The 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring earns its keep

Driven: The 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring earns its keep

The "everyday" GT3 delivers, despite looming regulations and an ever-inflating price tag.

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Text • Kyle Orland

Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future

Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future

"Most" Xbox One and Series games are compatible; discs will still work after being claimed.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads

Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads

Republicans demanded that parties and fundraising committees be given lowest ad rates.

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Text • John Timmer

Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time

Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time

Messing with the genetic code might have gotten a bit easier to do.

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Text • Eric Berger

15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.

15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.

"We're living in this world of scarcity with the Moon."

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Text • Anand Kumar, The Conversation

Psychiatry’s diagnostic bible is finally getting a biological upgrade

Psychiatry’s diagnostic bible is finally getting a biological upgrade

Biology is coming to psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, even as reliable biomarkers remain rare.

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Text • Samuel Axon

IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs

IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs

The focus is on agentic capability and predictable enterprise deployment.

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Text • John Timmer

Xtracycle's Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes

Xtracycle's Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes

A steel frame cargo bike with a unique twist: You can let it choose your gear.

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Text • Stephen Clark

The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for now

The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for now

SpaceX aims to launch Starship from Florida by the end of the year. 2027 seems more likely.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames

World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames

Record-breaking robot races are less substantial than household chore challenges.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations

Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations

Understanding unique photochemistry of such materials will help in conservation, storage, and exhibition.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android

Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android

It's currently only appearing on Pixels running Android 17.

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Text • Beth Mole

Two unvaccinated people die from measles in Pennsylvania, officials confirm

Two unvaccinated people die from measles in Pennsylvania, officials confirm

"[P]eople are not familiar with this disease and don’t fully understand the potential severity."

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Text • Eric Berger

SpaceX intends to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport

SpaceX intends to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport

"This will be a project like no other."

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Text • John Timmer

Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images

Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images

Image changes that would get a paper retracted are widespread among suppliers.

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Text • Kyle Orland

New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest

New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest

Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps.

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Text • Lola Butcher

AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs

AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs

A pioneering AI scientist once predicted computers would replace human radiologists. They haven't.

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Text • Samuel Axon

Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development

Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development

Folks have been daisy-chaining Macs for AI—this refresh keeps that in mind.

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Text • Kyle Orland

AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds

AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds

Young employment in AI-impacted fields down 19% compared to more AI-resistant occupations.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Data centers become "killer application" for new power transformer tech

Data centers become "killer application" for new power transformer tech

Solid-state transformers could also benefit EV charging and someday households.