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Text • Beth Mole

RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized

RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized

There are currently 3 categories. Without reason, RFK Jr. is considering changes.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.

Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.

Monitor vendors are playing with fire.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports

GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports

The eBoost brake-by-wire system is responsible for at least 22 crashes now.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red handed

Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red handed

Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Modern trade of mummified remains may carry its own "mummy's curse"

Modern trade of mummified remains may carry its own "mummy's curse"

"Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance."

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China

Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China

Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

F1 in the Netherlands: The driver you most want to beat is your teammate

F1 in the Netherlands: The driver you most want to beat is your teammate

Formula 1 returned from its summer break with this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix.

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Text • Martha Muir

Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.

Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.

Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy.

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Text • Andrew Cunningham

Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo

Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo

The Unibook is a weird entry-level laptop for people with patience.

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Text • Eric Berger

Due to need for 'absolute success,' China delays critical Moon launch to 2027

Due to need for 'absolute success,' China delays critical Moon launch to 2027

"The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."

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Text • Alexandra Witze, Knowable Magazine

Volcanoes that made history

Volcanoes that made history

Enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses

Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses

Hibernation cuts down on synapses, but mice seem to retain memories anyway.

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Text • Mariah Meek and Travis Belote, The Conversation

Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.

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Text • Stephen Clark

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."

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Text • John Timmer

Researchers use "thunderquakes" to study structure of Earth's surface

Researchers use "thunderquakes" to study structure of Earth's surface

Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says

Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says

Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

The private Android-based OS will expand beyond Pixels next year.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers

Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers

Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars

Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars

Chinese safety regulators have cracked down on doors that don't open in a crash.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Critics: FTC limits on personalized pricing may increase costs, kill discounts

Critics: FTC limits on personalized pricing may increase costs, kill discounts

Some Americans fear the FTC may be thinking about personalized pricing all wrong.

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Text • Rafe Rosner Uddin in San Francisco and Michael Taffe in New York

Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber

Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber

Alphabet-owned company is seeking to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Meta AI glasses may get creepier—and apps that detect them aren’t perfect

Meta AI glasses may get creepier—and apps that detect them aren’t perfect

Ars looks at Zuckoff, the latest free app detecting Meta AI glasses amid privacy backlash.

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Text • Stephen Clark

Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss

Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss

Taiwan's effort to develop its own satellite launcher hit a setback this week.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban

US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban

FCC ban on foreign-made robots accelerated RoboStore’s US manufacturing plans.

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Text • Eric Berger

Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket

Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket

Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken

They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken

Survivors reconnect with those who saved them in National Geographic's 9/11: Reunited.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids

Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids

Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Genesis joins the giant electric SUV club with new GV90

Genesis joins the giant electric SUV club with new GV90

A retractable screen, a huge heads-up display, and an optional 4-seat VIP interior.

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Text • Scott K. Johnson

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse.