A type of crystal lattice called a clathrate structure has been found for the first time in the fallout of a nuclear detonation.

The former Crown Prince of Iran is meeting with Iranian diaspora tech and business leaders on Saturday to discuss the future of the country. Attendees include the CEO of Uber.

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

This week, we discuss developers' AI woes, how the magic happens, and the Beach Boys.

Mayo Clinic's "Ambient Listening" has been around for a couple of years, but clearly not all patients know their interactions with nurses are being passively recorded and processed by AI.

The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is associated with measurable increases in Africa, especially in areas most dependent on the agency’s support.

"I hoarded a large database of something valuable, just not what you expect… 150k stools images."

Jeff Bezos learns being good at YouTube is not so easy.

Spools of cable are critical for internet infrastructure and jam-proof drones but skyrocketing costs are making it hard to field them.

We got Haotian AI, the Chinese-language deepfake software powering scams. We also talk about a man finding $1 million of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and how the AI hard drive shortage is impacting internet archiving.

“It's making me dumber for sure.”

The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.

The logic behind Polymarket, Kalshi and sports betting apps can be traced back to the inner workings of the slot machine.

AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.

A commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida was booed, with graduating humanities students yelling out, "AI SUCKS!"

Scientists analyzed over 900 marriages within the ’Ndrangheta, one of the most infamous mafia syndicates, to understand how “matrimonial ties relate to power and cohesion within the organization.”

The University promised “to pursue all rights and claims for necessary relief” if a small Michigan community won’t pump water into a data center.

This week, we discuss storage, RSS, and a big reporting project.

Messages could include "medical circumstances, accessibility accommodations, disputes, sexual assault allegations," and more.

A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.

404 Media has obtained a copy of ‘Haotian AI’, a popular piece of realtime deepfake software marketed to scammers. It can turn a fraudster's face into anyone else's on WhatsApp, Zoom, and Teams.

“We really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into,” said one researcher involved in the first-of-its-kind study that dosed fish with psilocybin, the component in magic mushrooms.

A Flock sales pitch; a retracted paper on ChatGPT; and Chinese interference in RightsCon.

It was already a sordid tale of online drama, blurry photographs, and erratic TikToks. Then his mom started posting.

Following the latest iOS update which requires UK mobile Apple device users to verify their ages, Pornhub’s parent company Aylo is lifting its ban—but only for people using iPads and iPhones.

The Internet Archive, Wikimedia, academics, and hobby archivists are having trouble finding hard drives or are having to pay extremely high prices for them.

“What educators, parents and policy officials really needed was high quality data and evidence to help guide them. What they have had to deal with instead is some substandard research.”

A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the National Science Foundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science research—to put “AI literacy” in schools.

Presenters say that Weber State University’s legal team adopted a narrow construction of a state law designed to withhold funding from public institutions suspected of practicing DEI.

Scientists analyzed thousands of self-reported dreams and discovered that our sleeping visions are influenced by personality traits and external events, such as the pandemic.