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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?

Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?

Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer

Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer

"This is a fight I likely won't win. We have said goodbye before. But remember, family is forever."

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Text • Scharon Harding

Memory supplies are “only getting tighter,” Micron CEO says

Memory supplies are “only getting tighter,” Micron CEO says

Prices for memory sold for 2027 "are much higher than 2026 prices."

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras

Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras

Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

AI finally beat the best Stratego player in history—and did it on a budget

AI finally beat the best Stratego player in history—and did it on a budget

Adding in a second neural network that guesses the identity of hidden pieces was key.

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Text • Eric Berger

As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry

As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry

The Canada Rocket Company gets serious about medium-lift launch.

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Text • Kyle Orland

PS5 emulation is suddenly making big strides on PC

PS5 emulation is suddenly making big strides on PC

Games like Astro Bot and Demon’s Souls are running ably without a console.

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Text • Stephen Clark

NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift

NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift

"We did some really, really cool stuff. I'm absolutely gutted we weren't able to get further."

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Text • Elizabeth Rayne

Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life

Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life

Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.

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Text • Beth Mole

Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths

Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths

State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.

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Text • Cyrus Farivar

Immigration advocate sues border agents for demanding his cell phone

Immigration advocate sues border agents for demanding his cell phone

Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

Scientists built implants that talk to each other through body tissue

Scientists built implants that talk to each other through body tissue

It's possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails

Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails

A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet

Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet

So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Reddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven’t used it in 6 months

Reddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven’t used it in 6 months

Reddit says it's fighting "automated abuse."

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Text • Beth Mole

RFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.

RFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.

AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.

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Text • Scharon Harding

What the Disney protests over Kimmel taught us about streaming mergers

What the Disney protests over Kimmel taught us about streaming mergers

Boycotting Disney is hard.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves

Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves

Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack

Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack

OpenAI makes others suffer "the harms of its unsafe decision-making," nonprofit says.

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Text • Eric Berger

So what's happening with Russia's new, long-delayed crewed spacecraft?

So what's happening with Russia's new, long-delayed crewed spacecraft?

Russia says it has a "promising, reusable manned transport spacecraft."

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google is paying 100 websites for contributions to AI Overviews, but the amounts are tiny

Google is paying 100 websites for contributions to AI Overviews, but the amounts are tiny

Many sites see just one-tenth of one percent of their advertising revenue from AI payments.

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Text • John Timmer

Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins

Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins

Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.

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Text • Kyle Orland

The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

New exploit works on all but the most recently updated consoles.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Discord gives advertisers more tools to target its users

Discord gives advertisers more tools to target its users

Discord is "opening the platform to advertisers, regardless of their budget."

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles

What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles

Wing patterns, flight dynamics create "motion dazzle" effect, make it harder to gauge speed, direction.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

BMW opens US order books for the new gas and electric 3 Series

BMW opens US order books for the new gas and electric 3 Series

The 2027 BMW 330 starts at $49,900, the i3 50 xDrive at $61,500.

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Text • George Hammond, Financial Times

OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns

OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns

OpenAI is seeking another $30 billion privately as its IPO plans slip.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates

Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates

The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.

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Text • Beth Mole

Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial

Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial

Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.

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Text • Cyrus Farivar

What Iceberg?: Bay Area artists target OpenAI with Titanic-themed protest art

What Iceberg?: Bay Area artists target OpenAI with Titanic-themed protest art

New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.