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Text • Dan Goodin

4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit

4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit

A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors.

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Text • Eric Berger

As Europe flounders in space, a rising French star may show the way

As Europe flounders in space, a rising French star may show the way

"We will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence."

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Apple's long-rumored foldable becomes reality with the $2,000 iPhone Duo

Apple's long-rumored foldable becomes reality with the $2,000 iPhone Duo

Apple's first foldable can be yours next month.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Scientists really love to reference The Beatles in their work

Scientists really love to reference The Beatles in their work

New study detects 3,200 references to Beatles song titles and lyrics in academic papers.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs

Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs

Four women sue Amazon, say company denied basic accommodations and fired them.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Apple debuts $129 AirPods 5 with better noise cancellation and transparency mode

Apple debuts $129 AirPods 5 with better noise cancellation and transparency mode

AirPods 5 with noise cancellation is cheaper than its predecessor.

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Text • Scharon Harding

Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 have wearables' “most accurate heart rate sensing"

Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 have wearables' “most accurate heart rate sensing"

New Apple Intelligence features, too.

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Text • Beth Mole

What to know about COVID and flu shots as RFK Jr.'s chaos drags on

What to know about COVID and flu shots as RFK Jr.'s chaos drags on

Here are the evidence-based recommendations and this year's vaccine rollout.

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Text • Samuel Axon

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip

There's also a new thermal management system, reducing overheating.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution

Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution

UN-backed Equal Earth map has educational value but won’t alter navigation apps.

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Text • Kyle Orland

Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"

Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"

"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!"

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Prime Video releases full trailer for Mike Flanagan's Carrie

Prime Video releases full trailer for Mike Flanagan's Carrie

"All I ever wanted was to go to school."

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Text • John Timmer

Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change

Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change

Most one-base changes to the human genome do nothing, but a few are significant.

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Text • Johnny Sturgeon, Inside Climate News

NOAA is putting commercial fishing ahead of conservation

NOAA is putting commercial fishing ahead of conservation

Critics say the new agenda could weaken science-based rules and marine protections.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.

Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.

Man with bipolar disorder sued OpenAI after surviving ChatGPT-linked suicide attempt.

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Text • Scharon Harding

LG TV shown capable of tracking user activity, even when offline

LG TV shown capable of tracking user activity, even when offline

“It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”

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Text • Kyle Orland

GOG brings back "big box" PC games, one printable template at a time

GOG brings back "big box" PC games, one printable template at a time

Preservation "goodies" also includes downloadable 3D models for desktop perusal.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Microsoft patches a record 972 vulnerabilities, 112 of them critical

Microsoft patches a record 972 vulnerabilities, 112 of them critical

Security gnomes are pumping out patches ahead of an expected onslaught of AI-assisted attacks.

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Text • Robert Pearlman

Astronaut on ISS celebrates 60 years of Star Trek with prop badge

Astronaut on ISS celebrates 60 years of Star Trek with prop badge

"Science fiction imagines the future. We build it."

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Text • John Timmer

NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research

NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research

Money would ostensibly fund research the NIH leadership said it no longer wanted.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts

Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts

Republican victory means stations must offer lowest ad prices to political parties.

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Text • Jeremy Hsu

Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change

Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change

Chipmaking changes could boost productivity of new ASML machines by 40 percent.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah

Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah

Director Takashi Yamazaki's hotly anticipated sequel takes place two years after 2023 film's events.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens

“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens

Meta dragged its feet removing ads that nudify young girls' Instagram pics.

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Text • Scott K. Johnson

Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy

Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy

Like traditional weather models, it benefits from an expanded set of inputs.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google says Europe is making it roll out degraded travel search results

Google says Europe is making it roll out degraded travel search results

The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive.

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Text • Kyle Orland

The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.

The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.

Trump admin's propaganda "arcade" hits some apparent legal limits.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

How eggshells can protect spacecraft from space debris

How eggshells can protect spacecraft from space debris

3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance.

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Text • Lee Hutchinson

The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it's free

The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it's free

Blast your opponents in 1v1 arcade space battles like it's 1992 all over again.