Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500 by Beth Mole on 2026-08-07 21:09 (#77HMD) Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.
Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-07 19:49 (#77HME) New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow by Dhananjay Khadilkar on 2026-08-07 19:00 (#77HMF) Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics by Samuel Axon on 2026-08-07 18:00 (#77HJG) 19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.
DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-07 17:51 (#77HJH) DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.
OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive” by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-07 17:36 (#77HJJ) Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
How snails engineer their slime by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-08-07 17:25 (#77HJK) Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical properties of different kinds of mucus.
Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-07 17:13 (#77HJM) There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were?
Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism by Beth Mole on 2026-08-07 14:41 (#77HC0) Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.
AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed? by Cyrus Farivar on 2026-08-07 13:49 (#77HC1) Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.
ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic by Zijing Wu, Financial Times on 2026-08-07 13:29 (#77HC2) TikTok owner training a model with 10 trillion parameters.
The world's biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun's surface by Jacek Krywko on 2026-08-07 13:20 (#77HC3) We expected them to be there, but they had previously been too small to see.
Trump is losing his war on wind power by John Timmer on 2026-08-07 12:58 (#77HC4) A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment by Alan Bradley on 2026-08-07 11:00 (#77H98) "Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man's organs faces shutdown by Beth Mole on 2026-08-06 22:20 (#77H10) The organization, Network for Hope, "strongly disagrees" with Trump admin's decision.
Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-06 22:01 (#77GZF) Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.
X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-06 20:29 (#77GXC) Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.
Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-06 20:17 (#77GXD) Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."
Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude by Samuel Axon on 2026-08-06 20:03 (#77GXE) Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.
Large genome models used to design new viruses by John Timmer on 2026-08-06 19:04 (#77GXF) The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.
Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident by Eric Berger on 2026-08-06 18:20 (#77GXG) "The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."
Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-08-06 17:13 (#77GRJ) This may help fungi survive host scarcity and explains why infected hosts prefer the mosses as death sites.
Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-06 16:40 (#77GRK) Change will let "Trump-aligned billionaires" buy more stations, advocacy group says.
Moderna's mRNA flu shot earns FDA approval after rollercoaster review by Beth Mole on 2026-08-06 16:31 (#77GRM) Moderna's new flu vaccine, mFLUSIVA, is approved for all adults ages 50 and up.
Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren't coders by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-06 16:15 (#77GRN) Cloudflare built an AI agent workspace for its employees. Now it's open source.
Ford picks "Fathom" for its affordable truck name, starts at $28,350 by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-06 13:00 (#77GJA) Deliveries of the new electric pickup are slated for later next year.
AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-06 11:00 (#77GFW) Why humans need to moderate humans.
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers by Dan Goodin on 2026-08-05 22:35 (#77G69) Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.
Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing by Beth Mole on 2026-08-05 21:03 (#77G35) Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing.
Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-05 20:47 (#77G36) Anthropic and OpenAI models' unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.
Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-05 20:01 (#77G37) Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch by Nate Anderson on 2026-08-05 19:51 (#77G0Z) "Slop" isn't the only problem.
SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-05 19:38 (#77G10) SpaceX won't build large cell towers but plans small base stations across US.
This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay by Eric Berger on 2026-08-05 19:19 (#77G11) "The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed."
Google's AI shake-up: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-05 19:05 (#77G12) Google's AI brain drain continues.
Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-08-05 18:27 (#77G13) It's as much about grounded characters and well-timed emotional beats as CGI-filled action extravaganzas.
Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, sluggish CDC plans response team by Beth Mole on 2026-08-05 18:11 (#77G14) Reports of cases began in June, and the national tally is now nearing 23,000.
After jacking up prices, Disney+ and Netflix consider offering free alternatives by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-05 17:12 (#77FYK) Disney is interested in "price-sensitive" streaming customers.
EVgo starts building Tesla Superchargers under license by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-05 17:00 (#77FYM) The V4 Superchargers will show up in the Tesla nav app and have NACS and CCS1 plugs.
D-Wave shows off its new entry in quantum computing race by John Timmer on 2026-08-05 16:37 (#77FYN) Company noted for building quantum annealers now also making gate-based hardware.
Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4 by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-05 15:30 (#77FYP) Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks.
SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report by George Hammond, Financial Times on 2026-08-05 13:59 (#77FVM) Shares slide in pre-market trading even as group says its quarterly revenues nearly doubled.
Pushing the limits: Infinite Machine's Olto is barely a bicycle by John Timmer on 2026-08-05 11:00 (#77FPP) Scooter layout makes pedaling a bad experience. But it does have pedals.
Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets by Cyrus Farivar on 2026-08-04 21:52 (#77F9F) Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
Trump killed the Digital Equity Act but US was forced to bring part of it back by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-04 21:27 (#77F9G) $1.25 billion program restored, but judge ruled race provision unconstitutional.
Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-04 20:34 (#77F9H) Governor who touted Texas as AI epicenter" pauses data center grid connections.
China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer? by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-04 17:34 (#77F4R) Tesla's Shanghai factory is busier than ever but might be cut loose.
The Pixel 11's "glow" feature is actually called HiLight—here's what it does by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-04 16:11 (#77F4S) The camera flash will evolve into a multicolor LED that illuminates when your phone is face down.
Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-04 15:51 (#77F4T) Congress set ownership limit at 39%, but FCC claims authority to kill the rule.
Trump admin "aware" of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting by Beth Mole on 2026-08-04 15:06 (#77F4V) Federal officials will update the outbreak sometime "this week," a spokesperson said.