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University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066

There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors.

Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.

Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.

As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.

Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.

Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.

It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.

A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.

Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.

Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."

Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.

The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.

NYT reported Kennedy is disengaged. Kennedy's response seems to show NYT is right.

More than 350,000 spectators will watch 62 cars compete, day and night.

Did chatbot abandon mental health guardrails when a vulnerable user pushed back?

This World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.

Outbreak responses are still playing catch-up as US works to isolate itself.

The repurposing of Pokemon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.

Failure raises questions about how Verizon prepares refurbished phones for new users.

"If I needed to fly on another vehicle, what would that look like?"

Cruz/Wyden bill would help Americans sue federal officials over censorship.

The old app "still needs to be retired," AcuRite tells us.

"Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say."

Latency, bandwidth, and fidelity all matter when you're chasing milliseconds.

Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.

Brutal self-assessment paints a picture of a Microsoft gaming division in crisis.

Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.

Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.

AI aside, Golden Gate includes a bunch of subtle-but-helpful improvements.

For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.

Lawsuit: "Police let an error-prone AI system stand in for an investigation."

The Mobi Fold is an $80 Bluetooth mouse with a silicone-wrapped hinge.

Diffusion AI is most common in image generation, but it can make text outputs much faster.

"I was on the phone with Blue Origin leadership that night, all the next day, all through the weekend."

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone's lucky midair strike.

Thirteen other medical groups have already endorsed the independent schedule.

Move also cuts off a massive market of legit users who buy cards with physical cash.

Honda's $42,000 hybrid coupe looks great, handles well, and gets 44 mpg.

Violent threats against lawmakers have also surged on Facebook.

There are more than a quarter of a million V2G-capable GM EVs on the roads already.

Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.

A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well.

Cities are dynamic, not static grids, and urbanization is a "spiky," cyclical, and asynchronous process.

Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.

Netflix's response: "Absurd."

New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.

Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch-with SynthID watermarks for security.

"Artemis III will be an extraordinary demonstration of what is possible."