Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-04-21 21:57 (#753T9) The proposed Pentagon drone investment rivals Ukraine's entire military budget.
Mozilla: Anthropic's Mythos found 271 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-21 21:40 (#753TA) CTO says new AI model is "every bit as capable" as world's best security researchers.
Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are "nonbinding" by Jon Brodkin on 2026-04-21 21:28 (#753TB) FCC tells Supreme Court its fines are nonbinding unless a jury upholds penalty.
Silo S3 teaser hints at the wasteland's origins by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-04-21 20:53 (#753TC) "Before we can know how it will all end, we need to understand how it all began."
Framework's CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a "MacBook Pro for Linux users" by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-04-21 20:22 (#753TD) "We actually have slightly more Linux users than Windows users."
Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot "not responsible." by Ashley Belanger on 2026-04-21 20:01 (#753Q0) Can ChatGPT be blamed for a mass shooting? Florida is investigating.
Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-21 19:30 (#753Q1) Move highlights the difficulty of finding high-quality interactive training data.
Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-21 18:18 (#753M4) New Xbox CEO says subscription "has become too expensive for too many players."
Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-04-21 18:15 (#753M5) Laptop includes Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, a bigger battery, and a touchscreen.
Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-04-21 18:15 (#753M6) A lower-end Ryzen AI 340 CPU option will also bring the price down, for now.
Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says by Ashley Belanger on 2026-04-21 18:06 (#753M7) It's working!: Amazon emails with vendors show pattern of disappearing deals.
Anthropic gets $5B investment from Amazon, will use it to buy Amazon chips by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-04-21 17:00 (#753M8) Anthropic secures 5 gigawatts of Amazon's custom silicon as Claude demand soars.
CATL's new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-21 15:01 (#753E4) The self-heating Shenxing battery still performs even in Arctic temperatures.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review: Tons of cache for tons of dollars by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-04-21 14:45 (#753E5) There are some practical benefits to this $899 chip, but not many.
What's the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time? by Eric Berger on 2026-04-21 14:24 (#753E6) NASA is down to a single provider for a critical link in its lunar architecture.
Loneliness in older adults can often lead to memory impairment by Jorge Garay, wired.com on 2026-04-21 14:23 (#753E7) A longitudinal study finds links to lapses in immediate and delayed recall.
Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world by Dan Goodin on 2026-04-21 12:35 (#753E8) A stubborn misconception is hampering the already hard work of quantum readiness.
Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source" by John Timmer on 2026-04-21 11:00 (#753BD) The International Energy Agency says we've entered the Age of Electricity.
Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-21 02:27 (#7531K) Problems with the ground system would have "put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk."
John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO by Samuel Axon on 2026-04-20 21:05 (#752WX) Cook will be executive chairman but will no longer run the company day to day.
Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer by Beth Mole on 2026-04-20 20:53 (#752WY) Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.
US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs by Jon Brodkin on 2026-04-20 18:53 (#752SW) Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss.
Here's how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-20 18:15 (#752QC) Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day.
Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-04-20 17:56 (#752QD) A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics.
Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-04-20 17:15 (#752QE) AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.
Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-20 16:58 (#752QF) The future war film, from the director of Moon, is adapted from 2000 AD's comic series.
Meet Bruce, the "beak-jousting" parrot by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-04-20 15:00 (#752MD) Kea parrot missing his upper beak "has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species."
Anthropic's Mythos AI model sparks fears of turbocharged hacking by Cristina Criddle, Financial Times on 2026-04-20 14:21 (#752HM) Cyberdefenses could be exposed faster than fixes could be deployed.
Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support by Scharon Harding on 2026-04-20 11:00 (#752D5) How does HEVC implementation really work these days?
Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-19 18:19 (#7522F) Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not.
I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day lookslike by Ahmed Helal, The Conversation on 2026-04-19 11:17 (#751WD) The laser was used to study the physics of stellar interiors and fusion energy, among other things.
Great white sharks are overheating by Johnny Sturgeon, Inside Climate News on 2026-04-18 11:07 (#751D2) The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters.
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states" by Dan Goodin on 2026-04-17 21:28 (#7515R) Grinex says needed hacking resources "available exclusively to... unfriendly states."
Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake" by Jon Brodkin on 2026-04-17 19:31 (#75141) Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.
Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious by Beth Mole on 2026-04-17 19:19 (#7512A) She's well qualified but will need to navigate RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda.
$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-17 18:31 (#7512B) Is $20,000-$25,000 a sweet spot for secondhand electric cars? We think so.
Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-04-17 18:08 (#7512C) Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows.
Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore by Scharon Harding on 2026-04-17 17:42 (#750ZQ) The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon's store.
Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-04-17 17:32 (#750ZR) "The world that was, doesn't exist. It's just us, trying to hold onto what was."
Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion by Eric Berger on 2026-04-17 16:59 (#750ZS) "I've been thinking about reentry for three straight years."
Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-17 16:23 (#750ZT) Prices for "critical components" are surging because of massive data center investments.
Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA's tentative step toward crew launch by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-17 13:06 (#750TE) Blue Origin will soon launch the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, this time with a reused booster.
Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone by Dan Goodin on 2026-04-17 11:00 (#750QW) Here's which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.
After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-17 03:15 (#750H6) Europe's first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy
Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-04-16 23:20 (#750F0) "The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old."
Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-04-16 21:33 (#750DT) For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down.
OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM by John Timmer on 2026-04-16 21:17 (#750BQ) GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access.
As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land by Eric Berger on 2026-04-16 21:00 (#750BR) "If you had given us the keys to the lander, we would have taken it down."
Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-16 20:43 (#750BS) New tool builds on deepset's Haystack toward a decentralized open source AI ecosystem."
Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media by Jon Brodkin on 2026-04-16 19:08 (#75096) FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk's X.