DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email was hacked by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-27 16:24 (#74HVB) Hackers claimed the attack was retaliation after Patel vowed to "hunt" them.
Sony is raising PlayStation 5 prices again, this time by between $100 and $150 by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-27 15:57 (#74HVC) Memory, storage shortages have made all kinds of consumer tech more expensive.
No one is happy with NASA's new idea for private space stations by Eric Berger on 2026-03-27 15:42 (#74HVD) "It reminds me of sort of Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football."
Apple pulls the plug on its high-priced, oft-neglected Mac Pro desktop by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-27 14:47 (#74HRR) M2 Ultra Mac Pro is no longer for sale, and Apple says no replacement is planned.
Rivian and VW Group complete winter testing of new zonal architecture by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-27 13:53 (#74HNR) The RV Tech joint venture passed a key milestone, opens up $1 billion for Rivian.
Senators want US energy information agency to monitor data center electricity usage by Molly Taft, wired.com on 2026-03-27 13:16 (#74HNS) In a letter, senators press for mandated annual electricity disclosure for data centers.
AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-27 12:44 (#74HNT) Both of the chip's CPU dies will include 64MB of extra cache stacked beneath.
Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test by Stephen Clark on 2026-03-27 12:35 (#74HNV) The US Space Force might move additional payloads off of ULA's grounded Vulcan rocket.
Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-26 21:50 (#74H7K) X admonished for "fishing expedition" as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit.
Spotify seeks $300M from Anna's Archive, which ignores all court proceedings by Jon Brodkin on 2026-03-26 21:27 (#74H7M) Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library.
Internet Yiff Machine: We hacked 93GB of "anonymous" crime tips by Nate Anderson on 2026-03-26 21:04 (#74H7N) Ultra-sensitive data may have been hacked.
As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find by Beth Mole on 2026-03-26 20:46 (#74H7P) Wednesday was the deadline to nominate a new director.
Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent by Scharon Harding on 2026-03-26 20:30 (#74H7Q) Netflix last raised prices in January 2025.
You've got $20,000 to spend on an EV: Here are some options by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-26 19:06 (#74H23) From Audis to Teslas, there's a lot available in this price range.
Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-03-26 18:14 (#74H24) Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to resolve conflicts.
The debut of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live could make it harder to know if you're talking to a robot by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-03-26 17:44 (#74H25) Google's new conversational audio AI is rolling out in search, Gemini, and developer tools today.
Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-26 16:46 (#74GZF) Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs.
OpenAI “indefinitely” shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-26 16:21 (#74GZG) Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity.
Damaged church floor may have revealed the grave of the fourth musketeer by Kiona N. Smith on 2026-03-26 15:17 (#74GWR) This will not be turning up in the church rummage sale.
The Corvette E-Ray is dead, long live the Grand Sport X by Tim Stevens on 2026-03-26 14:56 (#74GWS) The mid-engined Corvette gets a new variant.
2026's historic snow drought is bad news for the West by Alejandro N. Flores, The Conversation on 2026-03-26 13:52 (#74GWT) For much of the Western US, winter 2026 was the year snow never came.
BRINC's new police drone uses Starlink, carries Narcan, chases vehicles at 60mph by Cyrus Farivar on 2026-03-25 21:12 (#74GCH) Company calls Guardian the "most capable 911 response drone ever."
Here is NASA's plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars by Stephen Clark on 2026-03-25 20:21 (#74G9J) Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago.
Reddit will require "fishy" accounts to verify they are run by a human by Scharon Harding on 2026-03-25 20:04 (#74G9K) AI-generated content is still acceptable for now.
We got an audience with the "Lunar Viceroy" to talk how NASA will build a Moon base by Eric Berger on 2026-03-25 19:21 (#74G9M) "It has been clear that we all need to be focused on one thing, not 10 things."
Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-25 19:03 (#74G70) Meta emerges as the biggest loser as second child safety trial verdict hits.
Nintendo is raising prices of Switch 2 game cartridges starting in May by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-25 18:57 (#74G71) The first physical game affected will cost $10 more than a digital copy.
Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet by Jon Brodkin on 2026-03-25 18:25 (#74G72) Sony's 1984 Betamax win helps Cox beat Sony in important online piracy case.
Google's TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-03-25 17:59 (#74G73) TurboQuant makes AI models more efficient but doesn't reduce output quality like other methods.
Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests by Beth Mole on 2026-03-25 17:49 (#74G74) Study links two crises: Climate change and antibiotic-resistant infections.
Trump staffs science and technology panel with non-scientists by John Timmer on 2026-03-25 16:49 (#74G44) Appointee list is in keeping with the administration's hostility toward science.
Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought by Dan Goodin on 2026-03-25 15:49 (#74G45) Company warns entire industry to move off RSA and EC more quickly.
Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-25 14:46 (#74G0X) Meta plans to appeal as it faces down two other child safety trials.
Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update by Financial Times on 2026-03-25 14:08 (#74G0Y) Move follows government pressure on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online.
Disney cancels $1 billion OpenAI partnership amid Sora shutdown plans by Kyle Orland on 2026-03-25 13:56 (#74G0Z) Press reports suggest Disney was blindsided and that no money changed hands.
Honda cancels the two electric vehicles it was developing with Sony by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-25 13:12 (#74FXZ) Sony Honda Mobility says the Afeela 1 and Afeela 2 are no more.
So long, farewell: Saying goodbye to Audi's best car, the 2026 RS6 Avant by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-25 10:00 (#74FVH) With production now finished, we take one last ride in our favorite station wagon.
How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-03-25 09:00 (#74FST) Hydrothermal carbonization can directly convert sloppy stillage into hard or activated carbon.
"The last straw"—RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally angrily quits CDC panel after spat by Beth Mole on 2026-03-25 03:43 (#74FNH) Robert Malone quit a vaccine panel, blaming an HHS spokesperson for "trashing" him.
Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk by John Timmer on 2026-03-24 22:43 (#74FJ9) Too much hardware was allowed to disconnect right at the edge of normal conditions.
Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features by Scharon Harding on 2026-03-24 22:26 (#74FFY) Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction."
Mozilla dev's "Stack Overflow for agents" targets a key weakness in coding AI by Samuel Axon on 2026-03-24 21:37 (#74FFZ) There are major problems to be solved before it can be adopted, though.
OpenAI announces plans to shut down its Sora video generator by Kyle Orland on 2026-03-24 21:19 (#74FG0) Move comes amid a reported plan to refocus on business and productivity use cases.
Electronic Frontier Foundation to swap leaders as AI, ICE fights escalate by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-24 21:00 (#74FG1) Public interest in government tech abuses is peaking. EFF's new leader plans to build on that.
FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models by Jon Brodkin on 2026-03-24 19:16 (#74FG2) Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban.
Apple releases iOS, iPadOS, macOS 26.4 with a long list of medium-size tweaks by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-24 19:06 (#74FG3) The 26.4 updates are more significant than the last few updates have been.
NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base by Eric Berger on 2026-03-24 19:01 (#74FAT) "Everyone wants to be on the surface."
Google's new version of Android Automotive will move beyond infotainment by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-03-24 18:27 (#74FAV) Google wants Android in cars to break out of the infotainment box.
Apple confirms that its Maps app will begin showing ads to users "this summer" by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-03-24 18:04 (#74FAW) Apple Maps ads will look and work a bit like current App Store ads do.
All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-24 17:17 (#74F7Z) Musk's X posts bragging about DOGE may trigger reversals of its biggest wins.