Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler by Benj Edwards on 2026-02-06 23:40 (#73D2A) The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.
Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge by Beth Mole on 2026-02-06 23:08 (#73D2B) Claims of penis injections in ski jumpers has fillers spewing into the news.
Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case by Ashley Belanger on 2026-02-06 22:43 (#73D07) Behold the most overwrought AI legal filings you will ever gaze upon.
Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets by Dan Goodin on 2026-02-06 22:16 (#73D08) Incident is at least the third time the exchange has been targeted by thieves.
Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine by Kyle Orland on 2026-02-06 21:53 (#73D09) Analysts expect Valve might be hit particularly hard by soaring RAM, storage prices.
COVID-19 cleared the skies but also supercharged methane emissions by Jacek Krywko on 2026-02-06 21:05 (#73D0A) Less pollution meant lower amounts of a methane-destroying chemical.
Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-02-06 20:44 (#73D0B) With Genie 3, Waymo wants to explore rare and even impossible driving conditions.
To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites by Eric Berger on 2026-02-06 19:31 (#73CYC) A new job posting suggests the debate may be swinging back toward reusing GS2.
Driven: The 2026 Lamborghini Temerario raises the bar for supercars by Bradley Iger on 2026-02-06 17:37 (#73CW1) This V8 hybrid with more than 900 hp replaces the V10 Huracan.
New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-02-06 16:17 (#73CS3) Controversial 2025 study "represents the encroachment of pseudoscience into the heart of biological research."
Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-02-06 15:59 (#73CS4) The automaker follows Ford and GM in writing down huge sums after betting wrong.
Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station by Stephen Clark on 2026-02-06 15:36 (#73CS5) NASA shall evaluate the "viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor" after retirement.
NASA stage show explores "outer" outer space with Henson's Fraggles by Robert Pearlman on 2026-02-06 14:55 (#73CS6) "Our two worlds that on paper wouldn't seem connected, made a lot of sense to connect."
EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design" by Barbara Moens, Financial Times on 2026-02-06 14:31 (#73CNR) Regulators say design choices that hook users could breach EU's digital rules.
Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes by Stephen Clark on 2026-02-06 12:00 (#73CK4) Amazon has booked 10 more launches with SpaceX, citing a "near-term shortage in launch capacity."
Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea by Kyle Orland on 2026-02-06 11:30 (#73CH8) Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video.
AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them by Benj Edwards on 2026-02-05 22:47 (#73C6J) Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.
The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of) by Kyle Orland on 2026-02-05 22:14 (#73C6K) Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't.
With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code by Samuel Axon on 2026-02-05 21:47 (#73C6M) The emphasis is on "mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates."
"ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition by Jon Brodkin on 2026-02-05 20:54 (#73C4K) Senator: ICE and CBP "have built an arsenal of surveillance technologies."
Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites by Ashley Belanger on 2026-02-05 19:32 (#73C1N) Microsoft won't explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites.
Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-02-05 19:07 (#73C1P) Kanzi is able to generate an idea of this pretend object and at the same time know it's not real."
Bad sleep made woman's eyelids so floppy they flipped inside out, got stuck by Beth Mole on 2026-02-05 18:55 (#73C1Q) Never underestimate the value of a good night's sleep.
Google hints at big AirDrop expansion for Android "very soon" by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-02-05 18:06 (#73BYW) AirDrop came to the Pixel 10 last year, and more Android phones will join the party in 2026.
OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads by Benj Edwards on 2026-02-05 17:46 (#73BYX) Sam Altman calls AI competitor "dishonest" and "authoritarian" in lengthy post on X.
This black hole "burps" with Death Star energy by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-02-05 16:02 (#73BVH) Dubbed "Jetty McJetface," the tidal disruption event's energy keeps getting brighter and should peak in 2027.
NASA changes its mind, will allow Artemis astronauts to take iPhones to the Moon by Eric Berger on 2026-02-05 15:46 (#73BVJ) "We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments."
Tesla slipped behind VW in European EV sales last year by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-02-05 15:16 (#73BVK) Electric vehicle sales increased by 29% in 2025, even as overall sales grew 2.2%.
Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-02-05 14:22 (#73BRJ) Valve says it still hopes to ship both devices "in the first half of the year."
Increase of AI bots on the Internet sparks arms race by Will Knight, Wired on 2026-02-05 14:21 (#73BRK) Publishers are rolling out more aggressive defenses.
Museums incorporate "scent of the afterlife" into Egyptian exhibits by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-02-05 05:01 (#73BFG) Smell added an emotional and sensory depth that text labels alone could never provide."
Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce. by Dan Goodin on 2026-02-04 23:08 (#73BC1) The window to patch vulnerabilities is shrinking rapidly.
FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone by Jon Brodkin on 2026-02-04 22:41 (#73BC2) Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.
Should AI chatbots have ads? Anthropic says no. by Benj Edwards on 2026-02-04 21:15 (#73B7P) ChatGPT competitor comes out swinging with Super Bowl ad mocking AI product pitches.
US House takes first step toward creating "commercial" deep space program by Eric Berger on 2026-02-04 21:01 (#73B7Q) "We will continue to rely on the ingenuity of the private sector."
Judge gives Musk bad news, says Trump hasn't intervened to block SEC lawsuit by Ashley Belanger on 2026-02-04 20:23 (#73B7R) Musk is stuck fighting SEC suit seeking $150M in disgorgements from his Twitter takeover.
Trump admin is "destroying medical research," Senate report finds by Beth Mole on 2026-02-04 20:02 (#73B4Q) In a Senate hearing Tuesday, NIH director dismissed concern about research chaos.
"Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters by Jon Brodkin on 2026-02-04 18:32 (#73B4R) Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.
User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app by Scharon Harding on 2026-02-04 17:55 (#73B4S) Despite the about-face, some customers think "the damage is done."
Russian spy satellites have intercepted EU communications satellites by Sam Jones, Peggy Hollinger, and Ian Bott, Financia on 2026-02-04 15:02 (#73AVZ) Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow.
NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket by Eric Berger on 2026-02-04 14:41 (#73AW0) "You know, you're right, the flight rate-three years is a long time."
So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it by Lee Hutchinson on 2026-02-04 12:00 (#73ASW) Some semi-unhinged musings on where LLMs fit into my life-and how I'll keep using them.
Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive by Scharon Harding on 2026-02-03 23:41 (#73AFQ) Eighty percent of HBO Max subscribers subscribe to Netflix, Sarandos tells Senate.
Godlike Titan threatens humanity in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 trailer by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-02-03 22:55 (#73ADM) "This Titan is like a god, and the sea creatures worship it."
Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished by Benj Edwards on 2026-02-03 22:44 (#73ADN) Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize.
Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy by Beth Mole on 2026-02-03 21:15 (#73ADP) Raw milk is promoted by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Kennedy.
X office raided in France's Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning by Jon Brodkin on 2026-02-03 20:13 (#73ABD) Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors.
Nintendo Switch is the second-bestselling game console ever, behind only the PS2 by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-02-03 18:56 (#73A8V) Switch 2 has already beaten the Wii U and is on its way to overtaking GameCube.
Google court filings suggest ChromeOS has an expiration date by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-02-03 18:25 (#73A8W) ChromeOS may be canned once the current support guarantee has run its course.
Xcode 26.3 adds support for Claude, Codex, and other agentic tools via MCP by Samuel Axon on 2026-02-03 18:01 (#73A8X) With Model Context Protocol (MCP), this works with more than Codex/Claude, too.