Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-10-06 21:31 (#78WEB) Two cargo ships have sunk, one ship was afire, and sailors are dead or missing.
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU by Samuel Axon on 2026-10-06 20:50 (#78WEC) Like other solutions, it is not especially reliable, and it's easy to circumvent.
HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service” by Scharon Harding on 2026-10-06 20:32 (#78WED) A combined service could lead to higher prices.
It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane by Eric Berger on 2026-10-06 19:55 (#78WEE) To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.
Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services by Dan Goodin on 2026-10-06 19:21 (#78WEF) Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs.
Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth by Jon Brodkin on 2026-10-06 17:33 (#78W9K) Paramount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop $111B merger fails.
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Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input by Scharon Harding on 2026-10-06 17:03 (#78W9N) Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.
Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-10-06 16:53 (#78W9P) Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
Googlebook "Better Together" phone features don't work with Samsung at launch by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-10-06 16:15 (#78W9Q) Googlebooks require Android 17, but Samsung's Android 17 phones won't work yet.
Why is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants? by Eric Berger on 2026-10-06 16:00 (#78W9R) "The administrator's directive is a coherent and necessary vision for the future."
All-electric camping gets a solar upgrade: The 2027 Pebble Flow by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-10-06 15:23 (#78W9S) The Pebble Flow has a 45 kWh LFP battery and can even charge an EV.
Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial by Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News on 2026-10-06 13:29 (#78W3Y) Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims.
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic by Dan Goodin on 2026-10-06 12:21 (#78VYT) The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey by Scharon Harding on 2026-10-06 12:00 (#78VYV) Users want to "reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption" while making changes.
MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of by Dan Goodin on 2026-10-05 22:26 (#78VKK) Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another.
Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap by Jon Brodkin on 2026-10-05 20:47 (#78VKM) Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage by Ashley Belanger on 2026-10-05 20:31 (#78VKN) Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27 by Scharon Harding on 2026-10-05 19:14 (#78VH6) The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel by John Timmer on 2026-10-05 17:59 (#78VH7) The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-10-05 17:21 (#78VH8) Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine's wartime economy.
F1 in Bahrain... in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to start by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-10-05 16:09 (#78VD1) A software bug waylaid half the field and required a race reboot.
Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher by Beth Mole on 2026-10-05 15:12 (#78VAA) Unconfirmed reports have suggested there was a laboratory accident.
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown by Richard Milne, Financial Times on 2026-10-05 13:39 (#78VAB) Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches by Scharon Harding on 2026-10-05 11:00 (#78V4W) Ars Technica's guide to new keyboard sensing technologies.
New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice" by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-10-05 04:00 (#78TYZ) Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls.
Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: A spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-10-04 15:34 (#78TPV) Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo's new documentary Africa: Earth's Wild Home.
All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part. by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News on 2026-10-04 11:05 (#78THE) The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.
Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 by Robert Pearlman on 2026-10-03 19:45 (#78TA6) "...we were making history."
The dawn of the age of theexoskeleton by Ildar Farkhatdinov, The Conversation on 2026-10-03 11:15 (#78T4W) The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents by Dan Goodin on 2026-10-02 23:03 (#78SYN) Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
Someone got Doom in an SQL database by Kyle Orland on 2026-10-02 21:19 (#78STZ) 1,300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps.
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash by Ashley Belanger on 2026-10-02 20:30 (#78SRE) Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed by Beth Mole on 2026-10-02 20:07 (#78SRF) Actors with makeup and fake symptoms staggered into 73 healthcare facilities.
Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M by Cyrus Farivar on 2026-10-02 19:09 (#78SRG) Critics say workers are still owed far more.
The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy by John Timmer on 2026-10-02 18:56 (#78SRH) It wasn't obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China by Ashley Belanger on 2026-10-02 18:39 (#78SRJ) Nvidia's chip-smuggling problem won't go away as arrests continue.
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-10-02 18:17 (#78SPH) Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more.
US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches by Eric Berger on 2026-10-02 17:32 (#78SPJ) A newer program has been operational since 2011, and the next generation could launch within 12 months.
How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-10-02 17:20 (#78SPK) Bonus: Every Electric's batteries are beloved by household cats.
Cybertruck sales in free fall as Tesla reports mediocre sales for Q3 by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-10-02 16:05 (#78SPM) Tesla met analysts expectations as it sold fewer cars in Q3 2026 than Q3 2025.
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-10-02 14:52 (#78SJN) Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for $299.99.
Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract by Stephen Clark on 2026-10-02 13:54 (#78SJP) Blue Origin seeks FAA approval for up to 50 New Glenn launches and 50 booster landings per year.
TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED” by Scharon Harding on 2026-10-02 10:30 (#78SDN) Can it be Mini LED without a FALD backlight?
Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust by Elizabeth Rayne on 2026-10-01 22:27 (#78S5A) A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission by Stephen Clark on 2026-10-01 22:07 (#78S5B) With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data by Dan Goodin on 2026-10-01 20:28 (#78S3Y) It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-10-01 20:11 (#78S3Z) The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis? by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-10-01 19:19 (#78S40) Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public.
Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-10-01 18:04 (#78RZV) "This is a fight I likely won't win. We have said goodbye before. But remember, family is forever."