Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says by Ashley Belanger on 2026-04-02 20:54 (#74PCY) Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue.
SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude by Jon Brodkin on 2026-04-02 20:32 (#74P95) Amazon denies violation, says SpaceX caused conflict by lowering Starlink satellites.
Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-04-02 19:58 (#74P96) Google Vids brings together Google's most capable AI creation tools.
Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones by Jacek Krywko on 2026-04-02 19:48 (#74P97) A receptor that's used to find prey is also activated by progesterone.
New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian by John Timmer on 2026-04-02 18:00 (#74P98) Collection of fossils includes Ediacaran, Cambrian species, suggesting a transition.
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs by Dan Goodin on 2026-04-02 17:00 (#74P99) Both GDDRHammer and GeForge hammer GPU memory in ways that compromise the CPU.
Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity by John Timmer on 2026-04-02 17:00 (#74P9A) And solar power accounted for about three quarters of the renewables.
Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-04-02 16:01 (#74P3T) Gemma 4 brings the first major update to Google's open models in a year.
This Ford is the quickest production car at the Nürburgring, ever by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-02 16:00 (#74P3V) Only three race cars have ever gone quicker around this famous track.
Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-02 15:40 (#74P3W) But the effort to stop the spread of leaked Claude Code client code is an uphill battle.
Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we've already been there? by Eric Berger on 2026-04-02 14:46 (#74P3X) NASA has struggled to deal with the widespread sentiment that NASA has been there, done that."
Tesla sales grew by 6% in Q1, but company has an overproduction problem by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-02 14:10 (#74NY1) Between January and March, Tesla built 50,000 more cars than it could sell.
Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink by Ivan Levingston, Kieran Smith, Fontanella-Khan, an on 2026-04-02 14:03 (#74NY2) Amazon wants in on the low-Earth orbit Internet action.
Artemis II, NASA's boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-02 00:04 (#74NJ1) Liftoff of Artemis II with four astronauts occurred at 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC) on Wednesday.
Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-01 20:46 (#74NDH) Microsoft, Intel are also working on their own solutions for the issue.
Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans by Kyle Orland on 2026-04-01 20:04 (#74NDJ) A persistent agent, stealth "Undercover" mode, and... a virtual assistant named Buddy?
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-04-01 19:53 (#74NDK) Sperm gets lost in space; raccoons solve puzzles; the physics of folding a crepe; and more.
Did Nazis escape on a UFO? Dev who asked the question just built the official White House app. by Cyrus Farivar on 2026-04-01 19:31 (#74NB7) Did you know that Ohio is a hotbed of UFO activity?
Musk loves Grok’s “roasts.” Swiss official sues in attempt to neuter them. by Ashley Belanger on 2026-04-01 18:43 (#74NB8) Swiss finance minister filed a criminal complaint over Grok's "defamation."
SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation by George Steer, George Hammond, and Stephen Morris, on 2026-04-01 18:35 (#74NB9) Confidential SEC submission sets up largest IPO in history.
Trump defunding of NPR and PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done by Jon Brodkin on 2026-04-01 18:02 (#74NBA) Judge invalidates Trump executive order, but Congress also cut off all funding.
A word from Editor Moonshark about Artemis II by Editor Moonshark on 2026-04-01 15:32 (#74N8T) Our resident Carcharodon lunaris weighs in about today's historic launch.
Kia shows off small cars in NY: The 2027 EV3 and 2027 Seltos Hybrid by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-04-01 15:20 (#74N8V) People want small, efficient cars, and it seems Kia is listening.
LIGO data hints at supernovae so powerful they leave nothing behind by John Timmer on 2026-04-01 15:00 (#74N5T) Pair instability supernovae create a "mass gap" in black holes.
Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom by Joshua Cohen, Undark Magazine on 2026-04-01 13:46 (#74N5V) Sweden is bringing back books amid declining test scores.
Launch day has arrived for NASA's Artemis II mission—here's what to expect by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-01 13:04 (#74N5W) "It'll go when the engines light at T-0."
NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won't be far behind by Stephen Clark on 2026-04-01 01:36 (#74MPV) "I just don't want to get caught flat-footed when we start to have to protect US interests out there."
Running local models on Macs gets faster with Ollama's MLX support by Samuel Axon on 2026-03-31 23:00 (#74MNA) Apple Silicon Macs get a performance boost thanks to better unified memory usage.
RFK Jr. wants Americans to use peptides that were banned over safety risks by Beth Mole on 2026-03-31 21:51 (#74MK4) The FDA is reportedly planning to allow production of 14 previously banned peptides.
Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly" by Jon Brodkin on 2026-03-31 21:28 (#74MK5) Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event."
He-Man gets an origin story in Masters of the Universe trailer by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-03-31 20:26 (#74MGH) "Skeletor took my family and he destroyed our world."
Sweaty, glassy-eyed Tiger Woods blames cell phone use for his car crash by Nate Anderson on 2026-03-31 20:00 (#74MGJ) Cops arrest Woods after incident.
It's a race against time to save Krypto in Supergirl trailer by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-03-31 19:50 (#74MGK) Have these villains not seen John Wick?
Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file by Samuel Axon on 2026-03-31 19:09 (#74MGM) 512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks.
Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption by Dan Goodin on 2026-03-31 18:25 (#74MDW) No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.
You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-03-31 17:55 (#74MDX) All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time.
OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says by Jon Brodkin on 2026-03-31 17:33 (#74MDY) OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty.
This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different by Eric Berger on 2026-03-31 17:09 (#74MDZ) The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-31 16:09 (#74MB7) Proposed class action accuses Costco of unjust enrichment.
What's the best cabin layout for aircraft evacuation? by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-03-31 15:00 (#74M7V) The key is to evenly distribute elderly passengers, who move more slowly, among the aircraft cabins.
After more than 53 years, humans may finally return to the Moon this week by Stephen Clark on 2026-03-31 14:25 (#74M7W) "Things are certainly starting to feel real here at the Cape."
No more Chinese Polestar 3s as production shifts entirely to the US by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-31 14:11 (#74M7X) Building the big electric SUV at two sites doesn't make sense anymore.
How did Anthropic measure AI's "theoretical capabilities" in the job market? by Kyle Orland on 2026-03-31 14:01 (#74M7Y) 2023 study made a lot of assumptions about future "anticipated LLM-powered software."
Iran's hackers are on the offensive against the US and Israel by Jacob Judah, Financial Times on 2026-03-31 13:37 (#74M5C) Tehran hopes to stoke fear and extract intel in a series of cyber attacks.
As electric truck demand craters, GM lays off workers and idles plant by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-31 12:28 (#74M5D) Factory Zero went idle on March 16, workers expected to return April 13.
Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago by Beth Mole on 2026-03-30 22:32 (#74KRR) The water utility highlighted unsubstantiated health concerns.
Judge halts Nexstar/Tegna merger after FCC let firms exceed TV ownership limit by Jon Brodkin on 2026-03-30 20:18 (#74KM1) "Defendants must immediately cease" actions to integrate and consolidate the firms.
Authors' lucky break in court may help class action over Meta torrenting by Ashley Belanger on 2026-03-30 19:04 (#74KHF) Judge gave authors an easier attack on Meta's torrenting. Meta hopes SCOTUS ruling will block it.
F1 in Japan: Oh no, what have they done to all the fast corners? by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-03-30 17:22 (#74KHG) F1 cars don't have enough energy in a lap to attack fast corners, and that's bad.
After 16 years and $8 billion, the military's new GPS software still doesn't work by Stephen Clark on 2026-03-30 17:11 (#74KHH) "It's a very stressing program. We are still considering how to ensure we move forward."