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Weird chemical used in plastics has erupted as latest fentanyl adulterant
It's unclear why the use of BTMPS has taken off-but scientists have some ideas.
Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing
Researchers hope a new technique can treat a variety of damaged organs.
Here’s why Trump appointed the secretary of transportation to lead NASA
"Honored to accept this mission. Time to take over space. Let's launch."
ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it
Soundslice caught OpenAI's bot telling users about a fake music notation feature-then built it.
Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.
Cloudflare pushes Google to separate bots for AI Overviews and search indexing.
Report: Apple M4, more comfortable strap will headline first major Vision Pro update
Iterative update will supposedly be a bridge to a later, more extensive redesign.
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?
“Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’s canceled research
Congressional Democrats host scientists whose grants have been canceled.
Verizon’s request to lock phones supported by police, opposed by users
FCC considering Verizon request to end 60-day handset unlocking requirement.
AI mania pushes Nvidia to record $4 trillion valuation
AI craze makes Nvidia the most valuable publicly traded company in history.
Dark visions and monsters abound in Wednesday S2 trailer
"It's Addams with two D's. Like 'padded room.'"
Samsung’s 7th-gen foldables slim down, may finally fit in your pocket
Samsung's new foldables are on sale today and will ship July 25.
2025 Volvo EX90: A low-key luxury electric SUV
We spend a week with Volvo's three-row electric SUV.
Northwood Space successfully tests second-generation phased array antenna
"This system will be the first building block in our network."
Linda Yaccarino quits X without saying why, one day after Grok praised Hitler
X CEO says she's out as X scrambles to remove Grok's antisemitic posts.
Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europe’s launcher challenge
Europe takes another step toward fostering competition in a stagnant launch market.
Wildfires are challenging air quality monitoring infrastructure
Can the US's system to monitor air pollutants keep up with a changing climate?
Critical CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability has been under active exploit for weeks
Exploits allow hackers to bypass 2FA and commandeer vulnerable devices.
Ars staffers share some of their favorite unexpected 3D prints
Once you solve one problem with a 3D printer, you'll go looking for others.
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”
X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands.
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
FTC failed to follow rulemaking process required by US law, judges rule.
RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from being vaccine advisors, lawsuit says
The health department said Kennedy stands by his CDC reforms.
It’s Prime Day, and these are the best deals we could hunt down
Summer heat got you down? Perhaps some retail therapy is in order!
Mike Lindell lost defamation case, and his lawyers were fined for AI hallucinations
Lawyers fined $6,000, while Lindell lost $2.3 million defamation verdict.
Gmail’s new subscription management is here to declutter your inbox
After coming and going for a year, Gmail's unified subscription page is rolling out.
Watch this cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds
Many factors must interact perfectly to disperse the seeds efficiently without destroying the plant too early.
What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.
Several definitions make measuring "human-level" AI an exercise in moving goalposts.
Nissan feels the effect of US-China trade war
The automaker will build fewer 3rd-gen Leafs and is postponing two US-made EVs.
Rivian’s new Quad-Motor R1T and R1S beat the competition in any conditions
Faster than a supercar to 60, still able to rock crawl with the best of them.
Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters
Side-by-side views bring new insight into these intriguing clusters.
China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites "merged" on July 2 and have remained together since then.
As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
With or without authority to regulate heightened emissions, states plan to meet climate goals.
Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
Important changes to Android devices took effect starting Monday.
What would a cheap, Apple A18-powered MacBook actually be good at?
Op-ed: A Mac with an iPhone chip inside could be great-for the right audience.
Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit
Epic's Tim Sweeney says Samsung will make changes, but no one has specifics.
Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child
CT scans hint at hybridization, but it will take extracting and analyzing a DNA sample to be certain.
Measles cases reach 33-year high as RFK Jr. pursues anti-vaccine agenda
There have been at least 1,281 cases since the start of the year.
Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
FCC to auction spectrum that could include 6 GHz band used for next-gen Wi-Fi.
Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers
Fubo was accused of giving advertisers customers' PII without their consent.
“No honor among thieves”: M&S hacking group starts turf war
A clash between criminal ransomware groups could result in victims being extorted twice.
US may get its own glitchy version of TikTok if Trump’s deal works out
Here's why Trump is not confident" he can sell China on his TikTok deal.
Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species
The find may require rethinking the so-called "Bamboo Hypothesis."
F1 in Britain: Terrible English summer weather equals entertaining race
Maybe Bernie Ecclestone was right about fitting racetracks with sprinklers.
How a big shift in training LLMs led to a capability explosion
Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon.
Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways
An EEG signal of sleep is associated with better performance on a mental task.
The curious rise of giant tablets on wheels
Hands-on with KTC's 32-inch Android tablet on a rolling pedestal, the A32Q7 Pro.
Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now
"We will be able to industrialize Zephyr production up to 50 units per year."
Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users
Creators say app is intended for parental monitoring. So why the emphasis on stealth?
Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.
Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”
Zuckerberg and company talked up another supposed tech revolution four short years ago.
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