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Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.

Brutal self-assessment paints a picture of a Microsoft gaming division in crisis.

Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.

Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.

AI aside, Golden Gate includes a bunch of subtle-but-helpful improvements.

For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.

Lawsuit: "Police let an error-prone AI system stand in for an investigation."

The Mobi Fold is an $80 Bluetooth mouse with a silicone-wrapped hinge.

Diffusion AI is most common in image generation, but it can make text outputs much faster.

"I was on the phone with Blue Origin leadership that night, all the next day, all through the weekend."

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone's lucky midair strike.

Thirteen other medical groups have already endorsed the independent schedule.

Move also cuts off a massive market of legit users who buy cards with physical cash.

Honda's $42,000 hybrid coupe looks great, handles well, and gets 44 mpg.

Violent threats against lawmakers have also surged on Facebook.

There are more than a quarter of a million V2G-capable GM EVs on the roads already.

Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.

A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well.

Cities are dynamic, not static grids, and urbanization is a "spiky," cyclical, and asynchronous process.

Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.

Netflix's response: "Absurd."

New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.

Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch-with SynthID watermarks for security.

"Artemis III will be an extraordinary demonstration of what is possible."

The chances are low, but not zero.

Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back.

US Navy's Task Force 59 achieved the drone rescue at sea near Strait of Hormuz.

Use-after-free bug can be exploited to evade sandbox defenses.

Individual gold atoms move around to form oxidation-proof structures.

At night, the car projects its turn signals onto the road to alert other road users.

Some models run in Google's cloud, but without giving Google any kind of access.

Rivian's second EV is the sub-$60,000 R2, and it was worth the wait.

The waiver "serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation."

Mystery of GPS interference across Europe raises questions about Russian motives.

You'll need an M1 or better to run the next release of macOS.

This promises to be a solid release for aging iPhones.

WhatsApp disrupted spear phishing attempts, asks court to hold NSO in contempt.

"It is actually challenging how you measure [Mach] from space."

New features coming this fall alongside two-tiered, Google-powered AI model overhaul.

NotebookLM is getting a big upgrade, but it's only for AI Ultra and enterprise accounts right now.

Polystyrene can be upcycled into carbon sponge material.

73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they're opened by an AI agent.

Apple's OSes come with Liquid Glass tweaks and performance optimizations.

Cop seemingly ignored Flock camera timestamp to justify arrests.

The cars are too big to race well, but the competition for pole position is thrilling.

We take the Falcon 9 rocket for granted. But we probably shouldn't.

The latest bill would ban day trips from Canada or Mexico in Chinese cars.

OpenAI to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.

Machine learning has its limits-how is it being used?