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Undergraduate's prototype conductive nail polish could turn long fingernails into touchscreen styluses.

Five principles should determine how you fund transport, says Consumer Reports.

Teens will be sentenced Wednesday after admitting to creating AI CSAM.

Analyzing dozens of cases around the world yields some practical lessons.

Attorneys are finding uses for AI apart from generating fake case quotations.

Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer.

Sure, it's cheesy in many respects, but its central mythology still resonates even decades later.

Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.

This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries.

Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do."

The verdict, while not a complete loss, could still cost him billions.

Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.

ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month.

"Reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points" is one of Microsoft's action items.

One of the first controversies of its kind.

Admins: Sorry to say, but it's likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend.

The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of vehicles.

Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.

Robert Malone made the claim, then retracted it, as HHS denied it.

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater.

"We put fuel in a rocket, blow it up in a remote location, and measure how big the boom is."

Amazon's second smartphone could forego an app store.

Both AMD- and Intel-based hardware is getting better support in SteamOS 3.8.

Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen.

"Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure."

Massive Western heat wave, potential El Nino raise concerns about unpredictable, extreme weather.

It's good news, but another federal Tesla defect probe deepened this week.

"Our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere."

Ars speaks with a linguist about the ease with which Grace and Rocky communicate.

Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others.

Broadcom says the group is misrepresenting market "realities."

DarkSword, a powerful iPhone-hacking technique, has been discovered in use by Russian hackers.

Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.

"Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s."

Codex maker says it will "continue to support these open source projects" after deal closes.

VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.

Cops asked the jury for millions after Afroman used raid footage in music videos.

The "advanced flow" will be available before verification enforcement begins later this year.

"8GB unified memory is the minimum practical configuration."

Full-magazine reloads throw out muscle memory in favor of "higher stakes" decisions.

Radiocarbon results suggest a single origin and rapid diffusion through cultural transition networks.

"This is a serious warning shot."

Remember when it was fun to play around with LLMs?

Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."

Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.

Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.

Firm says requiring site blocks within 30 minutes breaks core Internet architecture.

Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station.

One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.

Station wagons used to be family cars, but now they're for going fast, too.