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Judges clash over "schoolchildren" analogy in key AI training rulings.

It only makes any sense at all because of the old Surface Laptop's price hike.

"How did Paleolithic people arrive at such remote islands as Okinawa? What tools and strategies did they use?"

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A mix of iron, chlorine, and lithium is conductive, stores lithium, and self-heals.

Zeke Hausfather of the Berkeley Earth project joins us to talk climate science.

Reddit is in an arms race" to protect its communities from AI-generated content.

A Trump appointee suggests NASA may not have a new administrator until next year.

Overall, the meeting was packed with anti-vaccine talking points and arguments.

Trump T1 phone isn't "made in the USA" but is "designed with American values."

Expanded device tracking is still opt-in.

Trump wants $45M to continue DOGE's work. Critics warn costs already too high.

Framework's laptops used to go years without new drivers or security patches.

Company hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world."

Overtime defenses for Spectre-based attacks have taken their toll.

Lenovo Legion Go S gets better frame rates running Valve's free operating system.

"Family is about connecting to something bigger than yourself. We'll face it together. As a family."

Merging firms agree to FTC demands in order to create world's largest ad agency.

Mercedes shows us what it has planned for its next performance EVs.

Mercedes, Audi, and Volvo all say they have no plans to support CarPlay Ultra.

Now, devs who prefer the terminal can get AI assistance, too.

We haven't found evidence of the theoretical particle, but it's still worth investigating.

The timbers are British timbers. The size of all the timber scantlings are almost identical to Endeavour."

Some Hue products already cost more in the US than they do elsewhere.

In landmark ruling, judge likens AI training to schoolchildren learning to write.

End-of-support date isn't changing, but extra year will be functionally free.

FTC probe is clearly connected to "Musk's vindictive lawsuits," group says.

For the price, it "performs well and provides good value" but is still a risky buy.

As thousands of applications flood job posts, 'hiring slop' is kicking off an AI arms race.

The panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday with an anti-vaccine agenda.

Google's Carolina Parada says Gemini has enabled huge robotics breakthroughs, like the new on-device AI.

Tech giant slams plan as "punitive" and risk to economic growth.

"This partial success reflects both ambition and the inherent risks of innovation."

Google Earth wowed everyone 20 years ago, and it's still pretty cool.

Behold the awesome power of basic science funding by the US government.

We saw 10 AI films and interviewed Runway's CEO as well as Hollywood pros.

Altering chemical modifications of DNA lets the DNA from two sperm make a mouse.

Players can now disable Legacy Paths, Crisis, and quite a bit more.

Cruz plan moves ahead but was reportedly watered down amid Republican opposition.

No "public beta" yet, but these are usually more usable than the first betas.

Maximum-security Cisco vulnerability was patched Oct. 2023 and exploited Feb. 2025.

OpenAI will fight order to keep all ChatGPT logs after users fail to sway court.

It's funny how useful a 34-year-old software design can still be.

ULA has been waiting on Amazon's satellites for years, but Amazon will soon be waiting on rockets.

Google is bringing its AI obsession to Chrome OS.

Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked future of his company debuts in Texas.

Greer Jarrett has identified four possible small ports, or "havens," used by Vikings along the Norwegian coast.

New approach is already having an impact on the experiment's plans for future work.

Engineers switched to a backup fuel line less than a quarter of the way through Psyche's mission.

Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity.