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With fewer pollinators, plants are cutting back on nectar production
Fewer pollinators means more self-pollination, less food for bees.
What to make of Valve’s recent fan project takedowns
A series of recent removals tells a complicated story.
Elon Musk gives Tesla ultimatum: Another 12% of shares or no AI, robotics
Although 95% of its revenue is automotive, Musk says Tesla is a robotics/AI company.
No, the James Webb Space Telescope hasn’t found life out there—at least not yet
There is a robust debate ongoing in the scientific community.
CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024
Media and entertainment, banking, insurance, and logistics lead the way.
Review: Nvidia’s $600 GeForce RTX 4070 Super is one of its best values
Remains pricier than past xx70-tier offerings, but the performance bump is nice.
Who would want this? The 4 most outlandish displays at CES 2024
What is CES without some wacky tech you may never want?
Daily Telescope: The Cygnus Wall lights up the night sky
The Cygnus Wall is part of a larger nebula.
Antifungals are going the way of antibiotics—overused, hitting resistance
CDC urges clinicians to confirm fungal infections before prescribing antifungal medications.
Elon Musk’s recent all-hands meeting at SpaceX was full of interesting news
Starship exploded during a liquid oxygen vent on its most recent test flight.
AI poisoning could turn open models into destructive “sleeper agents,” says Anthropic
Trained LLMs that seem normal can generate vulnerable code given different triggers.
Scientists identify first known prehistoric person with Turner syndrome
Studying skeletons could provide further insight into the past's gender variability.
Ants make their own ant-ibiotic for infected wounds
Ants have a gland that makes an antibiotic, and use it in response to pheromones.
YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an Adblock Plus bug
Latest consensus is that YouTube performance issues seem to be Adblock Plus' fault.
First streaming-only NFL Playoff game breaks records with 23 million viewers
Despite griping from fans, the Peacock-exclusive game did NFL-class numbers.
Verizon won’t stop charging $3.30 “Telco Recovery” fee, may raise it again
Users will get up to $100 each in refunds, but Verizon fee isn't going away.
Report: Black market keeps Nvidia chips flowing to China military, government
Unknown suppliers keep Nvidia's most advanced chips within China's reach.
Famous xkcd comic comes full circle with AI bird-identifying binoculars
Swarovski AX Visio, billed as first "smart binoculars," names species and tracks location.
Getting “forever chemicals” out of drinking water is expensive
Can water utilities meet the EPA's new standard for PFAS?
Daily Telescope: Life on Earth, and maybe in the heavens above, in a single photo
It is fun to contemplate all of the life on display in this image.
The 5 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2024
Lines keep blurring between work and play screens, and OLED overwhelms.
Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?
Luddites were hardly the anti-tech dullards historians have painted them to be.
CDC reports dips in flu, COVID-19, and RSV—though levels still very high
The dips may be due to holiday lulls; CDC is monitoring for post-holiday increase.
Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say
Reddit says First Amendment rights protect it from having to disclose users' info.
The Space Force is changing the way it thinks about spaceports
There's not much available real estate to grow Cape Canaveral's launch capacity.
COVID shots protect against COVID-related strokes, heart attacks, study finds
Data provides more evidence older people should stay up to date on COVID vaccines.
Lazy use of AI leads to Amazon products called “I cannot fulfill that request”
The telltale error messages are a sign of AI-generated pablum all over the Internet.
EPA expands “high priority” probe into AT&T, Verizon lead-contaminated cables
EPA plans to meet with telecom giants this month to discuss lead cables.
Valve request takes down Portal 64 due to concerns over Nintendo involvement
It's not the use of Portal, it's the use of an N64 SDK that's the issue.
Android 15 might bring back lock screen widgets
After iOS 16 reintroduced lock screen widgets, Google is dusting off its old code.
NASA scientist on 2023 temperatures: “We’re frankly astonished”
NASA, NOAA, and Berkeley Earth have released their takes on 2023's record heat.
Compression Attached Memory Modules may make upgradable laptops a thing again
The CAMM2 spec was recently finalized, and memory makers are testing the waters.
Lucid delivered just 6,001 electric sedans in 2023
The Saudi-backed builder of high-end EVs is not having an easy time.
Apple AirDrop leaks user data like a sieve. Chinese authorities say they’re scooping it up.
Chinese authorities are exploiting a weakness Apple has allowed to go unfixed for 5 years.
eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”
eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple through pure hell."
I parked a BMW from across the parking lot at CES 2024
BMW's Remote Valet is one premium feature we'd pay for.
Child abusers are covering their tracks with better use of crypto
Mixers" and privacy coins" like Monero enable them to launder profits, stay online.
Rocket Report: A Chinese launch you must see; Vulcan’s stunning debut
"I am so proud of this team. Oh my gosh, this has been years of hard work."
Those Games turns crappy mobile game ads into actually good puzzles
It's pin-pulling, color-pouring, fake-but-real fun, and you only pay once.
Report: Deepfake porn consistently found atop Google, Bing search results
Google vows to create more safeguards to protect victims of deepfake porn.
Astronomers found ultra-hot, Earth-sized exoplanet with a lava hemisphere
Also: A separate team found a small, cold exoplanet with a massive outer companion.
“Such signal, much wow”: Starlink’s first texts via “cellphone towers in space”
Starlink's Direct to Cell satellites to fill in dead spots in T-Mobile network.
Biden administration awards $632M for EV charging in new funding round
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act set aside $2.5 billion for underserved and rural areas.
Google lays off “hundreds” more employees, strips Google Assistant features
Google's layoffs hit hardware, the Google Assistant, and even the AR division.
Actor paid to pose as crypto CEO “deeply sorry” about $1.3 billion scam
Fake CEO denied profiting off the alleged cryptocurrency scam.
US judge blocks Ohio Republicans’ “troublingly vague” social media law
Judge calls law "breathtakingly blunt instrument" for reducing harm to children.
Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS
Next up: Could SteamOS 3 be coming to a desktop gaming rig near you?
At Senate AI hearing, news executives fight against “fair use” claims for AI training data
Media orgs want AI firms to license content for training, and Congress is sympathetic.
Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs
The rental car company will replace them with gasoline-powered vehicles.
I found David Lynch’s lost Dune II script
The unfinished script, found in an archive, shows Lynch's enthusiasm for Dune.
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