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That time an Air Force sergeant spotted pulsars months before astronomers
Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: "He happened to be a very observant person."
Connected car data privacy under investigation by California regulator
A 2018 law gives Californians the right to know what data businesses are collecting.
Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside US infrastructure
Three major campaigns from 3 different Chinese groups are keeping US defenders busy.
End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry
Northrop Grumman just can't seem to settle on a rocket for its Cygnus supply ships.
Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag 2 design revealed by FCC—it’s very big
After no-showing at Samsung's last event, who knows when this will launch.
Facebook to unmask anonymous Dutch user accused of repeated defamatory posts
Court decides the posts can stay up, but the user's identity must be revealed.
Dissolving circuit boards in water sounds better than shredding and burning
They're easier to recycle, and chips come right off. Will they take off?
Don’t call it an SUV—the 2023 Toyota Crown, reviewed
Bold styling and a powerful hybrid suggest GT, but it's more laid back than that.
Nintendo’s Switch successor is already in third-party devs’ hands, report claims
Sources shared some basic details about the new device, too.
GPT-3 aces tests of reasoning by analogy
Undergrads get beaten on questions like those that helped get them into college.
8BitDo’s $100 wireless mechanical keyboard screams ’80s NES
Retro colors and big ol' programmable "Super Buttons," but no numpad.
“Blaze your glory!”—Twitter’s “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone app
Previously, Apple required a minimum of two characters in iPhone app names.
Arizona law school embraces ChatGPT use in student applications
School's embrace of AI comes as others clamp down on tech-assisted applications.
iPhone 15 rumors take shape: More screen, titanium body, and (finally) USB-C
All models should see meaningful upgrades, though Pro will get the usual extras.
Dealmaster: Laptops, Apple Watch, EDC essentials, home organization, and more
Get ready for school with sales on laptops and storage and organizing tools.
A great idea or sacrilege? We test a Jaguar E-Type converted to EV
Electrogenic's powertrain suits the 1960s sports car, but this is no restomod.
Europe turns its new $1.5 billion space telescope on, and happily it works
"The spacecraft will soon reach its final position."
Musk and building inspectors in standoff over giant neon X sign
There are currently two active investigations into Twitter's HQ signage changes.
Loki S2 trailer finds the god of mischief battling for the “soul of the TVA”
"There is nothing that stands between this world and utter destruction."
A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work
Want to really understand large language models? Here's a gentle primer.
Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data
The agency opposes an amendment that prevents it from using data brokers.
The 2023 Porsche Cayman GT4 RS is the best sports car on sale today
Transplanting the 911 GT3's flat-six engine created a remarkable car.
Communal stargazing using your phone: The Unistellar eQuinox 2, reviewed
Stargaze with up to 10 of your friends no matter how bad the light pollution is.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches world’s most massive communications satellite [Updated]
SpaceX has again launched a competitor's satellite, this time a 10-ton behemoth.
European satellite plunges back to Earth in first-of-its-kind assisted re-entry
"This is quite unique, what we are doing here."
When it comes to keeping the fizz in your champagne, bottle size matters
A 3-liter jeroboam can age for as long as 132 years before going flat.
Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice
"I've never seen anything like this."
Apple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIs
Some seemingly innocuous APIs are misused to track users, Apple says.
Google’s RT-2 AI model brings us one step closer to WALL-E
"First-of-its-kind" robot AI model can recognize trash and perform complex actions.
Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best
Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."
Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition
OCR isn't the only advanced technique used by "CherryBlos" apps.
This company keeps selling TB-tainted bone grafts, causing deadly outbreaks
In the last outbreak, at least 87 people had signs of tuberculosis after spinal surgery.
Samsung’s profits are down 95 percent for a second consecutive quarter
Samsung is still suffering under a glut of unsold memory chips.
Devs aren’t allowed to let Apple’s Vision Pro dev kits out of their sight
Dev kits often have restrictive terms, but Apple gets very specific this time.
Most of the 100 million people who signed up for Threads stopped using it
"We're seeing more people coming back daily than I'd expected," Zuckerberg said.
NASA temporarily loses contact with one of its most distant spacecraft
The Voyagers were launched nearly half a century ago.
The milk float was the first truly successful last-mile delivery EV
Last-mile delivery EVs are in hot demand in 2023, but they're nothing new.
Apple Pencils can’t draw straight on third-party replacement iPad screens
It's similar to the Face ID failures of the iPhone 13's screen, later fixed.
Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.
There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.
Increasing levels of humidity are here to make heat waves even worse
This summer's heat is only a preview of what's in store for our future.
Getting TIE Fighter: Total Conversion working is worth the hassle and the $10
It has a 1999 engine, 2021 graphics, and that unmistakable '90s LucasArts feel.
Formula E’s first visit to a proper American racetrack saw packed stands
We found a lot to be optimistic about for the all-electric racing series.
Rocket Report: Starbase comes alive again; China launches four times
Maybe the next Starship launch isn't all that far off.
AMD Ryzen 7945HX3D could be a fast, super-efficient choice for your new gaming laptop
The chip is only launching in a single laptop from Asus, at least for now.
Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion XL, its next-gen image synthesis model
New SDXL 1.0 release allows hi-res AI image synthesis that can run on a local machine.
Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark
The allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, came to light a little over a decade ago.
US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices”
Rebuke follows recent breach that exposed email accounts of US federal officials.
Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you
Google says its own tracker ecosystem is on hold until iOS has the same protection.
Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken
Inundated with complaints, Tesla created "Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.
Waymo kills off autonomous trucking program
Ride-hailing will let Waymo focus on "near-term" commercial success.
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