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“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted
CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service is as critical to public health as it is revered.
ChatGPT can now write erotica as OpenAI eases up on AI paternalism
ChatGPT relaxes rules on sex and "gore" generations while prohibiting illegal content.
Louisiana officially ends mass vaccinations as RFK Jr. comes to power
Staff reported a pullback from vaccines late last year, but nothing was in writing.
What is device code phishing, and why are Russian spies so successful at it?
Overlooked attack method has been used since last August in a rash of account takeovers.
No penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone search
Government agents have "qualified immunity" for 2019 actions.
Measles outbreak in undervaccinated Texas area doubles—again
The outbreak now spans four counties.
Man offers to buy city dump in last-ditch effort to recover $800M in bitcoins
Bid from man tortured by trashed bitcoins seems unlikely to sway city council.
Asahi Linux lead resigns from Mac-based distro after tumultuous kernel debate
Hector Martin cites burnout, and Rust for Linux oppostion, in resigning.
After 50 years, Ars staffers pick their favorite Saturday Night Live sketches
"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
What we know about AMD and Nvidia’s imminent midrange GPU launches
Will the GeForce RTX 5070 and Radeon RX 9070 achieve the dream of affordable 4K?
AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
Enzyme mechanisms can be complex, and getting them to work is tricky.
DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says
How will Reddit generate content for paid-for subreddits?
After 20% range reduction, I’m waiting for Jaguar to buy my car back
Every MY2019 Jaguar I-Pace in the US is being bought back due to a battery defect.
Arm to start making server CPUs in-house
Meta will be one of Arm's first customers.
Rocket Report: A blue mood at Blue; Stoke Space fires a shot over the bow
"Rapid turnaround isn't merely a goal, it's baked into the design."
H5N1 testing in cow veterinarians suggests bird flu is spreading silently
The findings suggest transmission and cases are going undetected.
Streaming used to make stuff networks wouldn’t. Now it wants safer bets.
Opinion: Streaming gets more cable-like with new focus on live events, mainstream content.
Condé Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out “hallucinations”
Publishers sue Cohere, say AI firm is "stealing our works."
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
After three trips to the ER, woman gets diagnosis of dreaded rat lungworm.
Apple teases launch for “the newest member of the family” on February 19
Most likely to be a new entry-level iPhone, but there are a few possibilities.
Wheel of Time S3 trailer tees us up for Last Battle
There's not enough ale in the world to deal with this."
Over half of LLM-written news summaries have “significant issues”—BBC analysis
Frequent problems include mangled quotes, editorializing, and outdated info.
“A sicker America”: Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
In Senate hearings, Kennedy continued to express anti-vaccine views.
Sam Altman lays out roadmap for OpenAI’s long-awaited GPT-5 model
GPT-4.5 will arrive in "weeks," then GPT-5 will meld conventional LLMs and reasoning models.
Citing too much “bureaucracy,” Blue Origin to cut 10 percent of its workforce
"We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years."
The Honda-Nissan merger is dead
Always more of a takeover than a merger, they agreed to call the whole thing off.
Avowed review: Wait, are we the baddies?
Obsidian's new fantasy RPG asks you to be the unwelcome face of a hated occupying force.
Financially motivated hackers are helping their espionage counterparts and vice versa
Two players who mostly worked independently are increasingly collaborative.
From 900 miles away, the US government recorded audio of the Titan sub implosion
The implosion took milliseconds, but its echoes lasted far longer.
“Largest data breach in US history”: Three more lawsuits try to stop DOGE
DOGE and Musk face three more lawsuits over "brazen ransacking" of private data.
Nine unvaccinated people hospitalized as Texas measles outbreak doubles
All 24 cases are in unvaccinated people, 22 of which are under age 17.
Apple TV+ crosses enemy lines, will be available as an Android app starting today
Apple TV+ app on Android will work mostly as it does on any other device.
Serial “swatter” behind 375 violent hoaxes targeted his own home to look like a victim
He now faces four years in federal prison.
Seafloor detector picks up record neutrino while under construction
Neutrino was over 10,000 times over the limits of our best particle accelerator.
Apple now lets you move purchases between your 25 years of accounts
Now we can all bring that mandatory U2 album back into our main libraries.
Queer-friendly data on car crash deaths removed from NHTSA website
Trump targeting car crash data sparks concerns over datasets collected since 1975.
Common factors link rise in pedestrian deaths—fixing them will be tough
A new AAA study finds common factors in the rise of fatal pedestrian crashes.
Curiosity spies stunning clouds at twilight on Mars
The noctilucent clouds only appear in some locations on Mars, near the equator.
Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure
America may not maintain its position as a global leader in biomedical research.
After Putin sacked Russia’s space chief, the rumor mill is running red-hot
The Ukraine war has exacerbated Russia's decline in space.
If it moves, it’s probably alive: Searching for life on other planets
Scientists find a way to look for alien life that doesn't need elaborate equipment.
An update on highly anticipated—and elusive—Micro LED displays
New (and cheaper) Micro LED TVs have been announced.
When software updates actually improve—instead of ruin—our favorite devices
Opinion: These tech products have gotten better over time.
Tariffs will “blow a hole” in the US auto industry, says Ford CEO
A CEO speaking out against a Trump administration policy seems refreshing.
New hack uses prompt injection to corrupt Gemini’s long-term memory
There's yet another way to inject malicious prompts into chatbots.
Judge orders Trump admin. to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight
Removed pages include guidance and data on HIV, contraceptives, and teen health.
Verizon beats lawsuit from utility worker who said lead cables made him sick
Judge: It's not clear whether utility pole worker's symptoms were caused by lead.
Google Chrome may soon use “AI” to replace compromised passwords
Rather than just warn you, Chrome will guide you to making a better password.
Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada
The worker is said to have had pink eye and is recovering from the infection.
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