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Updated 2025-09-16 12:45
German man got 217 COVID shots over 29 months—here’s how it went
It conflicts with concerns of repeat boosters, but authors warn against hypervaccination.
How did evolution produce a firefly?
A new study looks at the development of a firefly's light-emitting organs.
Anthropic’s Claude 3 causes stir by seeming to realize when it was being tested
Claude: "This pizza topping 'fact' may have been inserted as a joke or to test if I was paying attention."
Bitcoin price hits record $69K after SEC approvals fueled $7B in investments
SEC chair warns bitcoin is still "volatile" and linked to "illicit activity."
The Nothing Phone 2a is a light-up budget phone for $349
With limited US carrier support, though, it's mostly international-only.
Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines
Report: Linux was on 6.34 percent of computers last month if you count ChromeOS.
Elon Musk sued by former Twitter CEO over refusal to pay $57M severance
Ex-CEO Agrawal and three others say Musk "made up fake cause" to fire them.
Google’s Genie game maker is what happens when AI watches 30K hrs of video games
Researchers herald new system as key step to an "infinite generator" of training data.
Scientists get dung beetles to collect DNA samples for biodiversity studies
Researchers are sequencing the DNA of wildlife using dung beetle stomach contents.
Oregon OKs right-to-repair bill that bans the blocking of aftermarket parts
Governor's signature would stop software locks from impairing replacement parts.
What a potential post-Xbox future could mean for Sony and Nintendo
"All signs point to the hardware becoming less and less important to Microsoft."
Tesla’s Berlin factory shuts down after suspected transformer arson
The Volcano Group, which set fires at the plant in 2021, claimed responsibility.
Daily Telescope: A new Webb image reveals a cosmos full of galaxies
See a galaxy as it was just 430 million years after the Big Bang.
NASA cancels a multibillion-dollar satellite servicing demo mission
Congress kept throwing money at the OSAM-1 mission, but it faced continual delays.
This rare 11th-century Islamic astrolabe is one of the oldest yet discovered
"A powerful record of scientific exchange between Arabs, Jews, & Christians over 100s of years."
Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it
Technically, Microsoft doesn't consider such bugs vulnerabilities. It patched it anyway.
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.
The AI wars heat up with Claude 3, claimed to have “near-human” abilities
Willison: "No model has beaten GPT-4 on a range of widely used benchmarks like this."
Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro is, belatedly, fixing its one-external-display limitation
You'll need to have the lid closed, but it's a welcome upgrade over the M1/M2.
Discord leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty, seeks light 11-year sentence
Jack Teixeira avoids spy charges, reduces sentence from up to 60 years.
Switch emulator makers agree to pay $2.4 million to settle Nintendo lawsuit
Yuzu devs shut down emulator they now say is "primarily designed" to break DRM.
Android Auto starts flagging more powerful “parked” apps on the home screen
Parked apps include browsers, games, and video apps.
Spotify wins as EU orders Apple to pay $2B and change App Store rules
Apple plans to appeal, insisting there's no evidence of consumer harms.
Was F1 too boring? Watch these races instead
F1 might be a foregone conclusion, but F2 and the WEC should thrill and delight.
Blue Origin is getting serious about developing a human spacecraft
Company seeks: "Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems?"
MacBook Airs get an M3 upgrade, while the M1 model is finally retired
M2 Air is the new $999 base model, M1 Air goes away after more than 3 years.
I worked exclusively in Vision Pro for a week—here’s how it went
The biggest problem is meetings, as Personas are a bit of a letdown.
The world’s most-traveled crew transport spacecraft flies again
SpaceX and NASA officials are watching for wear and tear on Crew Dragon Endeavour.
How melting Arctic ice leads to European drought and heatwaves
Fresh, cold water from Greenland ice melting upsets North Atlantic currents.
2024 Porsche 911 S/T review: Threading the needle
The S/T celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 911 and is limited to just 1963 examples.
Researchers create AI worms that can spread from one system to another
Worms could potentially steal data and deploy malware.
CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu-like
The agency released a unified "practical" guidance for respiratory viruses.
Report: Boeing may reacquire Spirit at higher price despite hating optics
Spirit was initially spun out from Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2005.
US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack
Patients having trouble getting lifesaving meds have the AlphV crime group to thank.
WhatsApp finally forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code
Israeli spyware maker loses fight to only share information on installation.
Huge funding round makes “Figure” Big Tech’s favorite humanoid robot company
Investors Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and Intel value Figure at $2.6B.
Apple changes course, will keep iPhone EU web apps how they are in iOS 17.4
Alternative browsers can pin web apps, but they only run inside Apple's WebKit.
Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored user devices
Malicious submissions have been a fact of life for code repositories. AI is no different.
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit
Judge to X lawyer: I'm trying to figure out in my mind how that's possibly true."
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of chasing profits
OpenAI is now a "closed-source de facto subsidiary" of Microsoft, says lawsuit.
Daily Telescope: Two nebulae in Orion for the price of one
What happens if you observe the same patch of sky every night all winter?
Rocket Report: Astra warns of “imminent” bankruptcy; Falcon Heavy launch delay
"We've worked through a number of issues that delayed the launch from last summer."
For Virgin Galactic, becoming profitable means a pause in flying to space
Virgin Galactic has just one more flight planned for its only operational spaceship.
Gastrointestinal disease explodes in Ala. elementary school; 773 kids out
Highly contagious norovirus is the leading suspect; four other area schools affected.
Emulation community expresses defiance in wake of Nintendo’s Yuzu lawsuit
"EmuDev" coders cite precautions, legal differences they say will offer protection.
Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular disease
Researchers call for more studies to understand why they're linked.
HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors
"Never own a printer again."
AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.
Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules
Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.
HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver
Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows-or DisplayPort.
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