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Accessory maker will pay Nintendo after showing illicit Switch 2 mockups at CES
Genki says it "didn't obtain any unreleased Nintendo property" before launch.
Switch modder owes Nintendo $2 million after representing himself in court
Daly's defense asserted, in part, that Nintendo's "alleged copyrights are invalid."
Geoengineering will not save humankind from climate change
New research debunks some speculative climate fixes.
Why accessibility might be AI’s biggest breakthrough
UK study findings may challenge assumptions about who benefits most from AI tools.
Software packages with more than 2 billion weekly downloads hit in supply-chain attack
Incident hitting npm users is likely the biggest supply-chain attack ever.
Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”
Meta allegedly prioritized user growth over security, lawsuit said.
In court filing, Google concedes the open web is in “rapid decline”
Google's position on the state of the Internet is murky to say the least.
Nobel laureate David Baltimore dead at 87
Celebrated molecular biologist weathered late '80s controversy to become Caltech president.
On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar
We'll see how long the Department of War lasts. Space Force Combat Forces Command might stick around.
EchoStar to sell spectrum to SpaceX after FCC threatened to revoke licenses
Starlink says $17 billion spectrum purchase will improve its cellphone service.
The Polestar 5 electric sedan makes its world debut
The electric grand tourer charges fast, accelerates even faster.
Benoit Blanc goes full Gothic in Wake Up Dead Man trailer
"To understand this case, we need to look around the myth that's being constructed."
AI will consume all of IT by 2030—but not all IT jobs, Gartner says
AI still threatens entry-level IT jobs.
Trump’s attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court
John Roberts issuing stay means FTC Democrat has to leave her post again.
F1 in Italy: Look what happens when the downforce comes off
The excitement came at the start and toward the end of this rather quick race.
All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
Finding working copies of the last few titles was an "especially cursed" journey.
Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage
"At $4 billion a launch, you don't have a Moon program."
Tiny Vinyl is a new pocketable record format for the Spotify age
Format is "more aligned with how artists are making and releasing music in the streaming era."
Porsche’s insanely clever hybrid engine comes to the 911 Turbo S
The new 911 variant is 14 seconds quicker around the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
One scientist says it's like buying a car and running it into a tree to save on gas money.
Who can get a COVID vaccine—and how? It’s complicated.
We're working with a patchwork system, and there are a lot of gray areas.
“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion
Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.
What to expect (and not expect) from yet another September Apple event
An all-new iPhone variant, plus a long list of useful (if predictable) upgrades.
Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs
CEO says the game is projected to meet expectations, but there are cuts anyway.
Ignoring Trump threats, Europe hits Google with 2.95B euro fine for adtech monopoly
The EU could seek to break up Google's ad division.
Lenovo demos laptop with a screen you can swivel into portrait mode
No OLED required.
Warner Bros. sues Midjourney to stop AI knockoffs of Batman, Scooby-Doo
Warner Bros. case builds on arguments raised in a Disney/Universal lawsuit.
NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon
"I can tell you what, I'll be damned if that is the story that we write."
ChatGPT’s new branching feature is a good reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people
Users can explore multiple paths without losing their original chat thread.
Dev says Switch 2’s physical Game Cards were too slow for Star Wars Outlaws port
Data transfer speeds are much lower for Switch 2 Game Cards than for downloaded games.
OpenAI links up with Broadcom to produce its own AI chips
Industry is moving towards custom solutions in wake of Nvidia's market domination.
Rocket Report: Neutron’s pad opens for business; SpaceX gets Falcon 9 green light
"Nobody's waving the white flag here until the last hour of the last day."
BMW debuts 6th-generation EV powertrain in the all-electric iX3
Class-leading efficiency and computer-controlled driving dynamics combine.
RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access
RFK Jr. accused senators of making things up as they made factual points on vaccines.
The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows. Here’s the latest.
Everything to know about the mishap that threatened to expose millions of users' queries.
Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn
Spyware monitors the infected user's browser for NSFW content before activating itself.
COVID vaccine locations vanish from Google Maps due to supposed “technical issue”
Finally, a reason to use Bing Maps.
Sting operation kills “copycat” sports piracy site with 1.6B visits last year
Original Streameast pirating site was taken down before but remains accesible today.
Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978
Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers.
Harvard beats Trump as judge orders US to restore $2.6 billion in funding
Judge rules Trump admin broke law, and says Supreme Court has been "unhelpful."
Honda combines Type-R handling with hybrid efficiency for 2026 Prelude
Will the new Prelude be the best of both worlds when it goes on sale this fall?
Philips introduces budget-friendly Hue bulbs as part of major lineup overhaul
New accessories also add Matter support, for those to whom that matters.
Lull in Falcon Heavy missions opens window for SpaceX to build new landing pads
There are no Falcon Heavy launches this year, so now's the time for SpaceX to act.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop
Valve's usually stable platform struggles thanks in part to lack of pre-loading options.
New AI model turns photos into explorable 3D worlds, with caveats
Openly available AI tool creates steerable 3D-like video, but requires serious GPU muscle.
Putin: “Immortality” coming soon through continuous organ transplants
What do warmongers and strongmen chat about? Living forever, of course.
Former NASA chief says United States likely to lose second lunar space race
"It is highly unlikely the United States will beat China's projected timeline."
FCC chair teams up with Ted Cruz to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids
Ted Cruz's anti-hotspot bill stalled, but FCC is ending Wi-Fi program on its own.
Google’s Material 3 Expressive UI rolls out to Pixel 6 and newer
Google's latest updates include a smattering of features for Pixels and other Android phones.
These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts
Study shows how patterns in LLM training data can lead to "parahuman" responses.
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