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Bancel claimed billions in federal funding merely accelerated development.

ChatGPT-style AI model adds vision to guide a robot without special training.

They can snap their claws at accelerations on par with a bullet shot from a gun.

Interested customers have until April 7 to lock in current $179 price.

Musk considers "egregious, repeated" takedown notices "a plague on humanity.”

Gigi Sohn gives up amid opposition from Republicans and Democrat Joe Manchin.

An analysis of past Hubble images shows an increasing number of satellite tracks.

A dozen senators support giving US Commerce secretary power to ban TikTok.

It was supposed to improve taste, but instead led to deadly infections.

We've got smart cameras, locks, and doorbells to secure your home.

Twitter's paid-API project had "only one site reliability engineer," report says.

Annoying banner ads that cover videos are getting the boot.

Mac Outlook is still a different app from the Windows version, but not forever.

A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppies.

Japan's science minister said the failure was "extremely regrettable."

Plus: Sonos' Trueplay (sort of) comes to Android.

Hiatus hacking campaign has infected roughly 100 Draytek routers.

Laptops and tablet-PCs that span a range of use cases are on sale from Microsoft.

LLM tech comes to Power Platform and Dynamics 365, courtesy of OpenAI partnership.

The Ironton schooner collided with the freighter Ohio, which was found in 2017.

Twitter doesn't report earnings publicly anymore but told investors of decline.

More frequently released updates means more channels for public beta testing.

Error message: "Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint."

In 2022, $11 million was stolen through thousands of impostor phone scams.

"He must be out of money by now, surely?"

15-inch Air would be Apple's first crack at a cheaper large-screened laptop.

BlackLotus represents a major milestone in the continuing evolution of UEFI bootkits.

High-end headset goes from $1,500 to $1,000; Quest 2 gets partial price drop, too.

Teams working on voice assistant hit hard by the largest cuts in company’s history.

The EVs were revolutionary at launch but are now aging compared to competitors.

This time the recall requires physical inspection, not an OTA software update.

A missized sensor can stop the passenger airbag from working properly.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about military launch procurement.

Joel and Ellie barrel through a grisly speedbump on the way to the finale.

Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president OK'd a controversial new crop.

A Russian tech giant plans to launch new Android phones and tablets.

A recent review from a prominent scientific source has reignited the debate over masks.

Dark Energy Camera captures rare view of RCW 86, remnant of supernova recorded in 185 CE.

Kentucky has one of the lowest vaccination rates among kindergartners in the country.

Bing Chat is no longer unhinged, but it can hallucinate more if you want it to.

Netflix to EU: ISPs are trying to charge twice for the same infrastructure.

"We're stupidly proud of this. All of it."

Politicization makes the world less safe, WHO said, as it called on US to share data.

We have deals from Acer, Alienware, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, Razer, and more.

SIMs were plastic cards, then motherboard chips, and soon will just be in the SoC.

Microsoft is likely working to finalize the feature list for the 23H2 update.

Rules for bloggers who write about elected officials raise First Amendment concern.

Offering rivals long-term licensing deals on Call of Duty may save the merger.

A proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem.

The plan calls for 300,000 liters of synthetic carbon-neutral fuel by 2027.