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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.
Microsoft Teams + Office bundle leads to official EU antitrust probe
It's Microsoft's first formal EU antitrust investigation in over a decade.
Ultra-fast niobium batteries boast 6-min charge for Lotus Elise-based EV
Nyobolt's battery tech is meant for consumer applications, as well as EVs.
A nearly 20-year ban on human spaceflight regulations is set to expire
Commercial space industry argues for extension to moratorium on regulations.
Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared
Cause of Guillain-Barre cases is under investigation, but gut microbe suspected.
The Browser Company’s unconventional browser, Arc, releases publicly on Mac
It's still based on Chromium, but the user experience is quite different.
Namibian fairy circle debate rages on: Sand termites or Turing mechanism? [Updated]
Study offers four-point rebuttal to 2022 claim that they're a kind of eco-Turing pattern.
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion
"NASA is looking to go to Mars with this system."
Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store
Google's push for big screens will include a (hopefully dramatic) Play Store redesign.
OpenAI discontinues its AI writing detector due to “low rate of accuracy”
Research shows that any AI writing detector can be defeated-and false positives abound.
Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make
The AirPods Pro "could have been easily made repairable with minimal effort."
Dealmaster: Save on laptops, vacuums, and back-to-school supplies
From pens and school supplies to laptops, save on your back-to-school shopping list.
Windows, hardware, Xbox sales are dim spots in a solid Microsoft earnings report
Company also expects to spend ever more money to support its ongoing AI efforts.
Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007
Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him "some merch."
Boeing has now lost $1.1 billion on Starliner, with no crew flight in sight
"We're not really ready to talk about a launch opportunity yet."
Nissan and Renault revamp alliance with $663 million EV investment
The 24-year alliance started to fray with the arrest of Carlos Ghosn in 2019.
Pocket assistant: ChatGPT comes to Android
OpenAI brings the popular AI language model to an official Android client app.
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