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NHTSA says airbag inflators might be defective, but the supplier disagrees.

A patchwork of restrictions poses logistical and technological hurdles.

"I think it would be pretty ambitious... but really great if we could pull it off."

Biology, geology, and chemistry all worked together to make the present atmosphere.

Suing governments and fossil fuel companies is a key tool in the climate change battle.

"In a way, we’ve gotten closure on a question that started with James Clerk Maxwell.”

Answering common questions about how passkeys work.

"If Google is going to advertise in Texas, their statements better be true."

Third-party Bluetooth trackers plug in to Google's massive Find My Device Network.

Mobile users could already share naughty pics.

The maximum sentence for YouTuber's admitted crimes is 20 years.

Lensed images of a supernova appear at different times.

The newly emerging fungal pathogen is often misidentified in common lab tests.

Google is expanding Bard availability as the EU crafts landmark AI regulation.

As it turns out, letting anyone add files to your Drive account is bad.

Claude's input memory grows to 75,000 words, beating GPT-4 by a wide margin.

Twitter’s next CEO will be former NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino.

Leases start at $399 a month for this newcomer to the crowded midsized EV market.

With further Ariane 6 delays, Europe has missed a huge opportunity.

Autonomous-vehicle developers are getting pickier about what stays on their servers.

Deals on air fryers to electric toothbrushes, wearables to tablets, and more.

Customers can choose one from inventory or buy a left-hand drive version.

"If we’re going to have sovereign space capabilities ... we need somewhere to launch from."

Fix will eventually render all kinds of older Windows boot media unbootable.

Within the last million years or so, melted snow might have dampened Mars' sands.

"We do not understand" how LLMs work, admits OpenAI in quest to make them interpretable.

But Fairphone doesn't know how long it will stock spare parts.

Your $700 arrives via 24 months of Google Fi credits.

Vyera will sell assets to cover debts.

Starting in the 2030s, stringent rules will radically cut emissions.

"Did anybody suffer at least a thousand dollars' worth of damage" because of AI?

PaLM 2 can code, translate, and "reason" in ways that best GPT-4, says Google.

The glass has a diamond-plate texture, and there's raised ribbing along the edges.

Engineer tried to claim that the hack was an “unsanctioned security drill.”

"Rejoice his shame remains unknown that he had almost sat a throne."

Disney plans to spend less on content, charge more for ad-free Disney+.

Reports say we'll see RTX 4060 and RX 7600 GPUs before the month is out.

How wildfire smoke from Australia affected climate events around the world.

New contender is a powerful portable PC that’s wantonly Windows.

The SUV uses Honda's fourth-generation two-motor hybrid system.

With no easy way to revoke compromised keys, MSI, and its customers, are in a real pickle.

Google says it's still early days, though.

Plus: discounts on several Mac laptops.

More languages, image inputs, and extension support among Bard features at I/O '23.

Opinion: 2013 Nexus 7 was the right tablet at the right price at the right time.

"We need to trust women."

Google will soon have a big green box of generative text above the search results.

What display traits would you sacrifice for an integrated eReader?

Did Google really make one of the best-designed foldables out there?

Google says its tablet is "not a Nest Hub replacement" despite the identical design.