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Personality quizzes based on ambiguous images are bunk, but we can still learn from such psychological myths.

Apple appeal to Investigatory Powers Tribunal may be the first case of its type.

The app will reportedly offer contextual suggestions as you use the phone.

"We came up prepared to stay long, even though we plan to stay short."

Stock markets sink; US faces retaliatory tariffs and complaints at the WTO.

Even non-Pixel phones will get some goodies.

The base iPad also doubled its storage, is "6x faster" than some Android models.

Kennedy vowed last month to usher in an era of "radical transparency."

As Musk sticks his fingers in government, Tesla suffers serious reputational damage.

New survey also shows growing trust in scientists and health professionals.

It's not all bad news, but in many ways, this is barely an upgrade.

Stanford researchers analyzed 305 million texts, revealing AI-writing trends.

Trump's threat of semiconductor tariffs may have spooked the chipmaker.

"We have a chance to tear their whole sick system down. Humans and bots fighting against the real enemy."

Puzzle masters return with a new studio and compelling manufacturing challenges.

The Korean automaker has come a long way in 10 years.

Google's Project Astra demo is almost ready for prime time.

Droplets of less volatile liquids like soybean oil and silicone oil have lower saturation pressures than water.

Flying closer to Earth delivers higher-resolution imagery, but there's a catch.

Apple's lower-end products may be seeing a flurry of activity soon.

Technique uses a "teacher" LLM to train smaller AI systems.

Most kids know that deepfake nudes are harmful, Thorn survey says.

"Every single thing was clockwork... We got some Moon dust on our boots."

We already have an example of general intelligence, and it doesn't look like AI.

But if you're still skeptical, don't worry: There's a hybrid version, too.

The largest study yet of the ISS's microbes hints we're may be keeping it too clean.

There are no reused Tesla parts here, but the price tag is prototype-level.

And if it doesn't, they've got a hybrid version, too.

A pack of small robots can do liquid/solid transitions and adopt different shapes.

Opinion: Just as Half-Life 2 helped launch Steam, a sequel could help establish non-Windows PC gaming.

Populations of sea lampreys likely to run amok with US Fish and Wildlife Service cuts.

The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch Starship's eighth test flight as soon as Monday.

Android users who haven't installed Google's February patch batch should do so ASAP.

That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars' interior.

Twenty people have been hospitalized. Most cases are in children.

1,700 complaints about boisterous TV ads hit the FCC in 2024.

Dancing sea turtles, the discovery of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, perfectly boiled eggs, and more.

Google says it has no immediate plans to change work-from-home policies.

Mozilla says it deleted promise because "sale of data" is defined broadly.

With the right folks involved, EA can capably preserve and update its classics.

Europol's hunt targets anyone making or sharing AI sex images depicting minors.

GPT-4.5 offers marginal gains in capability and poor coding performance despite 30x the cost.

Mansory, infamous modifier of cars, turns its attention to the Tesla Cybertruck.

New GPUs launch March 6, targeting upper-midrange 1440p and 4K gaming PCs.

Like Nvidia, AMD is locking some upscaling advancements to its newest GPUs.

Long-term impacts will affect not only research but also geopolitics.

Skype users will be able to move into Teams with their existing accounts.

Planet-wide glaciers may have filled the oceans with mineral nutrients.

Dogecoin Foundation strikes deals to mainstream the popular memecoin.

One Falcon 9 launched an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, an asteroid prospector, and a NASA science probe.