Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch by Stephen Clark on 2025-08-12 20:10 (#6Z9D9) This will be the first national security mission to fly on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket.
Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes by Benj Edwards on 2025-08-12 19:52 (#6Z9DA) The tendency to ask AI bots to explain themselves reveals widespread misconceptions about how they work.
Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google by Ryan Whitwam on 2025-08-12 18:49 (#6Z9AX) Google may soon be ordered to sell Chrome, and Perplexity is ready.
YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?” by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-12 17:58 (#6Z98H) Adult YouTubers defend childish viewing habits in fight to block AI age checks.
They’re golden: Fictional band from K-Pop Demon Hunters tops the charts by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-08-12 16:25 (#6Z95J) Netflix film's appeal fueled by killer K-pop soundtrack, with one banger after another.
Rad Power’s Radster: A very non-radical commuter bike by John Timmer on 2025-08-12 15:36 (#6Z95K) The Radster is great as a Class 2 e-bike, but not quite as strong as a Class 3.
Musk threatens to sue Apple so Grok can get top App Store ranking by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-12 15:27 (#6Z95M) Musk threatens to sue Apple to get Grok to top spot in App Store rankings.
China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips by Zijing Wu and Eleanor Olcott, Financial Times on 2025-08-12 13:30 (#6Z8ZB) Move comes after negotiating an export agreement with the US.
High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups by Dan Goodin on 2025-08-12 00:13 (#6Z8PY) Exploits allow for persistent backdooring when targets open booby-trapped archive.
The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess by Benj Edwards on 2025-08-11 22:25 (#6Z8PZ) OpenAI faces backlash as users complain about broken workflows and losing AI friends.
Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere by Beth Mole on 2025-08-11 22:02 (#6Z8KG) Inspection reports of other Boar's Head plants do not bode well.
AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet access by Benj Edwards on 2025-08-11 20:17 (#6Z8KH) Around 175,000 households still use dial-up Internet in the US.
Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-11 19:53 (#6Z8KJ) The Internet Archive confirmed it's in ongoing discussions with Reddit after block.
GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-08-11 19:06 (#6Z8GZ) Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018.
Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-11 17:48 (#6Z8H0) Judge tossed claim but said UK must not "significantly impede" Wikipedia operations.
Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk? by Eric Berger on 2025-08-11 17:30 (#6Z8H1) Satellite companies find themselves between a rocket and a hard place.
LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find by Kyle Orland on 2025-08-11 17:16 (#6Z8H2) Chain-of-thought AI "degrades significantly" when asked to generalize beyond training.
RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo by Beth Mole on 2025-08-11 17:06 (#6Z8H3) Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC.
Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-11 16:31 (#6Z8BD) The deal won't resolve national security concerns.
Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-08-11 15:45 (#6Z8BE) Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that's no longer an assumption we can make."
$30K Ford EV truck due in 2027 with much-simpler production process by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-08-11 14:30 (#6Z88Q) It's a clean-sheet approach to designing and building an electric vehicle.
Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean by Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News on 2025-08-11 14:28 (#6Z88R) Gulf of Maine will be site of safety and effectiveness testing.
Netflix drops One Piece S2 teaser, renews for S3 by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-08-11 11:14 (#6Z868) "Everything I've done, everywhere I go, is for the One Piece."
How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth? by Howard Lee on 2025-08-11 11:00 (#6Z869) A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life.
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why by Michelle L.D. Hanlon, The Conversation on 2025-08-10 11:05 (#6Z7MM) Nuclear power could be the linchpin for long-term human activity.
Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked by Kim Zetter, WIRED.com on 2025-08-09 11:18 (#6Z787) An encryption algorithm can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in.
New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater by Jacek Krywko on 2025-08-09 11:08 (#6Z788) It was tested for its ability to adhere to the inside of the digestive tract.
James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died by Robert Pearlman on 2025-08-09 01:28 (#6Z73Z) Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice.
For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite by Jacek Krywko on 2025-08-08 22:06 (#6Z727) The biomechanics of dinosaur skulls say T. rex was the king of bite force.
Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent by Beth Mole on 2025-08-08 21:46 (#6Z70Q) In Colombia, the parasites were caught expanding into endangered wild mountain tapirs.
Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS by Samuel Axon on 2025-08-08 21:30 (#6Z70R) It's unclear exactly how GPT-5's new approach to model-switching will work here.
Green dildos are raining down on WNBA courts. Why? Crypto memecoins, of course. by Nate Anderson on 2025-08-08 21:08 (#6Z70S) Just another "viral" stunt.
Review: The Sandman S2 is a classic tragedy, beautifully told by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-08-08 20:54 (#6Z70T) Stellar cast, lavish visuals make Netflix adaptation of influential graphic novels shine.
Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-08 20:31 (#6Z70V) Advocates say Supreme Court shows "hostility toward sound legal reasoning."
It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing by Scharon Harding on 2025-08-08 20:11 (#6Z6XY) Most companies downsizing office space say it's because of hybrid work.
Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files by Dan Goodin on 2025-08-08 19:41 (#6Z6XZ) Running JavaScript from inside an image? What could possibly go wrong?
Toymaker suddenly drops lawsuit against “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-08 18:40 (#6Z6Y0) Looks like the Sylvanian Drama" TikTok will be revived after a long hiatus.
Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species” by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-08 18:07 (#6Z6VG) Google still trying to fix "annoying infinite looping bug," product manager says.
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-08 17:44 (#6Z6VH) Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
ChatGPT users hate GPT-5’s “overworked secretary” energy, miss their GPT-4o buddy by Ryan Whitwam on 2025-08-08 17:26 (#6Z6VJ) "I want my GPT-4o back and I'll do anything to get it."
Google and Valve will kill “Steam for Chromebooks” experiment in January 2026 by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-08-08 15:40 (#6Z6VK) Well, that's one way to exit beta.
Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle by Robert Pearlman on 2025-08-08 15:28 (#6Z6VM) Generating "...public resistance to the provision's enforcement."
National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment by Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News on 2025-08-08 13:55 (#6Z6PA) Move comes in response to government's questioning of climate science.
Ford switches gears, will push smaller EVs over full-size pickup and van by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-08-08 13:41 (#6Z6PB) The e-Transit and F-150 Lightning's replacements will be delayed awhile.
Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars by Eric Berger on 2025-08-08 11:00 (#6Z6HR) "Get on board! We are going to Mars!"
New executive order puts all grants under political control by John Timmer on 2025-08-07 23:56 (#6Z69V) All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-07 20:53 (#6Z66N) FCC studies broadband "with one eye closed and the other half-open," Democrat says.
Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis by Kiona N. Smith on 2025-08-07 20:32 (#6Z66P) The stone flakes don't look like much, but they're a clue in an ancient cold case.
Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it by Dan Goodin on 2025-08-07 20:05 (#6Z66Q) Disclosure comes two months after Google warned the world of ongoing spree.
After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis by Nate Anderson on 2025-08-07 19:20 (#6Z64R) Literal "hallucinations" were the result.