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The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance is quite a name, quite a car
Few four-doors eat corners quite like this one. It sounds pretty special, too.
Gecko feet inspire anti-slip shoe soles
Adding zirconia nanoparticles to the mix enhances slip-resistant hydrophilic effects.
Sick right now? Flu is resurging to yet a higher peak this season.
Few seasons see two peaks at such high intensity.
Marvel’s first family faces Galactus in Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser
"Whatever life throws at us, we'll face it together... as a family."
China responds to tariffs with antitrust investigations of Google, Nvidia
Beijing seeks leverage against US president by reviving probes into tech giants.
Boeing has now lost $2B on Starliner, but still silent on future plans
Boeing has brought back a previous Starliner manager to helm the troubled program.
22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M
22-year-old Andean Medjedovic of Canada could spend decades in prison if convicted.
Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new web hosting
Donor's shift away from bare-metal servers leaves groups looking for new homes.
Concern about SpaceX influence at NASA grows with new appointee
Morale at the space agency is absurdly low, sources say.
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
Study provides evidence that our relatives have a "theory of mind."
Anthropic dares you to jailbreak its new AI model
Weeklong public test follows 3,000+ hours of unsuccessful bug bounty claim attempts.
“Zero warnings”: Longtime YouTuber rails against unexplained channel removal
Developer calls for human review to end YouTube's automated channel removals.
Let us spray: River dolphins launch pee streams into air
It's unclear why river dolphins do this, but it might serve some kind of social function.
Tariffs may soon spike costs of cars, household goods, consumer tech
A little pain": Trump finally admits tariffs heap costs on Americans.
Starlink profit growing rapidly as it faces a moment of promise and peril
"He wants to take food off the table of people-hard-working people."
OpenAI says its models are more persuasive than 82 percent of Reddit users
ChatGPT maker worries about AI becoming a powerful weapon for controlling nation states."
Microsoft 365’s VPN feature will be shut off at the end of the month
The VPN encrypted data on public networks but was missing some common features.
How Honda is incorporating EVs into the cars it builds in America
Giant presses and 3D stir welding make the battery cases.
Greenland’s glaciers are falling apart faster than expected
New 3D study shows meltwater driving fissures deeper into the glacial ice.
Civilization VII review: A major overhaul solves Civ’s oldest problems
Not all changes will be popular, but it's a great launching point for a new age.
It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
The political winds have shifted in Washington, but the FAA hasn't yet changed its tune on Starship.
To help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot
There's a difference between knowing a word and knowing a concept.
FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
The drug, Journavx (suzetrigine), inhibits an ion channel in peripheral nerves.
FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
FCC probes editing of 60 Minutes interview as CBS considers settling Trump suit.
Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess
It's hard to say why Google is doing this instead of a recall.
OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model
OpenAI says faster, more accurate STEM-focused model will be free to all users.
Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system
Longtime official retires after clash "over access to sensitive payment systems."
Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me
Ars chats with directors Andy and Sam Zuchero and props department head Roberts Cifersons.
Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time
"Dell may be missing out on some great talent..."
Driving the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R makes every other pony feel tame
We try Ford's latest track-only Mustang.
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
Here’s why the tech industry gets excited about sports car racing
Racing has always been used to improve the breed, but now mostly with software.
Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research
There may be several hundred thousand fake scientific papers in circulation.
Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.’s reality-bending confirmation hearings
There were a lot of doozies as RFK Jr. tried to convince lawmakers he's pro-vaccine.
Seven cool science stories we almost missed this month
Peruvian mummy tattoos, the wobbly physics of spears and darts, quantum "cat states," and more.
Rocket Report: SpaceX tosses away a Falcon 9; a Somalian spaceport?
"It was the perfect partnership and the biggest softball of all the opportunities."
The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more
Cult documentaries, science fiction classics are named as the show's influences.
Ford made a NASCAR Mach-E, but it’s not sure what to do with it yet
Just some good ol' boys with some big ol' batteries.
In Apple’s first-quarter earnings, the Mac leads the way in sales growth
CEO Tim Cook says iPhones sell better in countries with Apple Intelligence.
How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content
Specialized garbage-filled captions are invisible to humans, confounding to AI.
Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them
Brendan Carr described as "Trump's Censorship Czar" as he launches media probes.
Copyright Office suggests AI copyright debate was settled in 1965
Most people think purely AI-generated works shouldn't be copyrighted, report says.
VGHF opens free online access to 1,500 classic game mags, 30K historic files
Come for the classic GamePro, stay for the raw Myst film footage.
Report: DeepSeek’s chat histories and internal data were publicly exposed
Wiz researchers found many similarities to OpenAI with their escalated access.
OpenAI teases “new era” of AI in US, deepens ties with government
AI could help protect national security, detect diseases, and stabilize power grids, company says.
I agree with OpenAI: You shouldn’t use other peoples’ work without permission
Op-ed: OpenAI says DeepSeek used its data improperly. That must be frustrating!
Microsoft now hosts AI model accused of copying OpenAI data
OpenAI's largest investor now sells access to the "R1" model accused of breaking OpenAI's terms.
Microsoft updates Intel-based Surface PCs, if you can pay for them
Businesses often use hardware and software that still needs x86 to run properly.
Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life
Clues as to how building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded.
Tesla’s 2024 financial results are out—and they’re terrible
40 percent of its profit came from selling regulatory credits.
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