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Regulators discuss size of penalty as X calls punishment "political censorship."

Here's how one teen plans to fix schools failing kids affected by nudify apps.

Most games are made in China. They now face hefty fees.

Plant cells without a cell wall are fragile, so it's hard to image its construction.

"Batesian mimicry" is when a species evolves to look like one that's inedible.

Has the moment passed for massive electric trucks with massive range?

Nintendo will "assess" market conditions; planned June 5 launch date still set for now.

"Launch has generally been more of a cost center than a profit center."

Yield-increasing conservation measures now branded as "far left climate activities."

Episode six: Elayne sings karaoke, the Forsaken attack, and Rand pays his toh.

"The first Super Heavy reuse will be a step towards our goal of zero-touch reflight."

Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans.

DeepMind says AGI could arrive in 2030, and it has some ideas to keep us safe.

Yes, encryption/decryption occurs on end-user devices, but there's a catch.

300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning.

Nvidia says the Switch 2's GPU is 10 times faster than the original Switch.

Voice breaks in Latin American monkey calls resemble human yodeling, but over a much wider frequency range.

Trump accused of consulting chatbots after critics mock tariffs on islands of penguins.

A "flight-proven" Super Heavy booster will power SpaceX's next Starship test flight.

NotebookLM can do the legwork for you now.

New car prices were already 25% more expensive than before the pandemic. Now what?

Rare survey of AI experts exposes deep divide with public opinion.

The study shows a sharp change when the vaccine was introduced in Wales.

Little-used 2019 standard bridges a gap between internal and external storage.

Samsung's contract chipmaking business has struggled to secure big US customers.

It's bigger, it's more powerful, and it has some weird Nintendo control gimmicks.

All Nintendo titles see an increase from the $60 Switch 1 status quo.

"Americans will be sicker and face increased health care costs."

"We want to give audiences a reflection of their own world through the lens of fantasy."

Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones.

With fresh leadership, Google aims to create new products based on Gemini.

A bit of early 2020s triple-A, some neat originals, and two wild arrivals.

79 arrested after Europol shuts down massive child porn platform.

More damaging reports for Trump official who invited journalist to Signal chat.

Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says.

Evidence of DOGE staffer's proud history of hacking quickly deleted, report says.

It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick.

Some Switch games will get free updates to improve Switch 2 performance.

The '80s comedy has stood the test of time, even inspiring a 2009 Mythbusters episode.

H5N1 influenza's origins stretch back to the 1990s.

The numbers are going the wrong way for a company valued on continuing growth.

Enshittification is not the only option.

$449 buys easier multiplayer, mouse mode, and a chance to upgrade older titles.

The refresh looks the same but charges faster, goes faster, and much farther.

Honda will also find new homes for some heritage IndyCars and MotoGP bikes.

A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators.

RFK Jr. killed grants "with no warning or legally valid explanation," states say.

Apple only supported RCS on the big three carriers in the first iOS18 releases.

We take some wild stabs ahead of the big "Nintendo Direct" presentation.

Doctors said he'd die by 13, but Bill Williams turned long odds into iconic art about endurance.