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Looking far away to understand our own home.

A dive into the past, whether you're using a vintage or new computer.

Astrobotic's lunar lander ships to Florida later this week for final launch prep.

The best budget mechanical keyboard I've ever used.

Nvidia tried to end-run restrictions with new designs, but US govt said not so fast.

Bogus homeopathic products based on pseudoscience will remain on shelves.

Meta repeatedly chose not to design platforms safe for kids, states allege.

"Fines go uncollected, and the company dissolves and moves assets elsewhere."

Qualcomm's new chip has an X4 ARM Cortex CPU, typical yearly performance claims.

Snapdragon X Elite PCs should begin to arrive in mid-2024, but obstacles remain.

Mutations in the MAPT gene associated with tau proteins seem to play a significant role.

Samsung says a "server issue" incorrectly flagged the apps, and it should be fixed now.

PimEyes is "still perfecting" its AI age-detection system.

A startup company has upped its qubit count by an order of magnitude in two years.

Apple is relying on carbon credits to claim Apple Watch is carbon neutral.

Come for the Moon, stay to learn about the Black Madonna statue.

Around a half-dozen full-timers and a few part-timers are keeping Voyager alive.

TV series will be part of games' official canon, Amazon says.

This was a test of the launch-abort system for India's Gaganyaan spacecraft.

1Password CTO says investigation found no compromise of user data or sensitive systems.

Tesla SEC filing on Monday revealed that the DOJ is investigating the EV maker.

Researchers say "most transparent" AI model scores only 54% on their index.

After battling third-party apps, Reddit threatens generative AI firms, WaPo reports.

For the second year in a row, there's an even bigger graphite thermal pad.

Thieving iFrame sites now say: "I steal other people's code because I'm a total hack."

Ursula Vernon, aka T. Kingfisher, won a Hugo for her dark fairy tale, Nettle and Bone.

Earliest lawsuits reveal how AI giants likely plan to dodge defamation claims.

Supreme Court issues stay and will hear case on US contacts with social networks.

Overzealous DLL alterations have been suspended in a subsequent driver update.

Long wait times for 13- and 14/16-inch MacBook Pros are also suggestive.

The southern United States should see some beneficial rain.

Foxconn founder Terry Gou is currently running for president of Taiwan.

GPU-based physics simulator speeds up reality by "1,000x" while GPT-4 calls the shots.

In today's image, we get an infrared view of NGC 346.

Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.

It's a deep simulation, a retro throwback, and a funny few hours at a time.

Navigator CO says regulatory hurdles are too much to overcome.

One is fatally hacked, the other shut down in international police dragnet.

Hackers obtained valid credentials, but Okta doesn't say how.

The problem with Jon Stewart seems to be that he could land Apple in hot water.

Meta's issues handling pro-Palestine content are systemic, expert says.

Holiday deals are already here, apparently.

The rollout of Starlink-for-phones will add new demands to SpaceX's launch schedule.

Politeness and emphasis play a surprising role in AI-model communications.

New "computational food" design incorporates electrowetting on dielectric technology.

A very unusual chip design provides a distinct approach to cutting AI's energy cost.

Report: 74% of X's most viral misinformation posts are from "verified" users.

Volkswagen Group and Stellantis are the last remaining holdouts.