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A former mine at a fossil-rich site is causing the BLM headaches
Bureau of Land Management's blasting will make the site safe, but may wreck fossils.
NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel
It has been a long, strange trip," says the top scientist on NASA's PACE mission.
Daily Telescope: A bright nebula in a one-horned constellation
The nebula can be found in the constellation Monoceros.
MacBooks, Chromebooks lead losers in laptop repairability analysis
Analysis heavily weighs how hard it is to take apart brands' laptops.
Disney invests $1.5B in Epic Games, plans new “games and entertainment universe”
Major move continues Disney's decadeslong up-and-down relationship with gaming.
We may now know who’s behind the lead-tainted cinnamon in toddler fruit pouches
At least 413 people, mostly young children, in 43 states have been poisoned.
What I learned from the Apple Store’s 30-minute Vision Pro demo
Despite some awe-inspiring moments, the $3,500 headset is a big lift for retail.
Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else
Don't expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.
Texas firm allegedly behind fake Biden robocall that told people not to vote
Tech and telecom firms helped New Hampshire AG trace call to "Life Corporation."
YouTube TV is the US’s 4th-biggest cable TV provider, with 8 million subs
Google's $73-a-month service is going toe-to-toe with the cable companies.
Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought
Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market.
Your current PC probably doesn’t have an AI processor, but your next one might
Microsoft AI API expands from GPUs to NPUs as they begin to appear in more PCs.
Cable TV companies tell FCC: Early termination fees are good, actually
Cable firms say they'll raise monthly price if early termination fees are banned.
Don’t wear Apple Vision Pro while piloting a self-driving Tesla, officials warn
Social media stunts with Teslas inspire real warnings that seem straight out of sci-fi.
Shhhh! A Quiet Place: Day One trailer is anything but quiet
Experience the day the world went quiet."
Judge rules against users suing Google and Apple over “annoying” search results
Users struggled to prove harms from Google's default search deal with Apple.
New streaming app from Fox, Disney, WBD is about more than sports
Live sports is one of the last pieces missing from the streaming puzzle.
Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas seems to have an ocean, too
The ocean must have formed relatively recently, but we don't know how.
Toyota invests another $1.3 billion for EV production in Kentucky
The automaker will build a three-row EV in the US in 2025.
Large cryptocurrency miners in US now have to report energy use to government
137 mining facilities in the US account for 2.3 percent of electricity demand.
Ford rethinks EV strategy, is working on a smaller, cheaper EV platform
Ford now says mass-adoption needs EVs that cost the same as combustion cars.
Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
Buffer overflow in bootloader shim allows attackers to run code each time devices boot up.
Anti-abortion group’s studies retracted before Supreme Court mifepristone case
A large number of other, non-retracted studies find mifepristone to be very safe.
Four bolts were missing from Boeing 737 before door plug blew off, NTSB says
Signs indicate that key bolts were missing when 737 Max 9 left Boeing factory.
Robo-dinosaur scares grasshoppers to shed light on why dinos evolved feathers
The feathers may have helped dinosaurs frighten and flush out prey.
Bluesky finally gets rid of invite codes, lets everyone join
One day, developers can charge for custom feeds usurping black box algorithms.
Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
"It would be the biggest miracle if we get it back. We certainly haven't given up."
“Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper retirement plan
California hears protests as AT&T seeks end to Carrier of Last Resort obligation.
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas tries out inventory work, gets better at lifting
Atlas learns to pick up a 30-lb car strut and carefully manipulate it.
Data broker allegedly selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all
Kochava tried to argue that selling sensitive info doesn't directly cause harms.
Virgin Galactic and the FAA are investigating a dropped pin on last spaceflight
"The FAA is overseeing the Virgin Galactic-led mishap investigation."
Elden Ring is Tencent’s next target for mobile loot boxes and microtransactions
Following Nier and Apex Legends failures, Tencent turns to the Lands Between.
Searching in infrared finds a big collection of black hole star destruction
Many cases of black holes destroying stars were hidden behind dust.
Meta will label AI-generated content from OpenAI and Google on Facebook, Instagram
In a big election year, Meta details plans to label AI-generated media on its social media sites.
New paper explains why females are prone to autoimmune diseases
A system that shuts down one of two X chromosomes is targeted by auto-antibodies.
Honda recalls 750,000 vehicles due to airbag seat sensor problem
The problem affects many different Hondas and Acuras built between 2020-2022.
China close to shipping 5 nm chips, despite Western curbs
SMIC is facing lower yields as it makes 5 nm chips for Huawei smartphones.
Mozilla targets scummy data brokers with Monitor Plus removal service
Service pledges to automatically remove you from listing sites for $108/year.
Daily Telescope: A stunning new image of Io reveals a volcanic plume
Juno continues to deliver in the Jovian system.
AI can now master your music—and it does shockingly well
Suddenly, everyone can master their own music.
As if 2 Ivanti vulnerabilities under exploit weren’t bad enough, now there are 3
Hackers looking to diversify began mass-exploiting a new vulnerability over the weekend.
Trio wins $700K Vesuvius Challenge grand prize for deciphering ancient scroll
The 2024 Challenge has also been announced, with a $100,000 grand prize.
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images
New AI image filters are "just another obstacle to defeat,'" researcher says.
Google and Mozilla don’t like Apple’s new iOS browser rules
Google and Mozilla want iOS's new EU browser rules to apply worldwide.
EU right to repair: Sellers will be liable for a year after products are fixed
Rules also ban "contractual, hardware or software related barriers to repair."
Windows version of the venerable Linux “sudo” command shows up in preview build
Feature is experimental and, at least currently, not actually functional.
Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot
Collaboration comes as tech giant faces multibillion-dollar lawsuit from The New York Times.
Facebook rules allowing fake Biden “pedophile” video deemed “incoherent”
Meta may revise AI policies that experts say overlook more misleading" content.
New E. coli strain will accelerate evolution of the genes of your choice
Strain eliminates the trade-offs of a high mutation rate.
Andretti Cadillac didn’t snub Formula 1—F1’s email went to spam folder
Formula 1 emailed the prospective team but never followed up when it got no reply.
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