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Microsoft, Famous for Culty Jargon, Is Naming Half Its Organization ‘Agents and Infra’
The other half will be called Devices and Consumer."
Identity Verification Is Broken. The 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Now for Sale Are Proof
A massive trove of driver's license scans allegedly stolen from an identity verification company shows the danger of creating honey pots of our most sensitive documents for malicious actors to exploit.
California’s Surveillance Pricing Bill Misses Deadline to Advance to Gov. Newsom’s Desk
The California Retailers Association said, "Our hope is that next year we can begin with the areas where there is genuine agreement rather than starting over."
While AI Industry Frets Over Safeguards, One Company Is Building a Model That ‘Doesn’t Say No’
Only in America.
The Sonos Beam Ultra Actually Has Me Excited Over a Soundbar
Positively beaming.
‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Crew on the Film’s Final Verdict
Director Dave Green and stars Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor, and Eric Bauza share their reactions to Wile E. Coyote's fate at the end of the 'Looney Tunes' film.
The Best-Case Scenario for Climate Change Just Got a Whole Lot Worse
Global temperature rise is set to cross the threshold set by the Paris Agreement within the next few years, according to a UN report.
Trump Admin Teams Up With OpenAI in Its Fight Against the New York Times
The administration filed a statement of interest backing OpenAI in the newspaper's lawsuit.
A Solar Superstorm Caused a GPS Glitch Bad Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars
The massive eruption threw GPS readings off by more than 33 feet (10 meters).
The Russos Insist ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Will Bring Something New to the Table
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo explain what brought them back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (other than, presumably, big Disney bucks).
AI CEOs Try to Persuade World Leaders to Hop on Trump’s Anti-Regulation Train
OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia and Palantir executives were all in attendance at the G20 meeting with a unified message: AI is a "non-negotiable."
New York City Bans AI From Elementary Schools
Students pre-K through 8th grade will face a one-year blanket ban while high school students will have limited AI use available.
Bill Simmons’ Cozy Relationship With Tech Companies Is Blowing Up in His Face
The Podfather got an offer he should have refused.
Huawei’s Watch D3 Doubles as an Inflatable Blood Pressure Cuff
The Huawei Watch D3 can track your sleep and workouts, but its best trick is a clever method for measuring your blood pressure.
Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People
A geophysicist at Virginia Tech discovered subtle acceleration measurements in the deceptively slow shifts of ice and rock that preceded August 26's deadly glacial collapse in Nepal.
How ‘Looney Tunes’ Icon Mel Blanc Influenced ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
Director Dave Green and 'Looney Tunes' voice actor Eric Bauza dive into how Mel Blanc influenced the hybrid live-action animated film.
A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin
Recent images by Hubble revealed a decagonal-shaped wave around Saturn's south pole
This Is the Worst Possible Time for OpenAI to BfЖ7!#2猫$9&
While the world braces itself for a new era of rogue AI agents, the company is reportedly dabbling with a risky new technique.
Google Manages to Weasel Its Way Out of Selling Its Ad Tech Business
It takes an Olympic level of mental gymnastics to find that Google is operating an illegal monopoly and then decide to do nothing about it," activists say.
This Newly Discovered Demonic-Looking Flower Is Nightmare Fuel
Scary as it looks, Thismia daemona is probably at high risk of extinction, researchers say.
‘Andor’ Star Adria Arjona Explains Bix’s Lack of Big Action Scenes
The actor said her character served a different purpose on Tony Gilroy's 'Star Wars' show.
Looks Like Smart Glasses Are a ‘No’ for OpenAI
Even Sam Altman gets the ick from people wearing cameras on their faces.
AI or Overhiring? Uber Targets Middle Management With 10% Cut to Workforce
The ride-hailing app company is laying off roughly 3,300 employees.
The ‘Street Fighter’ Trailer Is Now a Playable Game on YouTube
Down + diagonal + left/right + punch.
Physicists Detected a Signal That Defies Explanation. It Could Be Dark Matter—or Something Stranger
Researchers have been searching for this elusive substance for years. One team may have finally found something.
Acer’s New Aspire Laptop Is Like if the Nintendo 3DS Had a 4K Screen
And yet the 2D-to-3D stereoscopic display may not even be the most interesting thing about this laptop.
‘Friday the 13th’ Screenwriter Victor Miller Dies at 86
Miler was the original creator of Crystal Lake's slasher horror icon Jason Voorhees and his mother, Pamela Voorhees.
Raindrops Carry Tiny Electrical Charges That Eat Through Your Car’s Fresh Paint Job
A new study identifies a real-and overlooked-reason rain breaks down protective coating on metal.
Nightmares Come to Life in the Convoluted but Oddly Compelling ‘Parasomnia’
Writer-director James Ross II makes his feature debut with the horror film hitting Shudder this week.
‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ May Have Cast The Beyonder
Plus, Amazon's 'Tomb Raider' breaks health code violations.
This New Dreame Robomower’s Side Piece Seems Great at Edging
The A4 AWD Pro gets key upgrades over its predecessor.
‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Is Getting a SteelBook Release… in 6 Months
Paramount can't seem to figure out what to do with 'Avatar Aang.'
‘Never After Dark’ Filmmaker Will Next Remake the Already Perfect ‘Pulse’
Dave Boyle will follow his Japan-set horror breakout with a new take on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's eerie internet tale.
Acer’s Smaller Intel-Based Gaming Handheld Has Sky-High Ambitions
Acer's next handheld is smaller and less powerful, but it's packed with premium parts.
Why Can’t Our Gaming Handhelds Also Be Our Work PCs?
Acer's silly concept handheld is making me question why we can't have the best of both worlds.
Acer’s Vero 16 Is Its Most Repairable Laptop Ever
You can replace everything on the Vero 16 down to its hinge components and port covers.
Elon Musk’s Evil Floating Head Era Has Begun
Musk's unsettling telepresence addressed a G20 meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Alienware Desperately Wants Gaming Pros to Finally Adopt OLED
Why should anybody have to stare at an LCD panel anymore?
Dell Tries to Beat the MacBook Neo With Yet Another Cheap(ish) Laptop
Finally, Dell has a colorful laptop that's not another XPS.
iRobot’s New Roombas Can Clean Carpets 3x Deeper Than Older Models
Meet the new Roomba Max 875 and Roomba Plus 678.
Right on Cue, Google Is Reportedly on the Verge of Shipping a Coding-First AI Model
Demis Hassabis is no longer CEO of Google DeepMind. Looks like it's time to pivot to coding.
John Ternus Era at Apple Kicks Off With the Changing of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
Apple has a new CEO, and Lake Ontario has a new name, apparently.
Here’s How Trump Plans to Steal the Midterm Elections, According to a Whistleblower
The plan sounds chaotic, but the chaos may be the point.
Another Tesla on Autopilot Stopped on Freeway, Driver Died: Report
The vehicle stopped in live traffic and was rear-ended.
The Atlas 1.0 ‘Brain Wearable’ Can Tell if You’re Locked In
Atlas' first $499 wearable EEG aims to give wearers a better understanding of their internal states.
Peter Cullen’s Final Performance as Optimus Prime Is a Love Letter to ‘Transformers’ Fans
A new short film, 'Optimus Prime: Awakening,' will follow select screenings of 'The Transformers: The Movie.'
Anthropic Says It Hit the Brakes on AI Testing Following Autonomous Hacks
Frontier AI labs are paying lip service to the need for an industry-wide, coordinated slowdown-while continuing to train and deploy their own new models.
JBL’s New Wi-Fi Speakers Aim to Beat Sonos at Its Own Game
JBL's Cove speakers join the likes of Sonos, Bose, and Samsung in the battle for Wi-Fi supremacy.
A Drug-Resistant Ringworm Fungus is Surging Across the Globe, Scientists Warn
The emerging fungus Trichophyton indotineae can cause severe and hard-to-treat cases of ringworm.
Here Are the 2026 Hugo Award Winners
'Sinners,' 'Murderbot,' and Alix E. Harrow's 'The Everlasting' were among the big winners at this year's ceremony.
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