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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/casimir-force-co-opted-to-generate-free-energy-midichlorians-not-included/

fliptop writes:On Reddit, Hacker News and other places where people in software development talk to each other [...] Developers talk not just about how the AI output is often flawed, but that using AI to get the job done is often a more time consuming, harder, and more frustrating experience because they have to go through the output and fix its mistakes. More concerning, developers who use AI at work report that they feel like they are de-skilling themselves and losing their ability to do their jobs as well as they used to [paywalled]:

"Fnord666" writes:Ollama Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability Allows Remote Process Memory Leak:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2174433/nasa-psyche-spacecraft-got-an-assist-from-mars-on-way-to-asteroid/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/texas-county-passes-data-center-moratorium-for-a-year-follows-other-local-governments-pausing-similar-projects-but-state-senator-says-counties-cannot-impose-these-bans

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/cell-phones-users-cant-stop-incriminating-themselves/

hubie writes:Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme injury, according to new research:

canopic jug writes:El Pais has a short interview with Vint Cerf about his thoughts on the Internet and speculation about the future. He has been there since the beginning when, among other things, he and Robert Kahn developed TCP/IP.

ted-ious writes:65% of U.S. doctors reportedly use OpenEvidence, which is supported in part by pharmaceutical ads:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Tiny molecules in the blood can strongly predict short-term survival in older adults:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Fortunately, it happened early in the morning, so nobody was around:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:America's aging electric grid is struggling to meet modern demands-especially amid the AI boom. Overhauling it will be no small feat:

Bloomberg reports on a recent court decision in China.

"Fnord666" writes:Subquadratic has launched a new AI architecture featuring a 12-million-token context window that outperforms GPT-5.5 on retrieval benchmarks:

hubie writes:SteamOS scared Microsoft into making Windows less like Windows:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-may-have-discovered-how-parkinsons-disease-spreads-through-the-brain/

hubie writes:Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid:

An Anonymous Coward writes:YellowKey exploit bypasses BitLocker full volume encryption via USB stick and WinRE

fliptop writes:As a metric of just how much damage the push to "electrify" everything on wheels has caused [Ed's Comment: In the USA] , it's hard to surpass Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe's announcement the other day that Honda - Honda! - suffered its first-ever money-losing year last year:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2166169/why-european-cars-cant-use-american-engine-oil/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://aisle.com/blog/aisle-discovers-cve-2026-42511-a-21-year-old-freebsd-remote-command-execution-vulnerability

An Anonymous Coward writes:It's not much cheaper than an equivalent laptop, so who's this for, exactly?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://scitechdaily.com/1300-year-old-secret-lost-medieval-manuscript-finally-found-hiding-in-plain-sight/

hubie writes:If you're one of millions using element-data, it's time to check for compromise:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nasa-pushes-mars-helicopter-rotors-past-the-speed-of-sound-for-the-first-time-ever-next-gen-skyfall-aircrafts-rotors-hit-3-750-rpm-ten-times-faster-than-normal-helicopters

An Anonymous Coward writes:

ted-ious writes:A Wikipedia Clone Built on AI Hallucinations Is Here to Hasten Along the Death of the Internet:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Instead of waiting for patch cycles, admins could simply shut down vulnerable functions before attackers get there:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Great Zombification

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/the-new-wild-west-of-ai-kids-toys/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Scientists have finally cracked the hidden geometry behind how humans perceive color:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2169135/gm-agrees-to-pay-12-75-million-to-settle-california-lawsuit-over-misuse-of-customers-driving-data/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Furores are fermenting in the forums:

fliptop writes:The findings make clear that the race to use AI to find network vulnerabilities has "already begun"

"Fnord666" writes:A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new "super steel" that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater:

owl writes:https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/05/12/ups-exploration

hubie writes:For years workers were taught to endure stress in silence. Now, rising burnout is forcing employers and governments to confront the cost of modern work:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/louis-rossmann-tells-3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-to-go-bleep-yourself-over-its-lawsuit-against-enthusiast-right-to-repair-advocate-offers-to-pay-the-legal-fees-for-a-threatened-orcaslicer-developer

hubie writes:Commercial LLMs challenged with tests of originality and creativity generate results that are more similar to one another than people's responses:

hubie writes:Researchers discover a simple method of generating hydrogen gas by mixing iron ions with alcohol and irradiating it with ultraviolet light:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:3D printing brings design to life after four decades:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://scitechdaily.com/one-in-five-at-risk-scientists-identify-a-hidden-blood-particle-linked-to-higher-risk-of-stroke-and-death/

An Anonymous Coward writes:

hubie writes:The game asks players to find the least worst options for a shipping chokepoint:

hubie writes:Link between pollinators and diverse landscapes is a two-way street:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:A new study links the universe's expansion to quantum topology, suggesting that hidden mathematical structures may stabilize the cosmological constant in ways previously unrecognized:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:NASA is serious about taking more shots on goal, but some of them need to start landing:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Good Job Dell and Lenovo! Hope Others Follow You

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Survey polled 4,000 U.S. residents in late 2025: