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Ranking the 25 coolest things in space so far during the 21st century
Taking stock of spaceflight one-quarter of the way through the 2000s.
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Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine
Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years.
Dan Goodin
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Errant reference in macOS 15.2 seems to confirm M4 MacBook Airs for 2025
Software reference could point to a release sooner rather than later.
Andrew Cunningham
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Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says
Class action could foil Photobucket’s plan to turn old photos into AI goldmine.
Ashley Belanger
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TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads
TCL to "heavily promote" original short films with gen AI animation, characters.
Scharon Harding
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Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine
Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years.
Dan Goodin
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Errant reference in macOS 15.2 seems to confirm M4 MacBook Airs for 2025
Software reference could point to a release sooner rather than later.
Andrew Cunningham
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Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says
Class action could foil Photobucket’s plan to turn old photos into AI goldmine.
Ashley Belanger
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TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads
TCL to "heavily promote" original short films with gen AI animation, characters.
Scharon Harding
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Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features
Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you.
Benj Edwards
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iOS 18.2, macOS 15.2 updates arrive today with image and emoji generation
Nearly 3 months in, Apple has added most of the initial Intelligence features.
Andrew Cunningham
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Add to a charity haul that's already raised nearly $9,500 in just a couple of days.
Kyle Orland
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NASA believes it understands why Ingenuity crashed on Mars
Engineers are already beginning to plan for possible follow-on missions.
Eric Berger
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Report: Google told FTC Microsoft’s OpenAI deal is killing AI competition
Microsoft gatekeeping OpenAI models saddles AI rivals with costs, report says.
Ashley Belanger
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New congressional report: “COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory”
A textbook example of shifting the standards of evidence to suit its authors' needs.
John Timmer
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Efficiency, power, luxury: The 2025 Lucid Gravity SUV nails all three
Understanding the gravity of the situation: Driving Lucid's serious new SUV.
Michael Teo Van Runkle
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The latest in poker cheats: Tiny cameras that can see cards as they’re dealt
Several recent schemes were uncovered, so should players everywhere be concerned?
WIRED
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Seeing no road to profit, GM shutters Cruise
GM decides to cut its losses, will focus on partial automation for passenger cars.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Embodied says it will try to refund recent purchases but makes no promises.
Scharon Harding
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AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”
Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance.
Benj Edwards
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Micron’s $6B CHIPS funding should have more strings attached, critics say
Micron's NY fabs are the only CHIPS projects undergoing full environmental review.
Ashley Belanger
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Location data firm helps police find out when suspects visited their doctor
Leaked form shows how Fog Data helps cops find where suspects have been and when.
Jon Brodkin
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Amazon starts selling Hyundai cars, more brands next year
Amazon Autos has gone live in 48 US cities.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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The Talos Principle: Reawakened adds new engine, looks, and content to a classic
The game that was asking lots of questions about AI ethics 10 years ago is back.
Kevin Purdy
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AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack
Attack bypasses AMD protection promising security, even when a server is compromised.
Dan Goodin
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Avian flu cases are on the upswing at big dairy farms
Rise in cases amplifies concerns about consolidation in agriculture.
Inside Climate News
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We’ve got a lavish new trailer for Star Trek: Section 31
"Whatever you believe your mission was, it's worse than you thought."
Jennifer Ouellette
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In a not-so-subtle signal to regulators, Blue Origin says New Glenn is ready
Blue Origin needs to fly the New Glenn rocket to identify where the vehicle has margin.
Eric Berger
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Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says
Parents suing want Character.AI to delete its models trained on kids' data.
Ashley Belanger
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The iPhone accessories that let me ditch my laptop while traveling
Getting the desktop experience from my tiniest computer.
Scharon Harding
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EV charging infrastructure isn’t just for road trippers
Energy management will be key for electrified vehicle fleets.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Apple hit with $1.2B lawsuit after killing controversial CSAM-detecting tool
Apple knowingly ignoring child porn is a "never-ending nightmare," lawsuit says.
Ashley Belanger
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Paleolithic deep-cave compound likely used for rituals
A boulder engraved with a turtle, good acoustics, and torch lighting—what more do you need for a good time?
Jennifer Ouellette
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Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?
"Reddit Answers" will answer questions with AI-generated summaries of user content.
Benj Edwards
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Cable ISPs compare data caps to food menus: Don’t make us offer unlimited soup
Data plans compared to a "tasting menu, a buffet, or unlimited soup and salad."
Jon Brodkin
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Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly
It's a big launch, but AI video-synthesis competition has heated up over the past 10 months.
Benj Edwards
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Meet Hyperlight, Ars Technica’s new, even brighter “Light” mode
You asked, so we built it!
Nate Anderson
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US businesses will lose $1B in one month if TikTok is banned, TikTok warns
US ban would also impact tens of millions of global users, TikTok claimed.
Ashley Belanger
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Google gets an error-corrected quantum bit to be stable for an hour
Using almost the entire chip for a logical qubit provides long-term stability.
John Timmer
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Itch.io platform briefly goes down due to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report
Domain registrar failed to respond after offending content was taken down.
Kyle Orland
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