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The joke is over?
Elon Musk fans truly believe he can make Dogecoin the currency of Earth
Dogecoin Foundation strikes deals to mainstream the popular memecoin.
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An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
The largest study yet of the ISS's microbes hints we’re may be keeping it too clean.
Jacek Krywko
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Driving an EV restomod that costs as much as a house—the JIA Chieftain
There are no reused Tesla parts here, but the price tag is prototype-level.
Alex Goy
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Driving the new Mercedes CLA made me a believer in Mercedes-Benz’s EV future
And if it doesn't, they've got a hybrid version, too.
Tim Stevens
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We’ve figured out the basics of a shape-shifting, T-1000-style material
A pack of small robots can do liquid/solid transitions and adopt different shapes.
Jacek Krywko
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An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
The largest study yet of the ISS's microbes hints we’re may be keeping it too clean.
Jacek Krywko
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Driving an EV restomod that costs as much as a house—the JIA Chieftain
There are no reused Tesla parts here, but the price tag is prototype-level.
Alex Goy
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Driving the new Mercedes CLA made me a believer in Mercedes-Benz’s EV future
And if it doesn't, they've got a hybrid version, too.
Tim Stevens
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We’ve figured out the basics of a shape-shifting, T-1000-style material
A pack of small robots can do liquid/solid transitions and adopt different shapes.
Jacek Krywko
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Half-Life 3 is just the hot exclusive Valve needs to propel SteamOS past Windows
Opinion: Just as Half-Life 2 helped launch Steam, a sequel could help establish non-Windows PC gaming.
Kyle Orland
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Federal firings could wreak havoc on Great Lakes fishery
Populations of sea lampreys likely to run amok with US Fish and Wildlife Service cuts.
Inside Climate News
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SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch Starship's eighth test flight as soon as Monday.
Stephen Clark
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Serbian student’s Android phone compromised by exploit from Cellebrite
Android users who haven't installed Google's February patch batch should do so ASAP.
Dan Goodin
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Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars' interior.
John Timmer
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Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing
Twenty people have been hospitalized. Most cases are in children.
Beth Mole
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Magnificent desolation
The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend
The first lunar lander built by Firefly Aerospace is on quite a trip, and has the selfies to prove it.
Stephen Clark
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Commercials are still too loud, say “thousands” of recent FCC complaints
1,700 complaints about boisterous TV ads hit the FCC in 2024.
Scharon Harding
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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories from February
Dancing sea turtles, the discovery of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, perfectly boiled eggs, and more.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks
Google says it has no immediate plans to change work-from-home policies.
Ryan Whitwam
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Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Mozilla says it deleted promise because "sale of data" is defined broadly.
Jon Brodkin
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Salty game dev comments, easier mods are inside Command & Conquer’s source code
With the right folks involved, EA can capably preserve and update its classics.
Kevin Purdy
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Europol arrests 25 users of online network accused of sharing AI CSAM
Europol's hunt targets anyone making or sharing AI sex images depicting minors.
Ashley Belanger
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“It’s a lemon”—OpenAI’s largest AI model ever arrives to mixed reviews
GPT-4.5 offers marginal gains in capability and poor coding performance despite 30x the cost.
Benj Edwards
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Yes, it turns out you can make a Tesla Cybertruck even uglier
Mansory, infamous modifier of cars, turns its attention to the Tesla Cybertruck.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Details on AMD’s $549 and $599 Radeon RX 9070 GPUs, which aim at Nvidia and 4K
New GPUs launch March 6, targeting upper-midrange 1440p and 4K gaming PCs.
Andrew Cunningham
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AMD’s FSR 4 upscaling is exclusive to 90-series Radeon GPUs, won’t work on other cards
Like Nvidia, AMD is locking some upscaling advancements to its newest GPUs.
Andrew Cunningham
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US Antarctic Program disrupted by DOGE-induced chaos
Long-term impacts will affect not only research but also geopolitics.
WIRED
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On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good
Skype users will be able to move into Teams with their existing accounts.
Samuel Axon
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Did the snowball Earth give complex life a boost?
Planet-wide glaciers may have filled the oceans with mineral nutrients.
Hannah Richter
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab’s news blitz; Starship mishap blamed on vibrations
One Falcon 9 launched an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, an asteroid prospector, and a NASA science probe.
Stephen Clark
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Astroscale aced the world’s first rendezvous with a piece of space junk
This success lays the foundation for future missions to dock with out-of-control satellites.
Stephen Clark
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Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft
Repositories, once set to public and later to private, still accessible through Copilot.
Dan Goodin
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Microsoft brings an official Copilot app to macOS for the first time
It looks and works just like similar apps from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Samuel Axon
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New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise
New diffusion models borrow technique from AI image synthesis for 10x speed boost.
Benj Edwards
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Google will finally fix awesome (but broken) song detection feature for Pixels
Google broke the feature last year, and it's taken months of complaints to get this far.
Ryan Whitwam
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The PlayStation VR2 will get a drastic price cut, but that might not be enough
This could revitalize the platform—or demonstrate that things aren't going well.
Samuel Axon
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Now the overclock-curious can buy a delidded AMD 9800X3D, with a warranty
CPUs ready to blast past their limits can be had with a warranty, for a premium.
Kevin Purdy
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Doctors report upticks in severe brain dysfunction among kids with flu
CDC data is limited but hints it could be one of the more severe seasons.
Beth Mole
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Portal Randomized feels like playing Portal again for the first time
Small gameplay tweaks make for a completely fresh take on old challenges.
Kyle Orland
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Trump should block Biden’s AI “gift” to China, Microsoft argues
Microsoft: If US cuts off “friends” from AI chips, China will win AI race.
Ashley Belanger
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