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We talkin’ LEO?
NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
Eric Berger
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Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life
Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.
Elizabeth Rayne
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Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths
State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.
Beth Mole
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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The “border exemption” to your rights is real.
Cyrus Farivar
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A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring
It’s possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.
Jacek Krywko
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Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life
Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.
Elizabeth Rayne
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Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths
State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.
Beth Mole
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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The “border exemption” to your rights is real.
Cyrus Farivar
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A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring
It’s possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.
Jacek Krywko
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Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails
A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.
Dan Goodin
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Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can’t use it yet
So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.
Ryan Whitwam
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Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com
Reddit says it’s fighting “automated abuse.”
Scharon Harding
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RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the “tyranny” of medical facts, expertise
AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.
Beth Mole
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The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers
Boycotting Disney is hard.
Scharon Harding
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Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.
Ashley Belanger
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Interview: Firefox’s chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome
Mozilla’s Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.
Samuel Axon
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“An AI did it” is no defense, says nonprofit suing OpenAI over Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer “the harms of its unsafe decision-making,” nonprofit says.
Jon Brodkin
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So what’s happening with Russia’s new, long-delayed crewed spacecraft?
Russia says it has a “promising, reusable manned transport spacecraft.”
Eric Berger
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Google’s early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling
Many sites see just one-tenth of one percent of their advertising revenue from AI payments.
Ryan Whitwam
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Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
John Timmer
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The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward
New exploit works on all but the most recently updated consoles.
Kyle Orland
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Discord gives more advertisers more tools to target its users
Discord is “opening the platform to advertisers, regardless of their budget.”
Scharon Harding
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What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles
Wing patterns, flight dynamics create “motion dazzle” effect, make it harder to gauge speed, direction.
Jennifer Ouellette
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BMW reveals US 3 series pricing: The EV carries a hefty premium
The 2027 BMW 330 starts at $49,900, the i3 50 xDrive at $61,500.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns
OpenAI is seeking another $30 billion privately as its IPO plans slip.
Financial Times
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Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
Dan Goodin
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Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
Beth Mole
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Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
Cyrus Farivar
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AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
The deal, which is expected to close by year’s end, is worth $8.2 billion.
Samuel Axon
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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
Jon Brodkin
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Here’s what actually happened in OpenAI’s Australian gov’t server hack
Without a “full set of safeguards,” agent accessed “system information and source code.”
Kyle Orland
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Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
Ashley Belanger
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This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data
Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies
Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.
Jacek Krywko
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OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release
Similar performance, security trade-offs also seen in current public models.
Kyle Orland
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Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.
Financial Times
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Boeing “incredibly excited” to serve as nation’s only astronaut transportation
“We couldn’t provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers.”
Eric Berger
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Experts worry about Nvidia’s AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
Ashley Belanger
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SpaceX’s Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday’s flight added the last bit.
Stephen Clark
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Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as “the greatest public nuisance ever created.”
Kyle Orland
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