Here's how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift mission
"We believe that a capture of Swift, an attempted capture of Swift, is very much in the cards."
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Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan's impressionistic remix of Homer's epic poem finds the man behind the myth.
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As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews
Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.
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After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
Autonomous vehicle giant disturbs residents' sleep.
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Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
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How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
Tracking smells in turbulent air takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory.
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Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.
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Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
The term "Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome" was coined in 1981, based on cases in four women.
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Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
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Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.
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Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.
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Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.
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Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
LemonLime’s CEO got “carried away” with tattoo gimmick.
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High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
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Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible.
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China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
Look at chemistry of batteries and motors shows big opportunity for recycling.
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Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
Sony doesn't think the move will hurt it financially.
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Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.
Filmmaker sues Netflix over stolen screener of unreleased Nicolas Cage movie.
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AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
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Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus
The hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype.
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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.
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Rocket Report: New launch rule may limit environmental regulations, Falcon 9 to hit Moon
"America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again."
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Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call
The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.
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Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers
Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.
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Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV
"Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."
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Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show
Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.
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Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future
DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet.
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Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required
The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.
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Google reveals Gemini Robotics 2.0, promising improved dexterity and safety
Gemini Robotics 2 includes three models, but only one is publicly available right now.
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Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit
"Dogfighting in space doesn’t quite have the drama of an aerial dogfight."
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Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust
Three approaches to the issue of quantum results that can't be verified classically.
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New MCP specification addresses the main barrier to enterprise adoption
Plus, a new policy for the AI protocol ensures features aren't removed suddenly.
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Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
HAWK withstood years of testing that had yet to uncover a fatal weakness found through Mythos.
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Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimper
Advertisers agreed to “reset” relationship with X.
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Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?
Government ban on foreign-made robots may hinder instead of help US robotics.
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Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims
Comcast, accused of negligence, says lawsuit mischaracterized alleged events.
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