SpaceX Plans to Build a $100 Billion Spaceport In Louisiana
SpaceX plans to spend up to $100 billion building a new Starship launch facility in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, which…
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Lab Supply Companies Have Been Selling Antibodies Using Manipulated Images
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Antibodies play a central role in your body's immune defense.…
Read at source →Alabama Launches Investigation Into OpenAI's Hack of Hugging Face
Alabama's attorney general has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into whether inadequate safeguards…
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New Zealand Introduces Under-16 Social Media, AI Companion Ban
New Zealand has introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from social media platforms and AI companion…
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FDA Approves First Wearable Device to Monitor Glucose, Ketone Levels
The FDA has authorized the first wearable in the U.S. to continuously monitor ketone levels and the first device…
Read at source →Canadian Streaming Content Becomes a US Trade Issue
Canada's cultural-content rules have become a flashpoint in its trade fight with the U.S., after American negotiators…
Read at source →Perplexity and Nvidia Launch Fully Local AI Agent With Zero Token Costs
Perplexity and Nvidia have launched "Portable Computer," a local-first version of Perplexity's agent platform that runs…
Read at source →AI Is Hitting Entry-Level Jobs Hardest, Stanford Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning…
Read at source →Waymo Is Expanding to Germany
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Munich by the end of 2027, marking the Google-owned company's first…
Read at source →Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips
Apple has unveiled a new Mac mini with either its new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year. It adds…
Read at source →Motorola's 2027 Flagships Will Officially Support GrapheneOS
Motorola is working with GrapheneOS to officially support the privacy-focused Android alternative on its 2027 flagship…
Read at source →Windows Backdoor 'Sleepwalker' Hides in Memory Until Activated by a 'Magic Packet'
"The Register has a story about a Windows backdoor that waits silently in memory for a 'magic packet' before springing…
Read at source →AliExpress Leverages User Audio Systems For Fingerprinting
A developer says AliExpress is using the browser's WebAudio API to help fingerprint users by playing inaudible audio…
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World's Oceans Hit Highest Temperature On Record As El Nino Grows
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests,…
Read at source →Amazon Hikes Hardware Prices By 60%, Blaming Memory Shortage
Amazon has raised the prices of its hardware devices by as much as 60%, blaming "significant increases in memory and…
Read at source →SEC Investigating Near-Implosion of AI Hedge Fund
The SEC is investigating the near-collapse of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, sending subpoenas to major…
Read at source →Trump Admin Moves to Impose More Than $100K Fee For H-1B Worker Visas
The Trump administration is proposing to make permanent a $103,265 fee on certain new H-1B visas, dramatically…
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Raspberry Pi Shares Its Official Tutorial For Making a Cyberdeck
Raspberry Pi has published an official guide for building a cyberdeck, leaning into a viral trend of homemade portable…
Read at source →Nvidia Senior Manager Linked To Supermicro Scheme Smuggling AI Servers To China
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Taiwan has indicted nine people -- reportedly including an…
Read at source →China Delays Ambitious Chang'e 7 Lunar Mission Until 2027
China has delayed its ambitious Chang'e 7 lunar mission until at least 2027 after scrubbing an August 24 launch. Poor…
Read at source →FDA Approves First Alzheimer's Blood Test For Americans As Young As 40
The FDA has cleared the first Alzheimer's blood test for symptomatic patients as young as 40. The test measures amyloid…
Read at source →Humanoid Robots Run 100 Meters Faster Than Usain Bolt's Record Pace
Two humanoid robots competing at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday ran the 100-meter dash faster…
Read at source →Dr. Dre Says He Uses AI To Produce Songs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Dr. Dre, the pioneering rapper and seven-time Grammy-winning producer…
Read at source →After 50 Years, Physicists May Have Finally Found a Particle Made of Pure Force
Gluons are the quantum 'Gorilla Glue' involved in binding quarks together, ScienceAlert reminds us. But for nearly 50…
Read at source →SCO Successor Xinuos Asks Court to Rehear Its Claims Against IBM/Red Hat Over Project Monterey
The long legal battle over ownership of Linux "is closer than ever to ending," reports the Register, "after a panel of…
Read at source →One-Third of Web Pages are Now Written With AI, Says Pew Research
A Pew Research senior data scientist analyzed 500,000 English-language webpages from the past five years with an AI…
Read at source →Could Mecha Comet's Linux PC-Phone Hybrid Be the Future of Linux Smartphones?
3,346 backers pledged $1,198,844 on Kickstarter to build the (modular) handheld Linux computer, the Mecha Comet. It's…
Read at source →The Global Race To Make a Practical Quantum Computer Just Took a Big Leap Forward
It's "radically different from other quantum computers" reports Phys.org. The Helios system uses trapped ions — charged…
Read at source →Twitch And Amazon Hit With Lawsuit for Training AI With Streamers' Content
A class action filed this week accused Amazon's Twitch gaming service of using video streams to fuel its AI products…
Read at source →OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing 'ChatGPT For Teens'
This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17,…
Read at source →Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days
"Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack," reports the Telegraph. More…
Read at source →Slovakia Finds Russian Backdoor In Traffic Speed Cameras
Slovakia acquired speed cameras to modernize its traffic control-- but there was a surprise. Tom's Hardware cites this…
Read at source →Stanford Economist Now Believes an AI Job Apocalypse Is Unlikely
"There is still no sign of economy-wide job destruction," says economist Erik Brynjolfsson. Working with researchers at…
Read at source →23 Years After SimCity 4's Release, 'Eternal Commuter' Bug Finally Fixed
"It began life just a year after SimCity 4's 2003 launch," writes the blog PCGamesN. "Now, over 20 years later, it's…
Read at source →Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation
An anonymous reader shared this report from the blog It's FOSS: Canonical has committed funding to a three-year PhD…
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Supply Chain Issues Delaying US Grid Batteries' Installation
Falling prices have made grid-scale storage batteries more attractive, reports Bloomberg. But after decades of stagnant…
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