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There’s a lot of hype about Chinese EVs—is any of it true?
In addition to being full of screens, China now wants its cars to be packed with AI.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
Jennifer Ouellette
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Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
Cyrus Farivar
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Study: AI models that consider user’s feeling are more likely to make errors
Overtuning can cause models to “prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
Kyle Orland
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The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows’ gaming share, but can it keep going?
Andrew Cunningham
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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
Jennifer Ouellette
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Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
Cyrus Farivar
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Study: AI models that consider user’s feeling are more likely to make errors
Overtuning can cause models to “prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
Kyle Orland
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The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows’ gaming share, but can it keep going?
Andrew Cunningham
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Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive
Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.
Beth Mole
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Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
Dan Goodin
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Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
Senator decries “blatant, brazen corruption,” wants to target Trump admin next.
Jon Brodkin
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Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines
More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
Ashley Belanger
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Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.
Jeremy Hsu
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Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.
Jacek Krywko
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AI’ll be watching you
The hidden cost of Google’s AI defaults and the illusion of choice
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.
Ryan Whitwam
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GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests
New results suggest Mythos’ cyber threat isn’t “a breakthrough specific to one model.”
Kyle Orland
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Is your Purosangue SUV not sharp enough? Ferrari has you covered.
We’ll soon get to see the brand’s first EV; first, a more honed V12 four-seater.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it’s running out of time and cash
It’s not clear whether Virgin Galactic has the cash reserves to fund a prolonged test phase.
Eric Berger
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Apple may take “several months” to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand
Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part.
Andrew Cunningham
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Women sue the men who used their Instagram feeds to create AI porn influencers
AI ModelForge is a platform that teaches men how to generate their own AI influencers.
WIRED
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Rocket Report: Falcon Heavy is back; Russia’s Soyuz-5 finally debuts
Two launches this week delivered 61 more satellites to orbit for the Amazon Leo broadband network.
Stephen Clark
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Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general
Trump lashes out at Cassidy while announcing his new nomination.
Beth Mole
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US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold
“In 25 years, the average score… has never been so low.”
Nate Anderson
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Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine’s sights
“We had serious inbound attempts to the cosmodrome that day.”
Stephen Clark
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Elon Musk’s 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial
Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI.
Ashley Belanger
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The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more.
Dan Goodin
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Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
Meta said the Kenyan workers didn’t “meet our standards.”
Scharon Harding
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Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids
Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid.
John Timmer
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Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn
If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we’re here for it.
Eric Berger
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Zack Cregger has his own vision for Resident Evil reboot
Fresh off his Oscar-winning Weapons, Cregger likens his take on the film franchise to Evil Dead II
Jennifer Ouellette
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Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones
Beijing’s citywide ban restricts the sale, transport, and storage of drones.
Jeremy Hsu
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RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel
There was uncertainty about whether Kennedy would fight or simply try an end run.
Beth Mole
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In motorsport, there’s nowhere to hide as AI becomes new CFD tool
AI finds value in motorsport, multiplying limited computational fluid dynamics resources.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”
Old 86-DOS source code dates back to the time before Microsoft bought it.
Andrew Cunningham
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More than half of all Polymarket “long shot” bets on military action pay off
Sensitive information and the prediction markets can be a winning combination.
Financial Times
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Florida Republicans reject plan to weaken childhood vaccine requirements
DeSantis had called for a special session to take up the proposed changes.
Beth Mole
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ABC can beat Trump FCC’s license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight
Broadcast license renewals are “all but automatic” due to 1996 change in US law.
Jon Brodkin
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OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to “never talk about goblins”
Directions also include system instructions to act like “you have a vivid inner life.”
Kyle Orland
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Howdy’s dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers
Most are keeping their subscriptions after signing up, too, research firm says.
Scharon Harding
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