US Antarctic Program disrupted by DOGE-induced chaos
Long-term impacts will affect not only research but also geopolitics.
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Warehouse-style employee-tracking technology is coming for the office worker.
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In-vehicle selling in connected cars may be too tempting for car makers to ignore.
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SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired
Hiring comes under policy creating “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.”
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Feds putting the kibosh on national EV charging program
DOT orders states to halt plans to build federally funded EV stations.
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Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive. well-known hacks
Amount paid by victims to hackers declined by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws
Flaws also allowed access to one year of location history.
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Misconfigured license plate readers are leaking data and video in real time
Video feeds from at least 150 Motorola license plate readers accessible without a password.
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The latest in poker cheats: Tiny cameras that can see cards as they’re dealt
Several recent schemes were uncovered, so should players everywhere be concerned?
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Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000
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$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections
iVerify's detection tool was launched in May and is turning up victims.
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New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos
Upload your photo and get a thorough, three-paragraph description of it.
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Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement.
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Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet “monopoly” you’ve never heard of
Senator wants to investigate whether VeriSign is ripping off customers and violating antitrust laws.
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Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 mph.
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Faulty Colorsofts have left some Kindle owners without an e-reader
A trade-in program doesn't work too well when the new product has tech issues.
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Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific racism in AI search results
AI-powered search engines are surfacing deeply racist, debunked research.
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Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creator
An HBO documentary says he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Startup can identify deepfake video in real time
Reality Defender says it has a solution for AI-generated video scams.
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Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.
Colonized artificial reef structures could absorb the power of storms.
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Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram
App swears there's no way for law enforcement to track users' identities.
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Helene takes ultrapure quartz mines offline, threatens tech supply chains
Spruce Pine, NC contains largest known deposit of high-purity quartz.
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Can addressing gut issues treat long COVID in children?
Study hopes to answer questions about connection between GI and neurological symptoms.
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Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars
Bug let researchers track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will.
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When you call a restaurant, you might be chatting with an AI host
Voice chatbots are increasingly picking up the phone for restaurants.
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European leadership change means new adversaries for Big Tech
"Legislation has been adopted and now needs to be enforced."
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United Nations wants to treat AI with same urgency as climate change
UN report: Organization should take much more active role in AI monitoring, oversight.
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Proposed underwater data center surprises regulators who hadn’t heard about it
Startup NetworkOcean wants to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay.
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New AI standards group wants to make data scraping opt-in
The Dataset Providers Alliance wants to make AI data licensing ethical.
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Harmful “nudify” websites used Google, Apple, and Discord sign-on systems
Sign-on systems from Big Tech companies have been incorporated into deepfake generators.
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“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit
SEC had ruled that some NFT digital art pieces are unregistered securities.
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Electric vehicle battery fires—what to know and how to react
It's very rare, but lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles can catch fire.
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Researchers hack electronic shifters with a few hundred dollars of hardware
If you've got a Shimano Di2 groupset, be sure to update its firmware.
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Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat challenged as unconstitutional
Attorney: “Florida’s law has nothing to do with protecting health and safety."
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