New bill strips Facebook, Twitter of Section 230 immunity for vaccine falsehoods

Senators target algorithmic curation to limit spread of health misinformation. | Continue reading


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Researches demonstrate that malware can be hidden inside AI models

Hiding data inside an image classifier is much like hiding it within an image. | Continue reading


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Google is finally doing something about Google Drive spam

You can now block people in Drive. It's still woefully inadequate, but it's something. | Continue reading


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Playdate preview: You won’t believe how fun this dorky, $179 game system is

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Judges reject Viasat’s plea to stop SpaceX Starlink satellite launches

Viasat fears SpaceX competition, sought freeze on launches and environmental review. | Continue reading


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Human Genome Database

The AI-driven structural predictions are being shared through a public database. | Continue reading


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Today’s Internet outage comes courtesy of Akamai Edge DNS

Contrary to popular belief, it's not always DNS... but it is today. | Continue reading


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“Donglegate” is classic overreaction–and everyone pays (2013)

Or, how not to deal with difficult social issues. | Continue reading


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Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices

Google broke a conditional statement that verifies passwords. A fix is rolling out. | Continue reading


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Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices

Google broke a conditional statement that verifies passwords. A fix is rolling out. | Continue reading


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CIA officer from bin Laden hunt to lead Havana Syndrome probe as cases rise

There may be as many as 200 cases now, including around two dozen from Vienna. | Continue reading


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Playdate preview: You won’t believe how fun this dorky, $179 game system is

Preorders start July 29 for this $179 Game Boy-like delight—which we've tested for weeks. | Continue reading


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Lawsuit: eBay tried to “terrorize, stalk, and silence” couple that ran news site

Filing in bloody pig mask case says "morning shots of alcohol" were common at eBay. | Continue reading


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Is any country installing renewables fast enough to reach climate goals?

A look at 60 countries shows that renewable growth rarely reaches the rates we need. | Continue reading


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Home and office routers come under attack by China state hackers, France warns

Compromised routers give the hackers anonymity in ongoing large-scale attacks. | Continue reading


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Event Horizon Telescope captures birth of black hole jet in Centaurus A

Images narrow down possible theoretical explanations for how black hole jets form. | Continue reading


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Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of time to save Blue Origin

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PlasticARM is a 32-bit bendable processor

Flexible electronics have been done before, but not on this scale. | Continue reading


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A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable

Firmware security tool flaws affect as many as 30M desktops, laptops, and tablets. | Continue reading


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Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of time to save Blue Origin

“What we know about Jeff Bezos is that he doesn’t like losing." | Continue reading


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Netflix Bleeds Subscribers in US and Canada

Streaming group issues disappointing forecasts for third-quarter customer growth. | Continue reading


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The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags

Analysis: No specs listed, "uncensored" app store looks like Google Play. | Continue reading


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Audacity’s new owner is in another fight with the open source community

Muse Group's intentions appear to be good—but they're paving an unpleasant road. | Continue reading


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41 percent of consumers say their next car will be electric

EY surveyed 9,000 people in 11 countries for its Mobility Consumer Index. | Continue reading


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Our AI headline experiment continues: Did we break the machine?

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The Museum of Pinball is closing its doors for good

All good things must end—come take one more look at a special collection. | Continue reading


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US warns China over state-sponsored hacking, citing mass attacks on Exchange

US: Chinese state-backed hackers perpetrated "massive cyber espionage operation." | Continue reading


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Microsoft changes course, gives gamers a reason to stick with Windows 10

SDK preview explains what is, isn't Windows 11-exclusive about new load-boosting tech. | Continue reading


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Google delays in-app billing crackdown after wave of US antitrust lawsuits

Play Store apps were supposed to switch to Google's billing by September 30. | Continue reading


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Bone-conduction headphones: Long-term test and review of AfterShokz

After four months of testing, we love these for podcasts—not so much for music. | Continue reading


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Apple Watch lead Kevin Lynch shifts focus to car development

Evan Doll will take over some responsibilities leading health product strategy. | Continue reading


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Hackers got past Windows Hello by tricking a webcam

Researchers used infrared photos and third-party hardware to best facial-recognition tech. | Continue reading


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Sea walls might just make floods someone else’s problem, study suggests

As sea levels rise, our defenses against flood damage might not work as planned | Continue reading


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Gus Grissom taught NASA a hard lesson: “You can hurt yourself in the ocean”

From the archives: Grissom's infamous (and impactful) ocean landing turns 60 this week. | Continue reading


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Collectors are as confused as you are about that $1.56M Super Mario 64 sale

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Collectors are just as confused about $1.56M Super Mario 64 sale

Old-school collectors meet "new money" as sealed prices inflate 10x in two years. | Continue reading


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An Alabama lawmaker just wants NASA to fly SLS, doesn’t care about payloads

"The mission for which is to be determined by the NASA Administrator." | Continue reading


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Facebook catches Iranian spies catfishing US military targets

Hackers posed as recruiters, journalists, and hospitality workers to lure their victims. | Continue reading


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Finger wrap could one day let you power up wearables while you sleep

This thin, flexible strip generates small amounts of electricity from finger sweat. | Continue reading


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California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature

CA to build middle-mile network open to all ISPs and give $2B in last-mile grants. | Continue reading


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US cracks down on “Fulfilled by Amazon,” citing sale of 400k hazardous items

Amazon shipped hair dryers with electrocution risk and CO detectors that don't work. | Continue reading


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Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does

In part two of our series, we attempt to learn the ways of the machine. | Continue reading


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A backdoor giving root access has lurked for years in popular KiwiSDR

Users are rattled after learning their devices and networks were exposed. | Continue reading


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Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does

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Firefox 89 delivered more speed–today’s Firefox 90 adds SmartBlock 2.0

Mozilla's browser continues ramping up its speed and blocking efforts. | Continue reading


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Google tries out error correction on its quantum processor

Two options for error correction both work, but current hardware limits them. | Continue reading


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Netflix will start publishing video games, has hired former EA exec

Follows years-long tiptoe into interactive specials, game-based TV series. | Continue reading


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Archaeologists “flabbergasted” to find Cerne Giant’s origins are medieval

"Everyone was wrong, and that makes these results even more exciting." | Continue reading


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