Dirty diaper resold on Amazon ruined a family business, report says

Amazon's process for inspecting returned items is "broken," consultant says. | Continue reading


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Net neutrality rules temporarily stayed as judges weigh impact of SCOTUS ruling

Court delays FCC rules until August 5, asks sides for briefs on Brand X. | Continue reading


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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism

Will LLMs keep improving if we throw more compute at them? OpenAI dealmaker thinks so. | Continue reading


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PC emulator comes to iOS, but Apple’s restrictions hamper performance

UTM SE's lack of JIT compilation means "SE stands for Slow Edition." | Continue reading


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China tells WTO that US EV subsidies are unfair trade barriers

China says it's unfair that only EVs made in North America qualify for tax credits. | Continue reading


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Report: Alphabet close to $23 billion deal for cybersecurity startup Wiz

Deal of this size would draw scrutiny from antitrust regulators around the world. | Continue reading


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Genetic cloaking of healthy cells opens door to universal blood cancer therapy

Blood stem cells are being engineered to protect them from lethal therapies. | Continue reading


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Here’s Audi’s next A5—and all the stuff we won’t get in the US

With the end of combustion more than 8 years off, Audi has developed a new platform. | Continue reading


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Animals use physics? Let us count the ways

Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. | Continue reading


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In the South, sea level rise accelerates at some of the most extreme rates on Earth

The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges. | Continue reading


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NATO allies pledge $1 billion to promote sharing of space-based intel

Agreement marks the largest investment in space-based capabilities in NATO’s history. | Continue reading


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Google makes it easier for users to switch on advanced account protection

The strict requirement for two physical keys is now eased when passkeys are used. | Continue reading


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OpenAI reportedly nears breakthrough with “reasoning” AI, reveals progress framework

Under new classification, Level 2 AI can perform "human-level problem solving." | Continue reading


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“Superhuman” Go AIs still have trouble defending against these simple exploits

Plugging up "worst-case" algorithmic holes is proving more difficult than expected. | Continue reading


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German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement

Four Brandenburg-class F123 warships employ floppies for data-acquisition systems. | Continue reading


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NASA’s flagship mission to Europa has a problem: Vulnerability to radiation

"What keeps me awake right now is the uncertainty." | Continue reading


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Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack

Six months of call and text records taken from AT&T workspace on cloud platform. | Continue reading


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Much of Neanderthal genetic diversity came from modern humans

Neanderthals' low diversity means their population was even smaller than we thought. | Continue reading


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$500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form

Other Pocket iterations have stuck to colorful (and cheaper) plastic. | Continue reading


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New app releases for Apple Vision Pro have fallen dramatically since launch

Apple struggles to attract content from developers for its $3,500 headset. | Continue reading


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Captain America: Brave New World teaser introduces Red Hulk to the MCU

There's quite a few familiar characters from 2008's The Incredible Hulk. | Continue reading


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Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit lets your hacking imagination run wild, sans solder

Daisy-chain tiny boards into weather stations, game controllers, and way more. | Continue reading


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Partial automated driving systems don’t make driving safer, study finds

Many driver assists do increase safety, but little evidence lane keeping is one. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk’s X faces big EU fines as paid checkmarks are ruled deceptive

Paid "verification" deceives X users and violates Digital Services Act, EU says. | Continue reading


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Earliest known ancestors of scorpions were tiny sea beasts

A local fossil collector in Morocco found the specimen decades ago. | Continue reading


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Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.

There's no incentive to fix the system, which was never designed to catch fraud anyway. | Continue reading


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Rocket Report: Chinese firm suffers another failure; Ariane 6 soars in debut

"This powers Europe back into space.” | Continue reading


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The unmatched streak of perfection with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is over

An investigation into the engine failure could delay SpaceX's upcoming crew launches. | Continue reading


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Scientists built real-life “stillsuit” to recycle astronaut urine on space walks

Prototype would replace multi-layered adult diapers currently worn on space walks. | Continue reading


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Lion brothers in search of mates just set a record for longest known swim

Brothers Jacob and Tibu braved hungry hippos and crocodiles to make the crossing. | Continue reading


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First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards

Influencer platform's controversial contest awarded prizes to three nonexistent people. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetrators

Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X's revenue. | Continue reading


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Shady company relaunches popular old tech blogs, steals writers’ identities

This doesn't just threaten writers' work—it has a corrosive effect on the web. | Continue reading


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More than 1.5 million email servers running Exim vulnerable to critical attacks

Based on past attacks, It wouldn’t be surprising to see active targeting this time too. | Continue reading


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Giant salamander species found in what was thought to be an icy ecosystem

Found after its kind were thought extinct, and where it was thought to be too cold. | Continue reading


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DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again

You don't know what you've got till it's gone. | Continue reading


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Frozen mammoth skin retained its chromosome structure

Features as small as 50 nanometers preserved in a 50,000-year-old sample. | Continue reading


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Can you do better than top-level AI models on these basic vision tests?

Abstract analysis that is trivial for humans often stymies GPT-4o, Gemini, and Sonnet. | Continue reading


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Arm tweaks AMD’s FSR to bring battery-saving GPU upscaling to phones and tablets

Arm "Accuracy Super Resolution" is optimized for power use and integrated GPUs. | Continue reading


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Apple settles EU probe by opening up its mobile payments system

iPhone users will get more choices to make "touch-and-go" payments in the EU. | Continue reading


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Intuit’s AI gamble: Mass layoff of 1,800 paired with hiring spree

Intuit CEO: "Companies that aren’t prepared to take advantage of [AI] will fall behind." | Continue reading


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To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve

The technologies are useful tools but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels. | Continue reading


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NASA update on Starliner thruster issues: This is fine

“What we want to know is that the thrusters can perform," Starliner's pilot says. | Continue reading


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Latest Apple Arcade additions show Apple is looking backward, not forward

Opinion: Games that were popular in 2011 or even 2022 won't move the needle for Apple. | Continue reading


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Threat actors exploited Windows 0-day for more than a year before Microsoft fixed it

The goal of the exploits was to open Explorer and trick targets into running malicious code. | Continue reading


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Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates

Teens ordered to attend classes on sex education and responsible use of AI. | Continue reading


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Republicans angry that ISPs receiving US grants must offer low-cost plans

Law requires grantees to offer low-cost plans. GOP calls it "rate regulation." | Continue reading


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Three betas in, iOS 18 testers still can’t try out Apple Intelligence features

Apple has said some features will be available to test "this summer." | Continue reading


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