A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease

Researchers are testing CAR T cell therapy as a way to reset the immune system. | Continue reading


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The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants us to know it's taking this very seriously. | Continue reading


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Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots

Universities promise no frontline duty and perks if students enlist in military. | Continue reading


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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees. | Continue reading


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US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

WHO announced today that the operation to safely transfer passengers is complete. | Continue reading


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Review: Good Omens finale sticks the landing

Truncated third season feels rushed, but also gives us a fitting end to a love story for the ages. | Continue reading


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Solar power production undercut by coal pollution

Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols. | Continue reading


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Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app

Newer AcuRite Now app lacks some features but has a subscription option. | Continue reading


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Three's a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO

Instead of running silent and deep, most satellites easily stand out against the blackness of space. | Continue reading


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Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths

WHO learned of potential cases May 5; US CDC said it just heard about it yesterday. | Continue reading


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Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations

One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media. | Continue reading


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OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say

Judge orders Apple to give Musk internal messages discussing secretive ChatGPT deal. | Continue reading


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Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales

The ID. Polo GTI takes plenty of inspiration from the original Golf GTI of 1976. | Continue reading


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Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

Limestone might not be the only source for Portland cement. | Continue reading


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Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California

Publishers would have to offer "independent" play patch or refunds after server shutdowns. | Continue reading


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Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss

The automaker marked its first annual loss in more than 70 years. | Continue reading


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Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included

The vacuum giveth, the vacuum taketh, but the vacuum doesn’t let you taketh. | Continue reading


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Rocket Report: Russia claims success with new ICBM; spaceplane déjà vu in Europe

SpaceX's upgraded Starship is set to launch on its first test flight as soon as Tuesday, May 19. | Continue reading


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Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable. | Continue reading


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Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom

“This is a public trust and transparency issue.” | Continue reading


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The perfect commuter bike? Velotric's Discover 3 makes its case.

A customized mid-motor and Shimano's new Cues components are a winning combination. | Continue reading


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Claude Code's product lead talks usage limits, transparency, and the "lean harness"

"We have no grand plan," says Anthropic's Cat Wu—but that's by design. | Continue reading


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Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype

Study suggests "the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound." | Continue reading


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Fired hacker twins forget to end Teams recording, capture own crimes

One little mystery—solved. | Continue reading


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Cell phone users can't stop incriminating themselves

People confide almost everything to their phones. | Continue reading


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Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers

Town’s 49,000 California residents compete with Nevada data centers for energy. | Continue reading


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AMD promises to bring improved, hardware-backed FSR 4 upscaling to older Radeon GPUs

FSR 4.1 running on RDNA3 or RDNA2 GPUs may take a bigger performance hit. | Continue reading


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Judge probes whether Musk settlement with Trump admin is tainted by corruption

Trump admin wants to let Musk pay $1.5M fine to settle $150 million Twitter suit. | Continue reading


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Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

It's not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it's investigating. | Continue reading


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Your doctor’s AI notetaker may be making things up, Ontario audit finds

Made-up therapy referrals, incorrect prescriptions among the common mistakes. | Continue reading


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Vaporware or not? Aptera assembles its first five validation models.

The three-wheel, two-seat EV has been in development since 2006. | Continue reading


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Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same day

Layoffs are "not a savings-driven resutrcture," CFO says. | Continue reading


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Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño

Ocean heat plus human-caused global warming is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. | Continue reading


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Motorola Razr Fold review: Fits neatly in your pocket but not your budget

The Razr Fold has a lot going for it, but like all foldables, it's wildly expensive. | Continue reading


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Desperate Trump taps "Tim Apple," Jensen Huang, Elon Musk to attend Xi summit

Xi meeting may force Trump to pivot on semiconductor tariffs and Taiwan. | Continue reading


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Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed

The final flight and complex legacy of a pioneering solar-powered aircraft. | Continue reading


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FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum

Approval is no surprise after FCC chair pressured EchoStar to sell licenses. | Continue reading


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Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA

Distinct form of tooth protein in Homo erectus shows up in Denisovans—and us. | Continue reading


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Foiled plot tried to sneak 49 lbs of cocaine into Australia via Xerox printers

The drugs had an estimated worth of over $9 million USD. | Continue reading


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AI invades Princeton, where 30% of students cheat—but peers won't snitch

Old "honor code" systems are under strain. | Continue reading


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The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"

The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery. | Continue reading


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NASA provides some details about Artemis III, but hard decisions remain

"NASA also is defining the concept of operations for the mission." | Continue reading


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A new US military wargame series began by simulating a nuclear weapon in orbit

US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year. | Continue reading


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Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago

“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says. | Continue reading


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Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar

"Very painful": Altman relives his Muskian reaction to losing control over OpenAI. | Continue reading


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Windows Update is getting better at saving your PC from buggy drivers

Driver recovery can automate what used to be an irritating manual process. | Continue reading


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Amazon devices chief says a new smartphone is “just not the goal”

"We know what customers need right now.” | Continue reading


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Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”

But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help. | Continue reading


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