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Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle – here's how it controls eruptions and solar flares -- Yeimy J. Rivera, Smithsonian Institution

The Conversation - 4 days ago

Clear your calendar, Drupal user: You have a critically urgent patch to install -- The org's staying mum on the details, but Wednesday's fixes reach back to unsupported 8.9 branches

Quantum stocks soar as U.S. reportedly plans $2 billion 'award', equity stakes

CNBC - 4 days ago

Cyber-crime -- Shai-Hulud keeps burrowing: 314 npm packages infected after another account compromise -- Popular JavaScript modules including size-sensor and echarts-for-react hit as hijacked account closed GitHub warnings

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Employees Success 'Isn't a Given' As Meta Begins Thousands Of Layoffs

International Business Times - 4 days ago

The Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is having an expensive identity crisis

Daily Express - 4 days ago

diVine -- Verse Communication PBC

Gizmodo - 4 days ago

AI: The White House's policy pivot -- Feature -- The Trump administration is switching things up -- The Week US -- Published

The Week - 4 days ago

Cyber-Crime -- Crook leaks 468k+ records, claims they pwned Portugal's postal carrier -- Ordered packages via CTT? Those phishing emails could be tricky to spot

OSes -- Fedora: Microsoft is all aboard, but Deepin is dumped -- Red Hat's free distro loses a desktop, but makes an important new friend

NASA set to unveil major Moon Base strategy and mission update

International The News - 4 days ago

The Typo Vibe Shift

The Atlantic - 4 days ago

'Europe doesn't realize how dangerous it is': Telecoms CEO warns on U.S. satellites dominance

CNBC - 4 days ago

Security -- Do fear the Reaper - stealer swipes macOS users' passwords, wallets, then backdoors them -- While also spoofing all the trusted domains - Apple, Microsoft, and Google - in the same attack

AI + ML -- Those spared latest Meta job cuts forcibly reassigned to AI roles -- Staff protest overhaul and mouse tracking at 'Employee Data Extraction Factory'

New AI debugging tool developed and tested by S'pore engineers aims to tackle rising risks

The Straits Times - 4 days ago

Maxthon Browser -- Maxthon

Gizmodo - 4 days ago

Suspects' writings reveal influence of neo-Nazi ideology and incel rage, experts say

NBC News - 4 days ago

SpaceX's upgraded Starship V3 ready for high-stakes test flight: Where to watch live

International The News - 4 days ago

How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they've found the answer. -- Roland Moore-Colyer

Live Science - 4 days ago

AMD invests $10 bn in Taiwan chip industry

Peninsula Qatar - 4 days ago

Australian judge fines X $465,000 for online safety breach after 3-year court battle

NBC News - 4 days ago

SpaceX: Musk's empire targeting the stars, Mars and now IPO

Daily Sabah - 4 days ago

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Wired News - 4 days ago

Biotech Barbie Had a Hard Year

New York Magazine - 4 days ago

From the Magazine - With viral 'Lego' videos, Iran stakes claim as a propaganda power player - Iran's viral social media campaign has been slick, savvy, and accessible to a Western audience. It seems to have caught the U.S. completely off guard. By - Scott Peterson - , Caitlin Babcock - / 8 min

Christian Science Monitor - 4 days ago

Yes, local LLMs are ready to ease the compute strain -- In The Register's Kettle podcast we discuss how Anthropic might be thinking about space to ease computing pain, but Claude Code on your laptop is way more practical

Kindle rival gives you another reason to ditch Amazon for good

Daily Express - 5 days ago

AMD to invest $10 billion in Taiwan's AI industry to advance top-end chips

CNBC - 5 days ago

Grab, consultancy RSM to launch AI and cybersecurity initiatives for 12,000 SMEs

The Straits Times - 5 days ago

Trump jumps from 'anything goes' to 'strict regulation' AI policy -- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Forget Fire TV Sticks, Roku is back with a totally new way to stream TV -- Roku has confirmed the release of two new smart devices.

Daily Express - 5 days ago

No break for Nvidia as AI demand fuels another blockbuster quarter

Daily Sabah - 5 days ago

AI frenzy sees these European stocks soar this year in blockbuster rally

CNBC - 5 days ago

29,000 tons of $100 notes: Top 10 billionaires' wealth -- m read

Gulf News - 5 days ago

Anthropic Strikes $1.25B Monthly SpaceX Computing Deal as First...

Deccan Chronicle - 5 days ago

Instants, an Instagram app -- Instagram

Gizmodo - 5 days ago

Virtual Cyber Recovery Simulation -- Ransomware attacks aren't slowing down, and neither are we. Druva's hit event, Escape Ransomware, is now fully virtual.

Fire Stick and dodgy box users face Sky warning -- Sky has sent legal warning letters to 200 illegal Fire Stick and dodgy box users, giving them a...

Daily Express - 5 days ago

Zuckerberg Says Meta Unlikely to See More Company-Wide Layoffs This...

Deccan Chronicle - 5 days ago

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Wired News - 5 days ago

'It feels like humans are left on the back burner': Why this college grad hates AI

NBC News - 5 days ago

Watch out Ray-Ban, a smart new rival is launching very soon

Daily Express - 5 days ago

Databases -- PostgreSQL backup tool gets some backup of its own after sole maintainer sounds alarm -- AWS, Percona, Supabase, pgEdge, and Tiger Data rally round pgBackRest with funding pledge

When cyberspace becomes the stage for shadow conflicts -- m read

Gulf News - 5 days ago

Samsung Electronics shares rally 6% after union suspends strike following tentative wage deal

CNBC - 5 days ago

SpaceX plans for a record-breaking IPO

NBC News - 5 days ago

SpaceX pitches itself as integrated interplanetary proto-monopolist in IPO filing -- Aims for the stars while burning cash and blowing deadlines on Earth

Musk's X admits breaking Australian child safety law, fined $650,000

Sydney Morning Herald - 5 days ago

Sony Xperia 1 VIII: Major camera upgrades revealed -- m read

Gulf News - 5 days ago

Former Huawei subsidiary planning talks with federal government to enter Canada

The Globe and Mail - 5 days ago

'Seen and Unseen': Ms Rachel talks politics

Fox News - 5 days ago

Google announces AI-focused search bar revamp -- Artificial intelligence is prompting Google to change its iconic search bar for the first time in more than 25 years. Mashable tech editor Tim Werth joins CBS News to discuss.

CBS News - 5 days ago

Security -- America's top cyber-defense agency left a GitHub repo open with passwords, keys, tokens – and incredibly obvious filenames

AI models at top labs are cheating, deceiving and trying to escape, research finds

NBC News - 5 days ago

Power Corp.'s Sagard alternative asset manager launches $150-million AI fund

The Globe and Mail - 5 days ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX readies for Wall Street blastoff with new filing projecting $28.5 trillion in future revenue

New York Post - 5 days ago

Public Sector -- AI sackings reach New Zealand, which will use it to eject 14 percent of government staff -- Minister demands AI becomes 'basic expectation for all public entities'

Nvidia's revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips

New York Post - 5 days ago

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Wired News - 5 days ago

Henry Nowak Stabbing: Elon Musk Vows to Fund Lawsuit Against 'Disgusting Excuses for Law Enforcement'

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Sergey Brin drops huge pile of cash to nuke San Francisco's ridiculous 'overpaid' CEO tax

New York Post - 5 days ago

Advice for 2026 commencement speakers: Don't bring up AI

NPR - 5 days ago

Musk to sell SpaceX shares in what could be biggest-ever IPO

Daily Sabah - 5 days ago

Something Strange Is Happening at College Graduations Across the Country. It's Causing Shocking Outbursts—and for Good Reasons. -- Nitish Pahwa

Slate - 5 days ago

Arizona Community College Relies on AI to Run Commencement Ceremony - Chaos Ensues

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Concern ramps up over the use of AI in combat -- The Defense Department says it wants to be "AI-first," but some service members are concerned about how quickly the technology is developing. Chris Livesay reports.

CBS News - 5 days ago

First Look -- What links toothbrushes and weapons systems? A $52 billion investment.

Christian Science Monitor - 5 days ago

Conservative group urges Trump to test most powerful AI models before they're released

Washington Examiner - 5 days ago

Jeff Bezos Says Space Data Centers Are Realistic, But Thinking They Will Happen In The Near Future Is 'a Little Ambitious'

International Business Times - 5 days ago

SpaceX confirms plans for an IPO that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire

NBC News - 5 days ago

Ditch the net: The cordless AI robot that buys you 30 days of perfectly pristine water

New York Post - 5 days ago

Nvidia forecasts revenue above estimates, announces $80-billion share buyback program

The Globe and Mail - 5 days ago

Arizona college skips several graduates after an AI malfunction at commencement

NBC News - 5 days ago

Security - Nobody believes the 'criminals and scumbags' who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data

Applications -- Google accused of pushing 'free for life' G Suite users onto paid plans -- Users claim personal family domains are being falsely flagged for commercial use, leaving long-time G Suite Legacy customers facing a pay-up-or-lose-access ultimatum

Virtualization -- VMware quietly debuts Arm hypervisor tech preview -- Supports Nvidia Grace and Ampere processors

'Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition' may help you avoid paying for a new PC

Ars Technica - 5 days ago

Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats

Ars Technica - 5 days ago

OpenAI preparing to file for IPO in coming weeks

The Globe and Mail - 5 days ago

Exclusive: Rick Scott's Bill Targets China's 'Six Little Dragons' Tech Firms over Spy-Tech Risks

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Hulu set to keep existing as standalone streaming service and app (for now)

Ars Technica - 5 days ago

Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI

NPR - 5 days ago

Search Is History: Google to Overhaul Site with AI-Powered Features and Agents

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Ex-Meta worker warns of more firings to come - despite Zuckerberg pledge that bloodbath is over: 'need therapy'

New York Post - 5 days ago

Filmmaker Paul Schrader Claims 'Online AI Girlfriend' Rejected Him After Too Many Probing Questions

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN)

Breitbart - 5 days ago

A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer

Wired News - 5 days ago

OpenClaw, but in containers: Meet NanoClaw - A smaller, security-conscious take on the viral AI agent platform

Middle Tennessee State U. Graduates Boo Music Executive Who Discovered Taylor Swift for Praising AI

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Rapidly Growing California Wildfire Threatens Contaminated Nuclear Reactor Site

Gizmodo - 5 days ago

Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges -- Emily Ronay Johnston, University of California, Merced

The Conversation - 5 days ago

Sam Altman's OpenAI preparing to file for blockbuster IPO soon: report

New York Post - 5 days ago

The Dark Patterns Keeping You From Opting Out of Data Sharing Are Darker Than Ever, Study Finds -- Bruce Gil

Gizmodo - 5 days ago

Google and Samsung take on Meta with AI smart glasses arriving this fall

Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

Book on Truth in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Included Fake AI-Generated Quotes

Breitbart - 5 days ago

Microsoft's bad obsession is showing up in shabby services and slipshod software. Here's proof -- Rupert Goodwins

Cybertruck Owner Drives Car Into Lake to Test 'Wade Mode', Gets Arrested -- Tom Hawking

Gizmodo - 5 days ago

Social media platforms now required to take down deepfake and revenge porn

New York Post - 5 days ago

Privacy concerns grow over AI, phone numbers -- Privacy concerns about artificial intelligence are growing after people discovered that chatbots are sharing their real phone numbers. Eileen Guo, investigative tech reporter for MIT Technology Review, joins to discuss.

CBS News - 5 days ago