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Outrageously priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

Prices would need to be dramatically slashed to avoid increasing the national deficit.

18 May 2024 3:38 am
The Apple TV is coming for the Raspberry Pis retro emulation box crown

Apples restrictions will still hold it back, but theres a lot of possibility.

18 May 2024 3:13 am
OpenAI will use Reddit posts to train ChatGPT under new deal

Reddit has been eager to sell data from user posts.

18 May 2024 2:48 am
Cats playing with robots proves a winning combo in novel art installation

Cat Royale project explores what it takes to trust a robot to look after beloved pets.

18 May 2024 2:29 am
Leaks from Valves Deadlock look like a pressed sandwich of every game around

Is there something new underneath a whole bunch of familiar game elements?

18 May 2024 2:06 am
Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules

Amendments contain loopholes that may blunt their effectiveness.

18 May 2024 12:57 am
Using vague language about scientific facts misleads readers

Using subjective phrasing like scientists believe makes facts seem like opinions.

18 May 2024 12:30 am
Twitter URLs redirect to x.com as Musk gets closer to killing the Twitter name

X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change.

17 May 2024 9:13 pm
Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog

Music group contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content

17 May 2024 6:46 pm
How I upgraded my water heater and discovered how bad smart home security can be

Could you really control someone's hot water with just an email address?

17 May 2024 4:30 pm
Rocket Report: Starship stacked; Georgia shuts the door on Spaceport Camden

United Launch Alliance is under pressure ramp up the flight rate for the new Vulcan rocket.

17 May 2024 4:30 pm
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies

Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved laptop farm, identity theft, and rsum coaching.

17 May 2024 4:19 am
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbots reply as evidence of shadowban

Presidential candidate believes Metas chatbot can reliably reveal shadowbans.

17 May 2024 3:13 am
It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC

Senators skeptical of legal trouble for harmless masking after moving to make it illegal.

17 May 2024 12:55 am
Google Search adds a web filter, because it is no longer focused on web results

Google Search now has an option to search the web, which is not the default anymore.

17 May 2024 12:48 am
Pedego Moto review: Fast and furious fun for $4,000

Pedego's newest e-bike is quality even if a little bit impractical.

17 May 2024 12:09 am
Archie, the Internets first search engine, is rescued and running

A journey through busted tapes, the Internet Old Farts Club, and SPARCstations.

16 May 2024 11:14 pm
Bumble apologizes for ads shaming women into sex

Bumble admits mistake after critics explained why celibacy is a valid choice.

16 May 2024 10:42 pm
Thunderbolt Share simplifies dual-PC workloadsbut requires new hardware

App comes out in June, but you'll need a PC or dock licensed to use it.

16 May 2024 10:09 pm
Mixup of drinking and irrigation water sparks dangerous outbreak in children

Of 13 children sickened, 7 hospitalized and 2 had life-threatening complications.

16 May 2024 7:16 pm
Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns

EU is concerned Meta isn't doing enough to protect children using its apps.

16 May 2024 6:55 pm
Daily Telescope: I spy, with my little eye, the ISS

What is black and white and constantly in flight?

16 May 2024 5:30 pm
BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI

An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone.

16 May 2024 4:07 am
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora

Google's video synthesis model creates minute-long 1080p videos from written prompts.

16 May 2024 2:21 am
MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says

Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison.

16 May 2024 1:51 am
RealVNC is dropping its Home plan and barely noting its free Lite option

Some pretty dark patterns make free version of remote desktop tool hard to find.

16 May 2024 1:04 am
Netflix gets the NFL: Three-year deal starts this season on Christmas

The NFL brings eyeballs like no other content, and subscribers actually stick around.

15 May 2024 10:58 pm
Cable TV providers ruined cablenow theyre coming for streaming

Comcast wants to tie its cable/Internet to your streaming subscriptions.

15 May 2024 10:51 pm
DOJ says Boeing faces criminal charge for violating deal over 737 Max crashes

DOJ determined that Boeing violated 2021 agreement spurred by two fatal crashes.

15 May 2024 10:34 pm
Android 15 gets Private Space, theft detection, and AV1 support

Android 15 Beta 2 is out for Pixels and several third-party devices.

15 May 2024 10:30 pm
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach

Ebury backdoors SSH servers in hosting providers, giving the malware extraordinary reach.

15 May 2024 10:26 pm
VMware Fusion, Workstation now free for home use, subscription-only for businesses

Free for personal use, but businesses will have to fork over $120 per year.

15 May 2024 9:15 pm
Could your car power your home? GM makes it a reality in EV truck demo.

GM's Ultium-based EVs can power your house during an outage.

15 May 2024 9:07 pm
Smashing into an asteroid shows researchers how to better protect Earth

Slowing down an asteroid by just one-tenth of a second makes all the difference.

15 May 2024 8:24 pm
Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendos enigmatic red console

How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the '90s.

15 May 2024 4:30 pm
Weight loss from Wegovy sustained for up to four years, trial shows

It's still unclear how long people will have to stay on the drugs to maintain the effects.

15 May 2024 4:34 am
2023 temperatures were warmest weve seen for at least 2,000 years

Northern Hemisphere temperatures well beyond natural variability seen in tree rings.

15 May 2024 1:47 am
Boeing is troubleshooting a small helium leak on the Starliner spacecraft

The first launch of astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule is now set for May 21.

15 May 2024 1:17 am
Google strikes back at OpenAI with Project Astra AI agent prototype

AI model updates galore at Google I/O, including 2m context window, Imagen 3, Veo, and more.

15 May 2024 12:41 am
Google is reimagining search in the Gemini era with AI Overviews

What's the best pilates studio within walking distance that has new member

15 May 2024 12:03 am
AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails

Gmail will soon be able to summarize recent emails from a contact.

14 May 2024 11:14 pm
5,471-piece Lego Barad-Dr set will turn its watchful Eye to us in June

Fiery eye actually lights up, and multiple towers can be stacked.

14 May 2024 11:03 pm
Feds probe Waymo driverless cars hitting parked cars, drifting into traffic

Auto-safety regulator is investigating 22 reports of Waymo cars malfunctioning.

14 May 2024 10:43 pm
14 May 2024 8:10 pm
The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end

Rare bitcoin fragments are worth many times their face value.

14 May 2024 7:33 pm
ChatGPT-4o allows real-time audio-video conversations with an emotional AI chatbot

GPT-4o demo shows new AI model singing a bedtime story, detecting user's facial expressions.

13 May 2024 11:28 pm
Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams

Unbundling Teams from Office has apparently failed to impress EU regulators.

13 May 2024 7:33 pm
NOAA says extreme Solar storm will persist through the weekend

So far disruptions from the geomagnetic storm appear to be manageable.

11 May 2024 7:14 pm
How the Moon got a makeover

The Moon's former surface sank to the depths, until volcanism brought it back.

11 May 2024 3:30 pm
Exploration-focused training lets robotics AI immediately handle new tasks

Maximum Diffusion Reinforcement Learning focuses training on end states, not process.

10 May 2024 11:52 pm