For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret
For those who follow NASA’s human spaceflight program, a burning question for the last year-and-a-half...
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Robot developers keep making it seem like housebots are imminent when they’re decades away
The walking, talking, dancing Optimus robots at the recent Tesla demonstration generated huge excitement. But...
Apple is turning The Oregon Trail into a movie
Apple will adapt the classic educational game The Oregon Trail into a big-budget movie, according...
Lidar mapping reveals mountainous medieval cities along the Silk Road
The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes...
Some of Apple’s last hold-out accessories have switched from Lightning to USB-C
One of the last major hold-outs against USB-C has majorly loosened its grasp. All the...
Pizza place accidentally spiked dough with THC, sickening dozens
Dozens of people in Wisconsin have been sickened and at least five needed emergency medical...
Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warnings
On Saturday, an Associated Press investigation revealed that OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool creates fabricated text...
Apple releases iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 with Apple Intelligence
Today, Apple released iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, tvOS 18.1, and watchOS 11.1....
Raspberry Pi OS’s yearslong switch from X Window to Wayland is now official
There have been times when it seemed like X Window System would be with us...
Are we on the verge of a self-improving AI explosion?
If you read enough science fiction, you’ve probably stumbled on the concept of an emergent...
18-year prison sentence for man who used AI to create child abuse images
A man who used artificial intelligence technology to create child sexual abuse imagery was sentenced...
SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next?
The stupefying and stupendous capture of a Starship rocket earlier this month by two mechanical...
A how-to for ethical geoengineering research
Over the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, the world’s temperatures hovered near 1.5° C above pre-industrial temperatures,...
Are Boeing’s problems beyond fixable?
As Boeing’s latest chief executive, Kelly Ortberg’s job was never going to be easy. On...
Astronaut hospitalized after returning from 235-day space mission
NASA said Friday one its astronauts is in a hospital in Florida for medical observation...