Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations
In April last year, the Environmental Protection Agency released its latest attempt to regulate the...
January 2025
Ongoing attacks on Ivanti VPNs install a ton of sneaky, well-written malware
Networks protected by Ivanti VPNs are under active attack by well-resourced hackers who are exploiting...
Why are wildfires raging across Southern California? Well, it’s complicated.
More than 130,000 residents in Southern California face the catastrophic loss of property, and possibly...
CES 2025 teases alarming smart TV future loaded with unwanted software, gimmicks
If you asked someone what they wanted from TVs released in 2025, I doubt they’d...
Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition
Most crossword puzzle fans have experienced that moment where, after a period of struggle on...
Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out
A federal judge this week rejected Google’s motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit alleging...
X CEO signals ad boycott is over. External data paints a different picture.
When X CEO Linda Yaccarino took the stage as a keynote speaker at CES 2025,...
Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
In the wake of the successful Nintendo Switch and Valve Steam Deck, we have seen...
Linux Foundation bands together Chromium browser makers in a “neutral space”
Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers sounds like a very niche local meetup, one with hats and...
New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC
The Raspberry Pi foundation has spent the last year filling out the Pi 5 lineup—in...
Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
Five years ago, a small company in Houston named Intuitive Machines had just 30 employees,...
Winners and losers as the EV tax credit rules change for 2025
The list of electric vehicles that qualify for the IRS clean vehicle tax credit has...
Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia
A sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress offers tantalizing clues about a culture that once dotted the southern...
Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from...
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
It’s pretty easy to see the problem here: The Internet is brimming with misinformation, and...