Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024....
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US lawmakers push to quickly ban DeepSeek on government devices
Lawmakers are now pushing to immediately ban the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices, citing...
Review: 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70 is charming, but it needs updates
The Genesis Electrified GV70 continues to intrigue me. Together with the internal combustion engine version,...
Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite well-known, massive hacks
For much of the past year, the trail of destruction and mayhem left behind by...
NASA moves up target to return Butch and Suni, but not for political reasons
NASA should soon announce a new plan for the return of two of its astronauts,...
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain
Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from...
Judge suggests temporary order blocking DOGE from Treasury records
On Wednesday, a US district judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, recommended a compromise in a lawsuit seeking...
Chat, are you ready to go to space with NASA?
The US space agency said Wednesday it will host a live Twitch stream from the...
Not Gouda-nough: Google removes AI-generated cheese error from Super Bowl ad
When Google launched its AI Overviews features last year, we noted plenty of examples of...
AMD promises “mainstream” 4K gaming with next-gen GPUs as current-gen GPU sales tank
AMD announced its fourth-quarter earnings yesterday, and the numbers were mostly rosy: $7.7 billion in...
Polestar CEO says the brand’s tech makes the US a “great market for us”
In a move that will no doubt upset some of the more… orderly minded out...
Robocallers posing as FCC staff blocked after robocalling real FCC staff
Robocallers posing as employees of the Federal Communications Commission made the mistake of trying to...
Let’s Encrypt is ending expiration notice emails—for some very good reasons
Let’s Encrypt has been providing free “wildcard” certificates for websites for nearly seven years, enabling...
Will Japan’s weak enconomy mean a cheaper Switch 2 in the US?
Since our first glimpse of the Switch 2 last month, we’ve been left guessing on...
Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK
Early car sales data for January is starting to arrive from countries across the pond,...