It’s official: 2024 was the warmest year on record
Over the last 24 hours or so, the major organizations that keep track of global...
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Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he...
Tesla’s Model Y crossover finally gets a facelift—just in China for now
Yesterday, Tesla revealed a facelift for its bestselling Model Y crossover. Or at least it...
Viral ChatGPT-powered sentry gun gets shut down by OpenAI
OpenAI says it has cut off API access to an engineer whose video of a...
Only 5 percent of US car buyers want an EV, according to survey
Only 5 percent of US consumers want their next vehicle to be a battery electric...
A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is
It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring...
Elon Musk wants OpenAI to auction off a large ownership stake
A lawyer for Elon Musk has called on the California and Delaware attorneys-general to force...
Disney, Fox, and WBD give up on controversial sports streaming app Venu
Venu Sports, the sports streaming app that Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced...
US selling 69K seized bitcoins could mess with Trump plans for crypto reserve
At the end of 2024, a US court authorized the Department of Justice to sell...
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...
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...
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...
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...