Researchers figure out how to get fresh lithium into batteries
As the owner of a 3-year-old laptop, I feel the finite lifespan of lithium batteries...
Why Houston’s 2024 derecho did more damage than hurricane Beryl
On May 16, 2024, a powerful derecho swept through Houston, killing seven people and causing...
RFK Jr. promptly cancels vaccine advisory meeting, pulls flu shot campaign
Just days after anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became the country’s top health official,...
Notorious crooks broke into a company network in 48 minutes. Here’s how.
In December, roughly a dozen employees inside a manufacturing company received a tsunami of phishing...
DeepSeek goes beyond “open weights” AI with plans for source code release
Last month, DeepSeek turned the AI world on its head with the release of a...
Nissan’s latest desperate gamble—see if Tesla will buy the company
Senior politicians in Japan are not going to let Nissan die easily. The automaker has...
Chinese Volvo customers report fake B&W speakers in their cars
Do you remember The Simpsons episode “Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield”? It first...
Doctors find worms squirming through teen’s neck: A cautionary tale
Regardless of the state of the world—whether you’re staring down a Constitutional crisis or enjoying...
EV battery manufacturing capacity will rise when 10 plants come online this year
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers...
Microsoft’s new AI agent can control software and robots
On Wednesday, Microsoft Research introduced Magma, an integrated AI foundation model that combines visual and...
FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it...
ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy
Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact...
Small study suggests dark mode doesn’t save much power for very human reasons
If you know how OLED displays work, you know about one of their greatest strengths:...
Twitch’s new storage limits will purge huge swaths of Internet gaming history
Popular Amazon-owned game streaming platform Twitch announced Wednesday that it will be imposing a 100-hour...
Amazon remembers it has an Android app store, kills it
After 14 years of trying and failing to gain a smartphone foothold, Amazon has announced...