
Variety - 53 min 27 sec ago
Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social that is majority-owned by President Donald Trump, posted earnings results for the second quarter of 2025. The company reported $883,300 in net sales for Q2, up 5.5% year over year, and a net loss of $20.0 million (compared with a net loss of $16.4 […]...

TechRadar - 55 min 31 sec ago
Labels like "Verified" give a false sense of safety but don't reflect real extension behavior Browser DevTools were never meant to track how extensions behave across tabs and over time Malicious extensions often act normally until specific triggers make their hidden features come alive The unchecked spread of malicious browser extensions continues to expose users to spyware and other threats, largely due to deep-seated flaws in how the software handles extension security. New research...

Ars Technica - 1 hour 8 min ago
A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.

The Hill - 1 hour 15 min ago
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, an ally of President Trump, scored a Friday win after the country's lawmakers passed constitutional amendments eradicating term limits. The measure was passed in a 57-3 vote just one year after Bukele broke with the law setting term limits by saying he would seek a second term as president. The...

Tech Meme - 1 hour 20 min ago
Financial Times : Sources: Mistral is in discussions, including with Abu Dhabi's MGX, to raise $1B at a valuation of about $10B, up from its previous valuation of €5.8B — French AI start-up seeks additional firepower to compete with deep-pocketed US and Chinese rivals...

Tech Meme - 1 hour 24 min ago
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: in a rare companywide meeting, Tim Cook said the AI revolution is "ours to grab", Apple's AI efforts will mirror its iPhone successes, and more — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, holding a rare all-hands meeting following earnings results …...

Ars Technica - 1 hour 27 min ago
NPR: Every community will be hurt by Corporation for Public Broadcasting closing.

Wired - 1 hour 51 min ago
A Miami jury has ordered the automaker to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a "defect." It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.

TechRadar - 2 hours 8 min ago
Cheats and mods are now frontlines for cybercrime targeting gamers' wallets and private data Verified crypto wallets like MetaMask and Exodus are being drained through browser injection Trojan.Scavenger abuses overlooked flaws to disable browser safety and manipulate trusted extensions Gamers seeking performance enhancements or special abilities through third-party patches and mods may be unwittingly exposing themselves to sophisticated malware , experts have warned. Recent findings from Dr...

Tech Meme - 2 hours 11 min ago
Bloomberg : Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon have collectively spent ~$90B on capex in their most recent quarters and are expected to spend over $344B for the year — If there's any lesson to take from the spending plans issued by the world's largest technology companies over the past two weeks …...

TechRadar - 2 hours 32 min ago
The Honda N-One e: is unveiled in Japan and previews a global compact EV The diminutive car will measure less than 3,400mm (133.9inches) in length A range of 150+ miles is expected and V2L means it can power homes The production version of the teeny, boxy Honda that wowed crowds at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed has been unveiled and the N-One e: will go on to influence a global, low-cost EV. Revealed in Japan this week, one of Honda's smallest-ever electric vehicles will offer over 150...

Ars Technica - 2 hours 59 min ago
Drones can now carry significant payloads.

The Hill - 3 hours 3 min ago
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday said peace talks with Ukraine have been stalled due to "inflated expectations" as leaders continue to urge the Kremlin to shift course. "All disappointments come from inflated expectations," Putin told reporters on Friday, according to The New York Times. "In order to solve the issue in a peaceful way,...

ABC News - 3 hours 16 min ago
Linda and Tim Pierce have welcomed a baby boy using a 30-year-old embryo...

VentureBeat - 3 hours 25 min ago
To reflect democratic principles, AI must be built in the open. If the U.S. wants to lead the AI race, it must lead the open-source AI race.

PC World - 4 hours 2 min ago
VPNs aren't just useful for keeping your online activities safe and private, they're also a great way to bypass restrictions on streaming content in other countries. The top VPN providers continue to stay one step ahead of streaming services in a never-ending cat-and-mouse game, ensuring that you always have access to your favorite content no matter where you are. I've thoroughly tested the top VPNs on the market to see how they fare at unblocking the top streaming sites and curated...

The Hill - 4 hours 13 min ago
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Thursday that she would have voted to block arms sales to Israel over hunger in Gaza after missing a series of Senate votes Wednesday night to appear on Stephen Colbert's show. The Michigan senator said she was worried about the lack of food and medicine entering Gaza, and that "images...

PC World - 4 hours 53 min ago
It might seem that "ChatGPT" is all you ever hear about when discussing AI chatbots, also known as LLMs. As it turns out, that's reflected in the real world, too. Statcounter, which tracks the market share of operating systems, browsers, social media sites, and more, has begun tracking the number of sessions by users who visit artificial intelligence sites like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude AI, Microsoft Copilot, and more. The winner, not surprisingly, is ChatGPT, by an enormous margin:...

New Scientist - 5 hours 31 min ago
The tendency for AIs to give misleading answers may be in part down to certain training techniques, which encourage models to prioritise perceived helpfulness over accuracy...

IEEE Spectrum - 5 hours 32 min ago
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. RO-MAN 2025 : 25 29 August 2025, EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS CLAWAR 2025 : 5 7 September 2025, SHENZHEN, CHINA ACTUATE 2025 : 23 24 September 2025, SAN FRANCISCO CoRL 2025 : 27 30 September 2025, SEOUL IEEE Humanoids : 30 September 2 October 2025, SEOUL World...

PC World - 5 hours 32 min ago
At a glance Expert's Rating Pros Petite, unobtrusive hardware Wi-Fi connectivity and interconnected features work well Very affordable Cons Doesn't detect the presence of carbon monoxide No battery backup on the hub; any power outage means no push notifications We encountered a minor operational problem during testing Our Verdict This three-alarm smoke detection system offers seamless, long-range interconnectivity and Wi-Fi support, giving you extra layers of fire security. Price When Reviewed...

Variety - 6 hours 32 min ago
MrBeast, the biggest YouTuber on the platform, is known for his massive stunts and money giveaways. Now he’s staging what he touts as the biggest-ever fundraising collab in YouTube history: #TeamWater, an effort to raise $40 million to provide clean water to millions of people around the world. “I don't have to do this stuff […]...

IEEE Spectrum - 7 hours 32 min ago
On 29 August 1949 , the Soviet Union successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. Over the next year and a half, U.S. President Harry S. Truman resurrected the Office of Civilian Defense (which had been abolished at the end of World War II) and signed into law the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, which mobilized government agencies to plan for the aftermath of a global nuclear war. With the Cold War underway, that act kicked off a decades-long effort to ensure that at least some Americans survived...

ABC News - 7 hours 33 min ago
Russia's space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International Space Station and lunar research with NASA's acting chief, the first such face-to-face meeting in more than seven years...