
Vox - 21 hours 20 min ago
If there's anything that makes people more uncomfortable than highly advanced AI or nuclear weapons technology, it's the combination of the two. But there's been a symbiotic relationship between cutting-edge computing and America's nuclear weapons program since the very beginning. In the fall of 1943, Nicholas Metropolis and Richard Feynman, two physicists working on the top-secret atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, decided to set up a contest between humans and machines. Key takeaways...

Sky News - 23 hours 23 min ago
The island of Crete, known for its blue skies, is seeing red - thanks to a cloud of Saharan dust.

Sky News - 1 day 29 min ago
A giant Seychelles tortoise, believed to be the world’s oldest living land animal, is alive and well after claims he had died turned out to be part of an alleged crypto scam.

Newser - 1 day 5 hours ago
If your Gmail handle still screams "middle school," Google is finally offering an exit ramp, the New York Times reports. More than 20 years after Gmail's launch, the company says users can now swap out their existing addresses without abandoning their inboxes, meaning no more starting from scratch just to...

Sky News - 1 day 8 hours ago
A mother left blind after the birth of her first child has had her sight restored following a plasma donation.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 9 hours ago
Don't worry about "Scratchgate." With a solid case, your iPhone 17 Pro or Pro Max will always look flawless.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 10 hours ago
Creating a private screening room has never been more affordable thanks to these high-quality models.

Vox - 1 day 10 hours ago
Editor's Note, April 1, 5:00 pm ET: The interview in this piece was conducted when NASA first revealed the crew for Artemis II in 2023. With the launch now taking place, Vox is republishing the piece. The crew taking part in the Artemis II launch includes two historic firsts: the first woman, Christina Koch, and the first person of color, Victor Glover, to go on a lunar mission. Hailed by NASA spokespeople as "pioneers" and "explorers," they have been greeted with fanfare befitting...

New York Times - 1 day 11 hours ago
Attaullah Baig was the head of security for WhatsApp from January 2021 to February 2025.

The Atlantic - 1 day 14 hours ago
Prediction markets are trying to woo women through matcha memes and #girlboss ads.

New Scientist - 1 day 15 hours ago
Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought...

BBC - 1 day 15 hours ago
The firm says its operations remain open but says the hack "may result in some delays".

Observer - 1 day 19 hours ago
Apple turns 50 on April 1. A look at all seven CEOs from Steve Jobs and John Sculley to Tim Cook and how their decisions defined the world's most valuable tech company.

BBC - 1 day 19 hours ago
Anthropic, the company behind the AI coding assistant, said it was fixing a problem blocking users.

Robb Report - 1 day 20 hours ago
Only a handful of the Beolab 90 Centennial Editions will be for sale in the U.S.

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 21 hours ago
Recent campaigns for corporate interests hit new lows in their attempts to misrepresent the will of the people and deceive officials.

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 21 hours ago
CSU's multimillion-dollar AI push across its campuses is showing mixed results, according to a major survey of 94,000 students, faculty, and staff from 22 campuses.

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 21 hours ago
The cuts come as the software giant invests billions of dollars in expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Newser - 1 day 22 hours ago
Anthropic just got a crash course in how fast its own AI buzz can backfire. The company behind Claude Code, an AI coding assistant with "viral popularity" among developers, is scrambling after a Tuesday update briefly exposed the internal instructions that tell the tool how to behave its so-called "harness" ...

Newser - 1 day 23 hours ago
An unusual traffic jam in Wuhan has reignited questions about who or what should be trusted behind the wheel. At least 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis abruptly stopped in live traffic on Tuesday, reports the BBC , after what local police described as a "system malfunction" that left vehicles stranded in...

BBC - 2 days 40 min ago
It is thought that thousands of people may have lost their jobs at Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies.