
Air and Space - 23 hours 35 min ago
At first, plants below an elephant carcass die. Soil microbes and plants grow back soon after, but only a few select species. Herbivores later come in to munch on the nutrient-rich greens...

Newser - 1 day 11 min ago
A military jet designed to be seen by no one is going on public display. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is rolling out an F-117 Nighthawk, tail number 85-0818, nicknamed "the Overachiever," on Wednesday at its Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport in Virginia. The 41-year-old aircraft was the...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 22 min ago
IEEE Life Fellow Manfred "Fred" J. Schindler has been elected as the 2027 IEEE president-elect . He will begin serving as president on 1 January 2028. Schindler, who was nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors , received 16,421 votes in the election. Senior Member David Alan Koehler received 13,874 votes. Schindler's Top 3 Goals as President-Elect Strengthen IEEE's connection with industry by coordinating events across geography, industry, and technology to revitalize professional...

NBC News - 1 day 36 min ago
A judge has ordered Meta to pay the state of New Mexico a civil penalty of $25 billion after a jury found the company misled users about the privacy of their data. NBC News' Allie Canal has details on the ruling.

Air and Space - 1 day 1 hour ago
The sleuths spent two years digging into archives and building 3D models of 19th-century Paris. The location is now immortalized by a bronze plaque celebrating the historic site and the "poetic" early photograph...

Vox - 1 day 2 hours ago
It's now possible to create AI chatbots of loved ones to interact with after their death. But that raises some difficult questions, like: If you do, how might the experience shape your grief? This is one of the questions driving a global study of digital "deadbots" AI models trained on a deceased person's texts, voicemails, and other personal data. Through this work, researchers are exploring what it might mean that we can now use this emerging technology to talk to simulations of...

The Atlantic - 1 day 3 hours ago
Infrastructure that once flew under the radar is now the subject of national and global outrage.

Sky News - 1 day 4 hours ago
Organisations unable to apply key fixes to widely used software should consider taking their websites down, EU cybersecurity officials have warned.

Sky News - 1 day 5 hours ago
Scientists have found clues that could help predict who will develop aggressive prostate cancer many years in advance.

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 5 hours ago
Ellia Lebleu is a founding member of the WikiProject AI Cleanup , a volunteer effort launched in 2023 to find and remove AI-generated material from Wikipedia that breaks the website's guidelines. When the cleanup began, AI writing was often betrayed by conspicuous clich s. Today, the project's volunteers are developing tools to detect subtler forms of machine-generated content and debating AI's role in the world's most widely used encyclopedia. When did you realize Wikipedia had...

NBC News - 1 day 5 hours ago
Shop TODAY is hosting their first-ever Holiday House event on three floors of a historic mansion in New York City on Nov. 19. The immersive experience will feature a signature brand bazaar filled with interactive activations and giveaways, a photo-op with Santa as well as special guests like Amanda Seyfried, the Broadway cast of "Chicago," and "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Melissa Gorga!...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 6 hours ago
The first foldable iPhone feels like it's already a generation ahead of its rivals.

Newser - 1 day 7 hours ago
Some websites went offline intentionally on Wednesday following a newly disclosed set of vulnerabilities in what NBC News describes as "a little-known but crucial programming language which powers how web servers process code." Per W3Techs , PHP is used in 69% of all websites. The two flaws were serious enough that...

Newser - 1 day 9 hours ago
Elon Musk just inched closer to rolling his biggest ventures into a single tech colossus. On a SpaceX earnings call Tuesday, Musk said Tesla and SpaceX have set up special committees of independent directors to study a possible merger, which he personally supports but says he's recused from negotiating, reports...

NPR - 1 day 9 hours ago
Character.AI, which lets users create custom chatbots for immersive roleplaying, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a string of legal challenges and the loss of top talent.

The New York Observer - 1 day 22 hours ago
As Big Tech pushes A.I. deeper into everyday business processes, Templafy's Christian Lund unpacks why the companies that build the right infrastructure not simply those with the smartest models will be best positioned to turn A.I.'s potential into reliable business outcomes.

Popular Mechanics - 2 days 2 hours ago
Starting at $2,599, this computer isn't for everyone. But PC power users may find plenty to love.

Popular Mechanics - 2 days 3 hours ago
They help your games look their best.