
Wired - 17 hours 20 min ago
The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.

ABC News - 17 hours 24 min ago
The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company's network...

Sky News - 20 hours 19 min ago
Dozens of residents living near a major chemical factory have discovered high levels of a cancer-causing "forever chemical" in their blood, according to lawyers.

Newser - 21 hours 12 min ago
Five Indianapolis police officers now face criminal charges tied to their use of a powerful license-plate tracking system that's already under national scrutiny. Marion County prosecutors on Wednesday charged officers Michael Rogers, Jonathan Schultz, Cassandra Crawley, and Matthew Binford, as well as former officer Abigail Cramer, with fraud and official...

Newser - 22 hours 26 min ago
Australia's government says OpenAI's tech slipped past digital gatekeepers at its national health insurance site and didn't quit even when blocked. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday disclosed that OpenAI agents probing Medicare spending data in June worked around access limits and reached sections of a statistics portal that weren't...

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 4 hours ago
The social media giant hosted a conference in Menlo Park on Wednesday, unveiling its latest lineup of wearables, which included VR glasses and a pair without cameras.

The New Yorker - 1 day 4 hours ago
From the daily newsletter: scientists have found new proof that the Founding Father had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings.

The Atlantic - 1 day 6 hours ago
The country's most prominent AI companies are focused on beating the U.S., no matter the cost.

NPR - 1 day 6 hours ago
The Nvidia CEO is a relentless AI optimist with the president's ear. Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine, tells NPR's Juana Summers how their relationship could shape the future of AI.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 7 hours ago
Apple's latest Pro iPhones rewrite the playbook for phone cameras.

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 7 hours ago
YouTube has renewed its exclusive Coachella livestream deal with Goldenvoice through 2030, after the 2026 festival set a record for concurrent viewers.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 8 hours ago
Amazon's first art TV gets the look right and undercuts Samsung's Frame on price, but there are a few trade-offs.

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 8 hours ago
Ad-free Disney+ and Hulu now cost $21.49 a month each, up $2.50, while the ad-free bundle rises to just $21.99. Here's what's changing and when.

The New York Observer - 1 day 11 hours ago
Raquel Urtasun explains how Waabi is training its autonomous trucks and Uber robotaxis without relying on billions of miles of driving data.

Variety - 1 day 14 hours ago
Kerry Washington is turning her “Street You Grew Up On” interview show, which she has run in four discrete seasons over the last several years, into an ongoing weekly podcast. The actress, producer and director, best known for her role on ABC’s “Scandal,” first launched the show as a digital series in 2021 during the […]...

Air and Space - 1 day 15 hours ago
New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists expected. This could help the animals sneak up to their targets and evade creatures that want to eat them...

Variety - 2 days 2 hours ago
"Looksmaxxing" influencer Clavicular has shared his first video on social media since news circulated Monday that the online personality had been charged with rape and drugging in Massachusetts. In the video posted to both TikTok and Instagram, Clavicular includes a compilation of screenshots of text messages with a contact named "Leksy," a video of himself […]...

Popular Mechanics - 2 days 3 hours ago
The newest upgrade adds longer battery life and sharper accuracy, among other improvements, into a familiar chassis.