After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.”
Arstechnica
It doesn't feel very agricultural: The 2026 Subaru Solterra review
Subaru's badge-engineered SUV remains on sale alongside the new Trailseeker.
My SSN was exposed in a breach at Columbia—a school I have no connection with
Columbia admits last year’s data breach exposed victims beyond its students, staff.
Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out
Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don’t want “lots of sources.”
Trump plan to test AI models has a problem—US security teams were gutted by DOGE
Critics say Trump plan to test AI models is short-sighted, performative.
Inside Meta's attempts to play catch-up with AI
Doubts linger over whether Meta can close the gap with rivals.
Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research won’t be losing its supercomputer.
Mathematicians Warn of AI Threats to Profession as Industry Encroaches
International Mathematical Union Endorses Warning About Tech Industry Influence.
Android phones will soon be able to detect spoofed calls and impersonation scams
Google’s June Android feature drop includes more scam detection, more AirDrop, and yes, more AI.
Blue Origin has set a very aggressive return-to-flight timeline
The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen, and LNG tanks are all in good shape.
Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup
With no embedded modem, the Slate Truck is the antithesis of today’s connected cars.
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
Some report burning through their whole monthly “AI credit” allotment in a single day.
Meta AI support chatbot gave hackers access to notable Instagram accounts
Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra Looks Like Its First True MacBook Pro Competitor
It’s Microsoft’s least-weird attempt at a high-end mobile workstation.
Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
Altman has an “utter disregard” for human lives, Florida AG says.
Intel: Our upcoming AI chip will be cheaper, run cooler than Nvidia, AMD options
Crescent Island is an air-cooled chip that uses LPDDR5 memory.
An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
I tried to explain OpenAI’s solution more clearly than OpenAI did.
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training
The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data.
