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  • NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers #Space #Technology #Science

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack #AI #Cybersecurity #OpenAI

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals #TechPolicy #Privacy #Government

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Connected car data privacy is still abysmal, study finds #Tech #Privacy #Cars

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies #Science #Biology #Longevity

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release #AI #OpenAI #Safety

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Anthropic's IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction #AI #Future #Tech

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Mozilla's head of Firefox talks product priorities, AI skepticism, and browser choice #Tech #OpenSource #AI

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation #Space #Technology #Boeing

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Nvidia may sell more chips in China as Jensen Huang's influence over Trump grows #Tech #AI #Geopolitics

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Starship's first orbital launch gives lift to SpaceX's next-gen Starlinks #Space #Technology #SpaceX

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Florida asks court to put the brakes on OpenAI's frontier AI development #AI #Policy #Tech

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery #Science #Climate #Technology

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents #Health #Pharma #Patents

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels #Environment #Cars #Policy

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Another court rules Kalshi sports bets aren't "swaps," says states can crack down #Policy #Finance #Regulation

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034 #Tech #Google #OperatingSystems

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery #Science #Space #History

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • F1 in Azerbaijan: That was almost a close-run thing #Formula1 #Motorsport #Cars

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents #AI #OpenAI #Safety

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • NASA, for the time being, is unable to move the space station's large robotic arm #Space #Robotics #Engineering

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • The large robotic arm on the International Space Station has stopped working #Space #Robotics #ISS

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs #Tech #AI #Policy

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump's culture war #Politics #Culture #History

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    Sep 27, 2026

  • Tesla's big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge #ElectricVehicles #Trucks #Infrastructure

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    Sep 26, 2026

  • Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say. #Politics #Health #Government

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features #AI #TechPolicy #FreeSpeech

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements #AI #Robotics #FutureOfWork

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Google ads caught delivering convincing scareware ads to unsuspecting users #Security #Scareware #GoogleAds

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally) #Tech #Apple #Review

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise. #AI #Jobs #Economy

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told #TechPolicy #Business #Media

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US? #Energy #Science #RenewableEnergy

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC" #Tech #AI #Microsoft

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild #Space #Science #Technology

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70% #EVs #Technology #Science

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • NASA green-lights billion-dollar infrared observatory for launch in early 2030s #Space #Science #Astronomy

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Trump administration takes Musk's side in fight over EU tech rules #TechPolicy #Regulation #GlobalTech

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment #AI #Health #Government

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