Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers #Security #AI #Spam
Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation #Health #Policy #Science
Valve secretly leaked a Left 4 Dead 2 trailer to dodge the ESRB #Gaming #Tech #Industry
Brain of a male fly completely mapped, joins earlier map of a female brain #Science #Neuroscience #Biology
Anthropic's $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight #AI #Finance #Business
Musk wins court order to block use of "Twitter," but not "tweet" and bird logo #Tech #SocialMedia #Law
Why did US space companies pull out of a French space meeting? It's complicated. #Space #Geopolitics #Business
Rocket Report: China debuts yet another new rocket; NASA considers bulk buys #Space #Science #Rockets
Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+. #Tech #Sustainability #Gadgets
Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them #Health #Science #News
Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming #Gaming #CloudGaming #TechNews
150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data #Science #Health #Research
US senator calls on the NSA to give guidance for use of VPNs #Security #Tech #Privacy
NJ urges SCOTUS to rule that Kalshi sports bets are gambling, not "swaps" #TechPolicy #Gambling #Law
VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent #Tech #Virtualization #Business
Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents #AI #Neuroscience #MachineLearning
Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime #AI #Tech #Outage
Trump's 100% drone tariff has cops and firefighters panicking #TechPolicy #Drones #NationalSecurity
Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners #Science #Humor #Awards
Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the Github of AI, for $13 billion #AI #OpenSource #Tech
Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants #Science #Policy #Funding
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale #Security #Privacy #IdentityTheft
FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking #Tech #Policy #Spam
Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design #Space #NASA #Technology
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks #AI #Google #Tech
Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing #AI #Policy #TechNews
US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case #Tech #Antitrust #Google
Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84 #Space #Journalism #History
The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones #Tech #Military #Drones
Rassvet, Russia's rival to Starlink, is getting off to a slow start #Space #Technology #Satellites
Well-executed BGP hijattack uses hijacked IPs to infect real networks #Cybersecurity #Networking #BGP
Range Rover EV: Electric propulsion pairs perfectly with this luxury SUV #ElectricVehicles #LuxuryCars #Automotive
August research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed #Science #Research #Tech
CDC reported then deleted two measles deaths that were questioned by RFK Jr. #Health #Science #News
Latest Android Drop connects Gemini to Find Hub, adds Keep Notes and themes to Messages #Android #Google #Tech
FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions #TechPolicy #Antitrust #Advertising
This is what a supercar was like a century ago #Cars #History #Automotive
It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well #Space #Technology #Science
Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program #Space #Mars #NASA
Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri #Space #Science #Exploration