As for what to do about it, Griffin said legislators should end the present plan. “The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled and we should start over,...
In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool
Two sibling contractors convicted a decade ago for hacking into US State Department systems have once again been charged, this time for a comically hamfisted attempt to steal and destroy...
Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
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AI #145: You’ve Got Soul
The cycle of language model releases is, one at least hopes, now complete. OpenAI gave us GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max. xAI gave us Grok 4.1. Google DeepMind gave us Gemini 3...
Maximum-severity vulnerability threatens 6% of all websites
“I usually don’t say this, but patch right freakin’ now,” one researcher wrote. “The React CVE listing (CVE-2025-55182) is a perfect 10.” React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, or 19.2.1 contain the...
Great handling, advanced EV tech: We drive the 2027 BMW iX3
The first of BMW’s clean-sheet “Neue Klasse” EVs hits it out of the park. BMW’s new iX3 is a clean-sheet design. It might be the most sustainable BMW ever, and...
Republicans drop Trump-ordered block on state AI laws from defense bill
“A silly way to think about risk” “Widespread and powerful movement” keeps Trump from blocking state AI laws. A Donald Trump-backed push has failed to wedge a federal measure that...
Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently
Collectively, the genetic variants in this population are outside the range of previously described human diversity. That’s despite the fact that the present-day southern African hunter-gatherer populations are largely derived...
After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers
DRAM contract prices have increased 171 percent year over year, according to industry data. Gerry Chen, general manager of memory manufacturer TeamGroup, warned that the situation will worsen in the...
NASA nominee appears before Congress, defends plans to revamp space agency
Private astronaut Jared Isaacman returned to Congress on Wednesday for a second confirmation hearing to become NASA administrator before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in Washington,...
Sony drops new trailer for 28 Years Later: Bone Temple
Then, 28 days after leaving, Spike was rescued from a horde of infected by Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell), another original survivor who turned out to be the leader of...
Rare win for renewable energy: Trump admin funds geothermal network expansion
Progress on the project is a further indicator that, despite opposition to wind and solar, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress appear to back geothermal energy. President Donald Trump...
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
Microsoft has lowered sales growth targets for its AI agent products after many salespeople missed their quotas in the fiscal year ending in June, according to a report Wednesday from...
Prime Video pulls eerily emotionless AI-generated anime dubs after complaints
[S]o many talented voice actors, and you can’t even bother to hire a couple to dub a season of a show??????????? absolutely disrespectful. Naturally, anime voice actors took offense, too....
On Dwarkesh Patel’s Second Interview With Ilya Sutskever
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More FDA drama: Top drug regulator calls it quits after 3 weeks
The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, Richard Pazdur, has decided to retire from the agency just three weeks after taking the leading position, according to multiple...
This Chinese company could become the country’s first to land a reusable rocket
From the outside, China’s Zhuque-3 rocket looks like a clone of SpaceX’s Falcon 9. LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket with its nine first stage engines. Credit: LandSpace There’s a race in China...
OpenAI CEO declares “code red” as Gemini gains 200 million users in 3 months
In addition to buzz about Gemini on social media, Google is quickly catching up to ChatGPT in user numbers. ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly users, according to OpenAI,...
Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers
Streaming services have a way of reviving love for old shows, and HBO Max is looking to entice old and new fans with this month’s addition of Mad Men. Instead,...
India orders device makers to put government-run security app on all phones
Consumers can also use the app or website to check the number of mobile connections in their name and report any that appear to be fraudulent. Priyanka Gandhi of the...