“Damning” Overall, a lack of updated data can make it more difficult, if not impossible, for federal and state health officials to identify and rapidly respond to emerging outbreaks. It...
TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say
Spectacular coincidence or obvious censorship? TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images TikTok wants users to believe that errors...
There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address
There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering scam spam. The emails originate from [email protected], an address tied...
Supreme Court to decide how 1988 videotape privacy law applies to online video
Salazar v. Paramount hinges on video privacy law’s definition of “consumer.” Credit: Getty Images | Ernesto Ageitos The Supreme Court is taking up a case on whether Paramount violated the...
A WB-57 pilot just made a heroic landing in Houston after its landing gear failed
One of NASA’s three large WB-57 aircraft made an emergency landing at Ellington Field on Tuesday morning in southeastern Houston. Video captured by KHOU 11 television showed the aircraft touching...
LG’s new subscription program charges up to £277 per month to rent a TV
LG has launched a subscription program in the UK that allows people to make monthly payments in order to rent LG TVs, soundbars, monitors, and speakers. LG Flex customers can...
The Claude Constitution’s Ethical Framework
This is the second part of my three part series on the Claude Constitution. Part one outlined the structure of the Constitution. Part two, this post, covers the virtue ethics...
OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works
It’s worth noting that both OpenAI and Anthropic open-source their coding CLI clients on GitHub, allowing developers to examine the implementation directly, whereas they don’t do the same for ChatGPT...
Doctors face-palm as RFK Jr.’s top vaccine advisor questions need for polio shot
He then pondered out loud what would happen if people stopped getting vaccinated. “If we take away all of the herd immunity, then does that switch, does that teeter-totter switch...
Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a maker of...
Apple’s AirTag 2 is easier to find thanks to new chip
Additionally, the speaker in the AirTag is now 50 percent louder, Apple says. These two things together address some user complaints that, as useful as an AirTag can be in...
“Wildly irresponsible”: DOT’s use of AI to draft safety rules sparks concerns
At DOT, Trump likely hopes to see many rules quickly updated to modernize airways and roadways. In a report highlighting the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s biggest “wins” in...
How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft
If you want to encrypt your Windows PC’s disk but you don’t want to store your recovery key with Microsoft, you do have options. We’ll recap the requirements, as well...
The brothers meet Yoshi in Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer
The main voice cast is returning for the sequel: Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as the...
Data center power outage took out TikTok first weekend under US ownership
As the app comes back online, users have also taken note that TikTok is collecting more of their data under US control. As Wired reported, TikTok asked US users to...
How to get Doom running on a pair of earbuds
Hard to believe the gameplay on this website is powered by a set of earbuds. Hard to believe the gameplay on this website is powered by a set of earbuds....
EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes
The European probe comes after UK media regulator Ofcom opened a formal investigation into Grok, while Malaysia and Indonesia have banned the chatbot altogether. Following the backlash, xAI restricted the...
Claude’s Constitutional Structure
Claude’s Constitution is an extraordinary document, and will be this week’s focus. Its aim is nothing less than helping humanity transition to a world of powerful AI (also known variously...
A decade of Star Trek-themed fart jokes: The Greatest Generation podcast turns 10
How two podcasters turned a Star Trek side project into a full-time career. A decade is a long time for a TV series; no single iteration of Star Trek has...
Poland’s energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
Researchers on Friday said that Poland’s electric grid was targeted by wiper malware, likely unleashed by Russia state hackers, in an attempt to disrupt electricity delivery operations. A cyberattack, Reuters...
