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Republican Senator Launches Investigation Into Flock as Backlash Sweeps Country
The company reportedly scans 20 billion vehicles each month.
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Astropad Launches Rock Paper Pencil 4.0 With New Graphite Apple Pencil Tip
Astropad today launched Rock Paper Pencil 4.0, an updated version of its screen protector and Apple Pencil tip combo made for the iPad. Rock Paper Pen…
Could helicopter drones be the next big military breakthrough? This US firm says its new unit can fly up to five times longer than traditional battery-powered quadcopters
Iveda’s GX10-F100 combines gasoline propulsion, extended endurance, cargo capacity, autonomy software, and government-focused applications for demandi…
Rules of the Road: Engineers Have Built a Traffic Control System for the Moon
The saying “cleared for takeoff” has a whole different meaning in space.
London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour
Surgeons aided by real-time analysis of camera footage that identified critical anatomy in brain to be avoidedNeurosurgeons in London have performed t…
Australia's recording association bans AI-made music from charts
Songs using gen-AI as a support tool will still be allowed, so long as they're "substantially human made."
Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age-verification tech that doesn’t work well
The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.
Nvidia custom 'NVHBM' promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners
Nvidia has unveiled NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory implementation that promises higher bandwidth and lower power for customers building chips w…
Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to end trial over Instagram, Facebook child addiction claims
This case dates to 2023, when 29 states sued Meta alleging it built infinite scroll, push notifications, and recommendation algorithms specifically to…
MLB The Show 26 Headlines a Surprisingly Underwhelming PlayStation Plus Month
Sniper Elite: Resistance, Wobbly Life and Chained Echoes round out a lineup that offers something for different kinds of players.
Claude Cowork gets its own browser that doesn’t touch your tabs, bookmarks, or saved passwords
Claude Cowork now has its own built-in browser, separate from your personal Chrome tabs, bookmarks, and passwords. The new built-in browser never touc…
You Can Thank Lin Shaye for ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’
'Insidious' franchise star Lin Shaye pushed back after Sony initially canceled the series' sixth installment.
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Meta Agrees to Limit Teens' Time on Facebook and Instagram, Calls on TikTok and YouTube to Match
Meta today said it will implement major changes to Facebook and Instagram's child safety features as part of a settlement agreement with almost all U.S. states. Here's what will change for users under 18 on Instagram and Facebook if the agreement is approved. Time Limit - Teens will have a two-hour daily time limit on Facebook and Instagram, though it can be overridden by a parent. The two-hour total includes both apps. Night Mode - Users will be…
How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances
A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range. It's said celebrity deaths come in threes. We lost Sam N…
Gemini Live gains agentic tasks, voice inbox control and personal intelligence
Google has added four capabilities to Gemini Live, letting spoken commands trigger background agents that work across Docs, Sheets and Drive, alongsid…
Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack
OpenAI's cyber agents banded together to perform a hack during a security test.
Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien: 'If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building, you build longer ladders' — a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing
The race to build a useful quantum computer is heating up One of the most exciting areas in technology is quantum computing, but it's also one of the …
iPod nostalgia is at an all-time high, so meet two new cheap, adorable tiny hi-res music players that invoke the best of the music-player era (bring your own white wired earbuds)
Fiio and Shanling release iPod doppelgängers with perks Apple's music players didn't have, perfect for the wired headphones revival. Shanling Q2 unvei…
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 251 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Saf…
Panic is refunding tariff fees paid by Playdate owners
The console was subject to added fees under the Trump administration's original tariff regime.
A few days in, the Pixel 11 Pro XL’s battery life is off to a rocky start for me
After 72 hours with the Pixel 11 Pro XL, I'm getting under 6 hours of screen-on time, which is well behind the Galaxy S26 Ultra and iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Perplexity and Nvidia launch "Portable Computer," a local AI agent for Nvidia GPUs
Speaking at a press conference, Perplexity's Nate Kupp said the new app carries the exact same UI as the original Computer platform and includes every…
OpenAI details the failures that led to Hugging Face breach in official report
Transparency from the company is good, but real trust in its people would be better.
Senator launches investigation into Flocks surveillance
A Republican senator is demanding answers from the company, which is facing increasing scrutiny. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri is investigating Floc…
Ukraine Butters Up Musk With Highest State Honor for Starlink
The award comes as the Ukrainian military has been trying to convince Musk to expand Starlink access into Russia.
Google says it fixed the playlist bug driving Home users crazy
Your smart speaker should stop mangling your playlist requests. Credit: Brady Snyder / Android Authority TL;DR Google says it has fixed an issue that …