Google and Meta update their AI models amid the rise of “AlphaChip”
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iFixit’s iPhone 16 teardown finds a greatly improved battery removal process
iFixit’s iPhone 16 and 16 Plus teardown. iFixit has published teardown views for the iPhone…
Black hole ‘blowtorch’ is causing nearby stars to explode, Hubble telescope reveals
Star explosions called novas are happening twice as often near a gargantuan black hole jet…
Steam doesn’t want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | eccolo74) Valve Corporation, tired of paying arbitration fees, has removed…
More unidentified illnesses linked to unexplained bird flu case in Missouri
Enlarge / A warning sign outside a laboratory testing the H5N1 bird flu virus at…
Anticipated emotions shape moral praise and character judgments of helpers
New research published in Journal of Personality & Social Psychology shows that people’s anticipated emotional…
“Not a good look”: Google’s ad tech monopoly defense widely criticized
Enlarge (credit: Leon Neal / Staff | Getty Images News) Google wound down its defense…
AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs
Enlarge / Examples of the kind of CAPTCHAs that image-recognition bots can now get past…
Dell sales team told to return to office 5 days a week, starting Monday
Enlarge (credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Most members of Dell’s sales team will no longer have…
Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds…
Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain
Enlarge / “When you spend more time putting electrodes back on than you do actually…
‘Night Magic’ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark
In the book ‘Night Magic,’ Leigh Ann Henion writes of encounters with salamanders, bats, glowworms…
New research uncovers an insidious form of workplace sexism
A recent study published in Sex Roles sheds light on a troubling phenomenon: when women…
Tesla workers in Germany complain about home visits from their bosses
Enlarge / Tesla’s factory in Gruenheide, Germany. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Tesla’s German car factory…
Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it
Enlarge / Former US President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance at…
Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch
Enlarge / An updated onboarding screen for Recall, with clearly visible buttons for opting in…
Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”
Enlarge / A screen capture of AJ Smith doing his Eleanor Rigby duet with OpenAI’s…
Newest Starlink satellites are leaking even more radiation than their predecessors — and could soon disrupt astronomy
A new study reveals that Generation 2 Starlink satellites are leaking up to 30 times…
IBM opens its quantum-computing stack to third parties
Enlarge (credit: IBM) As we described earlier this year, operating a quantum computer will require…
Indicted NYC mayor to FBI: I, uh, forgot my phone’s passcode
Enlarge / NYC Mayor Eric Adams, in happier times, holding an AirTag. (credit: NYC Mayor’s…
Online dating and relationship success: The potential role of social media sharing
A new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking provides new details regarding how…
Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails
Enlarge / Dr. John Timmer, Jeff Ball, Joanna Wong, and Lee Hutchinson discussing infrastructure and…
NASA confirms space station cracking a “highest” risk and consequence problem
Enlarge / A high-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite owned by Maxar captured this view of the…
Scientists confirm there are 40 huge craters at the bottom of Lake Michigan
Researchers recently surveyed the bottom of Lake Michigan after spotting strange circles on the lakebed…
