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Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls it a crackdown on "radical climate policies."

Amy Green, Inside Climate News 1 month ago

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US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

Operation by two Russia-state groups has been ongoing since at least March.

Dan Goodin 1 month ago

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South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots

South Korea targets physical AI lead and commercial humanoid robots by 2028.

Jeremy Hsu 1 month ago

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US renewable boom passes key milestone in April

Small-scale solar helped renewables nearly triple coal generation on the US grid.

John Timmer 1 month ago

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Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants

SCOTUS falls short of deeming geofence warrants unconstitutional, though.

Ashley Belanger 1 month ago

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Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy

Sony has been scaling down its digitial store for a few years.

Scharon Harding 1 month ago

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Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used

With today’s scientific tools, the problem could have been spotted in the 1950s.

Scott K. Johnson 1 month ago

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Google warns EU's plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data

The EU wants Google to share search data with competitors and open up AI on Android, but Google alleges major privacy risks.

Ryan Whitwam 1 month ago

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Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody

But the system would require a massive leap from any of its existing hardware.

John Timmer 1 month ago

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Kalshi sues Illinois over new tax on prediction market sports bets

Illinois now a key battleground in fight over prediction market sports bets.

Ashley Belanger 1 month ago

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F1 in Austria: Starts off exciting, then goes the opposite way

A heatwave, engine upgrades, plus power levels for the next two seasons.

Jonathan M. Gitlin 1 month ago

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Wildwood featurette lifts the veil on building its stop-motion world

Director Travis Knight is also the creative mind behind 2016's Oscar-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings.

Jennifer Ouellette 1 month ago

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In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications

"We believe this will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry."

Eric Berger 1 month ago

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Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space warfare

"Where does the threshold live that an action necessitates some proportional reaction?"

Stephen Clark 1 month ago

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Comcast is splitting its media and broadband properties

NBCUniversal and Sky will be spun off into separate companies.

Oliver Barnes and Daniel Thomas, Financial Times 1 month ago

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NASA's X-59 "frankenjet" tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

NASA’s quiet supersonic flight tests could eventually go on a national tour.

Jeremy Hsu 1 month ago

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Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?

Clicking on the links now reveals blank pages and empty PDFs. "Intellectually, it’s not acceptable.”

Jennifer Ouellette 1 month ago

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Apple and Audi alumni have made a luxe EV based on the moon buggy

The Amble One is a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy designed for luxury resorts.

Jeremy White, WIRED.com 1 month ago

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South Korea plans to train entire military as "drone warriors"

Half-million strong military will train on drones as “universal combat tool.”

Jeremy Hsu 1 month ago

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Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He actually had worms.

His doctors went looking for cancer, then they saw the worms' heads.

Beth Mole 1 month ago

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Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California

Illinois passed a similar law, giving services more incentive to make ads less booming.

Scharon Harding 1 month ago

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Russian citizens told "switch to Android" after Apple blocks key Russian apps

Russian government lashes out at Apple's "bizarre" decisions.

Nate Anderson 1 month ago

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NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI

NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.

Ashley Belanger 1 month ago

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FCC accused of hiding Chairman Carr's messages with DOGE and Musk

FCC refuses to provide messages, has "wasted a year" of court's time, filing says.

Jon Brodkin 1 month ago

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