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GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers

US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.

Jeremy Hsu 2 months ago

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Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets

SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.

Eric Berger 2 months ago

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Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.

He had retinal tears and bruises from squishing his eyeballs with the gun.

Beth Mole 2 months ago

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Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake

"Winning" bets were made on cloned website and would have lost money, WSJ finds.

Jon Brodkin 2 months ago

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Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.

Dan Goodin 2 months ago

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Valve's Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won't be able to buy one yet

Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."

Ryan Whitwam 2 months ago

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Doorbell cam filmed Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home

Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.

Ashley Belanger 2 months ago

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Lucid lays off 1,500 workers in second big cut of the year

The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says.

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2 months ago

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A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing

The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.

Stephen Clark 2 months ago

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1,250 hp hybrid Corvette shatters the Pikes Peak production record

The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver.

Tim Stevens 2 months ago

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This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it

"I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."

Eric Berger 2 months ago

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How Anthropic may have talked itself into an AI export ban

The company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI.

Clara Murray, Financial Times 2 months ago

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Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations

At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations.

Ajani Stella, Inside Climate News 2 months ago

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Review: Widow's Bay is a boldly original take on comedic horror

An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways

Jennifer Ouellette 2 months ago

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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed

Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.

Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, May Bulman, Gabriel Geiger, WIRED.com 2 months ago

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Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars

A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.

Stephen Clark 2 months ago

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As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat

Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.

Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News 2 months ago

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A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?

"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."

Stephen Clark 2 months ago

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Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency

Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.

Dan Goodin 2 months ago

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FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama

In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.

Beth Mole 2 months ago

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As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military

Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.

Jeremy Hsu 2 months ago

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NASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO module

"We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs."

Eric Berger 2 months ago

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Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores

A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September.

Ryan Whitwam 2 months ago

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Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds

The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers.

Dan Goodin 2 months ago

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