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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

Amazon announces first off-the-grid data center in race to reap AI profits.

Ashley Belanger 1 week ago

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Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat

Zuckerberg’s superyacht and support ship were slow to heed Coast Guard call.

Jeremy Hsu 1 week ago

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Has Ford got cheap car fever? A $25K crossover is supposedly on the way.

Ford dealers were told about the new Escape-sized model; one of them spilled the beans.

Jonathan M. Gitlin 1 week ago

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Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products for Salmonella amid Cyclospora outbreak

Recall of jalapeño products spans 26 states, major retailers, a variety of foods.

Beth Mole 1 week ago

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Valve slowly expands SteamOS support on non-Valve hardware

New update includes improvements for the Intel-based MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ among others.

Kyle Orland 1 week ago

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Following Epic loss, Google has started hosting rival app stores in the Play Store

Aptoide has become the first app store distributed inside Google Play under a judge's order.

Ryan Whitwam 1 week ago

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One of China's workhorse rockets just exploded in flight

If the failure involved the YF-100 engine, there are broader concerns for China's space program.

Eric Berger 1 week ago

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Dogs can tell if you're scared or sad

fMRI scans show happiness, fear, anger, and sadness have distinct brain activity patterns in doggy brains.

Jennifer Ouellette 1 week ago

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2026 Subaru Outback review: Great interior, refined drive, divisive looks

The newest Outback sticks to the script; that's no bad thing if you like Outbacks.

Jim Resnick 1 week ago

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A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.

Companies treat some email domains as digital trash cans, despite the risks.

Matt Burgess, wired.com 1 week ago

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Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?

As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.

Saima Sidik 1 week ago

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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species

The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.

Jacek Krywko 2 weeks ago

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The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success

About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.

Eric Berger 2 weeks ago

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DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.

Victoria Turk, wired.com 2 weeks ago

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Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires

Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.

Jeremy Hsu 2 weeks ago

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Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500

Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.

Beth Mole 2 weeks ago

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Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment

New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.

Jon Brodkin 2 weeks ago

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The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow

Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.

Dhananjay Khadilkar 2 weeks ago

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New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.

Samuel Axon 2 weeks ago

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DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report

DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.

Jon Brodkin 2 weeks ago

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OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”

Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.

Scharon Harding 2 weeks ago

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How snails engineer their slime

Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical properties of different kinds of mucus.

Jennifer Ouellette 2 weeks ago

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Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says

There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were?

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2 weeks ago

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Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.

Beth Mole 2 weeks ago

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