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Pope Leo XIV: The Gamer Pontiff of Faith and Gaming
Yesterday saw the historic elevation of Chicago native Robert Prevost to the papacy as ...

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years for Fraud
Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO and mastermind behind the now-defunct Celsius Network crypto lender, ...

Giant Star Shredded by Off-Center Black Hole
In early 2024, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) flagged an anomalous optical flare—AT2024tvd—located more ...

Europe Launches €500M Initiative to Recruit Scientists
In a strategic move to counteract the ongoing transatlantic brain drain, the European Commission ...

Doom: The Dark Ages Review – Revamped Tech & Shields Up
After decades of blazing through hordes of demons with breakneck speed and improvisational acrobatics, ...

US-UK Trade Deal Lowers Car Tariffs, Detroit Responds
Overview of the Bilateral Trade Agreement On May 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump ...

Rocket Report: Hypersonics, Sentinel Silo Update, Next-Gen Cargo Trials
Stratolaunch Demonstrates Reusable Hypersonic Rocket Plane Stratolaunch has put the world’s largest carrier aircraft ...

Kubernetes 1.33: Volume Populators Now GA with Advanced Features
With the release of Kubernetes v1.33, the Volume Populators feature has moved from beta ...

New RSV Vaccine and Treatment Reduce Infant Hospitalizations
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has long been the leading cause of hospitalization among infants ...

AI Use and Its Impact on Professional Reputations
New research from Duke University sheds light on an unexpected downside of integrating AI ...

Soviet Venus Lander Kosmos 482 to Reenter After 50 Years
Background of the Kosmos 482 Mission Launched on March 31, 1972 from Baikonur Cosmodrome ...

NOAA’s Disaster Database Closure: Tech and Policy Impacts
On May 8, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) abruptly announced it ...

Doge Engineer’s Device Hit by Advanced Info-Stealer Malware
Recent analysis of public “stealer” logs reveals that a software engineer at the Department ...

OpenAI Appoints Fidji Simo as CEO of Applications
On May 8, 2025, OpenAI confirmed that Instacart CEO Fidji Simo will transition to ...

Senate to Dismantle FCC’s Homework Gap Initiative
In a sharply divided 50–38 vote on May 8, 2025, the U.S. Senate approved ...

Apple Warns of Major Losses Without App Store Commissions
Overview: The Foundation of User Trust and Platform Integrity In an emergency motion filed ...

Google Responds to Apple on AI’s Search Impact
The high-stakes antitrust trial targeting Google’s search business has entered its decisive phase, with ...

Trump’s NIH Moves Forward with Grant Terminations Despite Court Order
Background: Executive Orders vs. Judicial Injunction Over the past two months, the Department of ...

Microsoft Refines Surface Lineup, Discontinues Base Models
When Microsoft unveiled its latest Surge in Surface hardware earlier this week—introducing the 12-inch ...

DOGE’s Workforce Tool: Automating Federal Layoffs with AI
Background: From AutoRIF to Workforce Reshaping Tool Originally developed by the Department of Defense ...

USPTO Rejects Tesla’s ‘Robotaxi’ Trademark
Tesla's bid to trademark the term ‘Robotaxi’ for its upcoming two-seat, driverless electric pod ...

Trump to Revise Biden’s AI Chip Export Controls
On May 8, 2025, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace the ...

Social Media Use Increases Susceptibility to Fake News
As social platforms become central to daily life, researchers are uncovering how problematic social ...

Gates Criticizes Musk on USAID Budget Cuts Impacting Global Health
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has sharply accused Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of ...

WhatsApp Group Messaging Encryption: A Deep Dive
When Meta’s WhatsApp touts end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for more than two billion users worldwide, ...

Apple’s Safari to Integrate AI Search: Insights and Implications
Introduction In highly anticipated testimony during the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against ...

The Dark Side of the Crypto Revolution: Abductions and Violence
Wave of Crypto-Driven Violent Crime Sweeps Europe Over the past six months, law enforcement ...

Matter 1.4.1 Enhances Smart Home Setup with QR and NFC
By integrating multi-device pairing, NFC commissioning and a unified terms-and-conditions flow, the Connectivity Standards ...

Vibrio natriegens for Degradation of Industrial Wastes
In a groundbreaking study published in Nature (2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08947-7), a team of bioengineers ...

Kubernetes v1.33: Image Pull Auth with Service Account Tokens
Kubernetes continues its march toward ephemeral, identity-based security. In v1.33 the platform closes a ...