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Shark Tagging: A Technical Dive with the Field School
In July 2025, a team of ocean science enthusiasts, students, and professionals gathered aboard ...
AI and Conspiracy Theorists: Examining Fringe Beliefs
Introduction Recent research from Cornell University psychologist Gordon Pennycook reveals that conspiracy theorists are ...
Apple’s AI News Summaries Return in iOS 26 Beta
After a temporary removal in January, Apple’s AI-powered news notification summaries are back in ...
Trump’s Efforts to Simplify Environmental Reviews for Rocket Launches
In mid-2025, the Trump administration circulated a draft executive order that would sharply curtail ...
Surface Laptop 5G: Microsoft’s Commitment to Intel
Microsoft has doubled down on Intel-based hardware with its latest Surface Laptop 5G, targeting ...
EPA Dismantles Research Office, Impacting Chemical Risk Science
In a landmark move driven by industry lobbying, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has formally ...
xAI Employees Protest ‘Skippy’ Data Initiative During Grok Release
Internal records and Slack exchanges reveal that dozens of xAI staffers raised alarms—and many ...
Tesla Skepticism Grows After Underwhelming Austin Robotaxi Demo
The latest Electric Vehicle Intelligence Report (EVIR) survey reveals that U.S. consumers’ confidence in ...
Fire at LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology: Damage and Restoration
By Jennifer Ouellette – Jul 22, 2025 11:10 am Credit: Callum Parry/LAFD Overview of ...
3,000 NASA Employees Leave Amid Budget Uncertainty
On July 21, 2025, NASA confirmed that Makenzie Lystrup, director of the Goddard Space ...
Mercedes-AMG’s Upcoming High-Performance EV Overview
Prototype Ride and AMG.EA Architecture Under heavy camouflage, Mercedes-AMG’s upcoming four-door electric performance sedan ...
Google Showcases Pixel 10 Design and Upgrades Ahead of Leak Cycle
With the Made by Google event slated for August 20, leaks around the Pixel ...
AI DaVinci Robot Achieves Autonomous Gallbladder Removal
Introduction Since the late 1990s, Intuitive Surgical’s DaVinci robotic platform has revolutionized minimally invasive ...
Disappearance of New Cars Under $30,000: Causes and Future Outlook
Five years ago, sub-$30,000 new cars were commonplace; today they’re a rarity. The convergence ...
Gemini Deep Think Wins Gold at IMO with Parallel Reasoning
AI vs. the IMO: A New Benchmark in Mathematical Reasoning At the 2025 International ...
Critical SharePoint Zero-Day CVE-2025-53770 Under Exploit
Overview: Security teams worldwide are sounding the alarm over a CVSSv3 9.8 severity remote ...
FCC Proposes Dropping Gigabit Benchmark and Price Analysis
On July 21, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unveiled a sweeping proposal from ...
OpenAI’s IMO Gold Medal Claims Spark Debate
Background of the Announcement On July 19, 2025, OpenAI researcher Alexander Wei published a ...
Researcher Threatens Lawsuit Against X Over French Probe
Elon Musk’s X platform is locked in a legal standoff with French authorities after ...
UK Backs Down in Apple Encryption Backdoor Dispute
Senior UK officials have signaled a strategic retreat in the prolonged standoff with the ...
US courts may overlook AI errors, expert warns
Background: A Hallucinated Order The recent vacatur of a Georgia appellate order has thrust ...
X-Men at 25: A Cultural Powerhouse
“Mankind has always feared what it doesn’t understand.” Two and a half decades after ...
Southwestern Drought Expected to Persist Through 2100
New research from the University of Texas at Austin indicates that the megadrought gripping ...
RFK Jr. Proposes Overhaul of Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Background: The 1986 No-Fault System In 1986, Congress created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ...
Congress Prepares for Clash over NASA Funding Impoundment
With the federal fiscal year 2026 deadline of October 1 fast approaching, legislators and ...
Phishers Exploit FIDO MFA Downgrade Technique
Recent headlines claim that phishers have devised a method to bypass FIDO (Fast Identity ...
Programmer Wins Over OpenAI at 2025 AtCoder Finals
In a striking reversal of the expected human‐versus‐machine narrative, Polish developer Przemysław Dębiak (aka ...
Court: Trump Violated Law in FTC Commissioner Firing
Background and Summary of the Ruling On July 17, 2025, US District Judge Loren ...
Loss of 800,000 Mpox Vaccine Doses in Africa Due to Policy and Logistics
Nearly 800,000 doses of the JYNNEOS® mpox vaccine, pledged by the United States under ...
Critique of Tesla Autopilot Safety in Wrongful Death Trial
Case Background and Crash Details In July 2025, jury selection began in the Wilkie ...