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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 ...

Starlink’s Free Dish: Purchase vs. 12-Month Commitment Costs and Specs
Introduction In May 2025, SpaceX’s Starlink unveiled a promotion: a free user terminal (‘‘dish’’) ...

Four-Wheel Steering: Trucks to AI-Driven Steer-by-Wire
Introduction Four-wheel steering (4WS) remains one of the most elegant yet underappreciated advances in ...

2025 Mother’s Day Tech Gift Guide from Ars Technica
Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and while a phone call may be the most ...

Broadcom Issues Cease-and-Desist to Unsupported VMware Users
Background: VMware Perpetual Licenses and Broadcom’s Strategy Since Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware ...

Foundation Season 3 Teaser: Unveiling the Third Crisis
After a two-year hiatus, Apple TV+ has dropped the first adrenaline-fuelled teaser for Foundation ...

US Gadget Costs Rise $123B Annually Due to Trump Tariffs
Escalating Tariffs and Negotiation Overview Sticker shock looms as a result of the Trump ...

curl Project Faces AI-Generated Fake Vulnerability Reports
In an alarming escalation of bogus security filings, the venerable open-source project curl—celebrating its ...

NASA Struggles to Adjust ISS Operations After Budget Proposal
In May 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget unveiled a “skinny” ...

Clear-Air Turbulence Increases with Global Warming
IntroductionAt the 2025 European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, atmospheric scientists presented robust new ...

Ford Updates Prices with Partial Tariff Costs for Mexican Vehicles
Mid-Year Pricing Adjustments Amid Trade Tariffs Ford Motor Company is implementing selective price increases ...

NSO Ordered to Pay $611 Million for WhatsApp Hacking
Background of the Lawsuit In May 2025, a federal jury in the Northern District ...

Kubernetes v1.33: supplementalGroupsPolicy Moves to Beta
In Kubernetes v1.33, the long-awaited supplementalGroupsPolicy field has moved from alpha in v1.31 to ...

Vinay Prasad Appointed CBER Director Amid FDA Overhaul
On May 6, 2025, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary announced ...

Trump and DOJ Push for Release of Tina Peters Amid Election Controversies
Background of the Case In June 2022, Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, ...

Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Rocket Plane Makes Progress
Expanding the Horizon of Hypersonic Flight with Talon-A2 Stratolaunch has leveraged its record-setting carrier ...

Kindle and Apps Capitalize on iOS App Store Changes
Background: Epic Games Litigation and the Federal Injunction In September 2021, Epic Games filed ...

FAA Approves Biweekly Starship Launches from Starbase
In a landmark decision on May 6, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued ...

Trump Halts Harvard Research Grants: Implications Ahead
In a surprising escalation of the longstanding conflict between the Trump administration and Harvard ...

Switch 2 Game Key Cards: Lifespan and Legacy Predictions
Last month, Nintendo and several third-party publishers announced that many Switch 2 titles will ...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Launches May 19 for 2025 Gaming
GPU prices may never be as out of control as they’ve been in recent ...

2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale Turbo: Italian Charm & Tech Review
As Alfa Romeo approaches its 115th anniversary, the Tonale Turbo emerges as a compelling ...

Tesla’s European Sales Plunge Amid Political Fallout and Competition
Europe’s once insatiable appetite for Tesla vehicles has cooled dramatically in 2025. After years ...