Polystyrene can be upcycled into carbon sponge material. Humanity has littered the sky with the refuse of fossil fuel use, releasing enough CO2 to change the planet’s climate. We are also chucking incredible sums of carbon in the form of plastics into landfills and into the environment around (and…
73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they’re opened by an AI agent. Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI coding agents. In all, multiple researchers said,…
Apple’s OSes come with Liquid Glass tweaks and performance optimizations. Apple has taken the wraps off of its next-generation operating system updates at its Worldwide Developers Conference today, including iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate. And while the long-awaited Siri AI update is the headliner, Apple…
The cars are too big to race well, but the competition for pole position is thrilling. Formula 1 held its annual race on the streets of Monte Carlo this past weekend. The event predates the sport—the first Monaco Grand Prix was held in 1929 on a layout that isn’t…
The latest bill would ban day trips from Canada or Mexico in Chinese cars. It’s an election year, and that means politicians are putting in extra work to pander to special interest groups they think will help them cross the finish line. If you’re looking to be elected in…
Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used? It feels like there’s no escaping AI right now, whether you’re trying to type a sentence without being interrupted by a digital “assistant” or struggling to find a new refrigerator that doesn’t require a Wi-Fi connection for some reason. You’d…
Those ousted included ADA journal editor-in-chief Steven Kahn and former ADA president Desmond Schatz Five leading scientists were ousted from the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans on Friday. Their crime: handing out copies of an editorial, published in the journal Diabetes Care on…
What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem? Ötzi the Iceman, Europe’s most famous mummy, is crawling with microbes, some long dead, some still eking out a living after thousands of years, and some very modern. After he died in the Ötztal Alps, the Copper Age…
Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn’t consider the behavior a vulnerability. Operating system makers take many steps to prevent their wares from accepting commands from remote devices. The safeguards, designed to thwart malicious attacks, typically require hackers to jump through all kinds of hoops to bypass the…
The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn’t ready to generate power yet. Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use of different—and typically…
