“Humans have probably not evolved to see what we’re seeing. It is truly hard to describe. It is amazing.” After staring at the Moon for almost eight hours Monday, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission finally ran out of ways to describe what he was seeing. “No matter…
Congress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again. On Friday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2027. The budget blueprint includes significant cuts to NASA, but it targets even more severe limits for other science-focused agencies, with no agencies spared. The document…
LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside. LG was once a heavyweight in the smartphone industry, trading blows with hometown rival Samsung. However, as smartphone sales plateaued, the company struggled to stay competitive. In 2021, LG planned to make waves…
The market for new cars has slumped as Americans look for deals on used EVs. Sales of used electric vehicles are surging in the US as models bought during a post-pandemic boom flood back onto the market, offering prospective buyers relief from a sharp rise in petrol prices. First-quarter…
Congress will likely reject the White House’s NASA cuts, just as it did last year. President Donald Trump released a budget blueprint on Friday calling for a 23 percent cut to NASA’s budget, two days after the agency launched four astronauts on the first crewed lunar mission in more…
Ice Age hunter-gatherer “were intentionally relying on random outcomes in repeatable, rule-based ways.” Native Americans have been playing with dice in games of chance for more than 12,000 years, according to a new paper published in the journal American Antiquity. And the oldest examples of Native American dice predate…
Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting “faulty” AI answers. When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect…
The viral AI agentic tool let attackers silently gain admin unauthenticated access. For more than a month, security practitioners have been warning about the perils of using OpenClaw, the viral AI agentic tool that has taken the development community by storm. A recently fixed vulnerability provides an object lesson…
Consumer group says it will sue if Netflix doesn’t reduce current prices. A Rome court has ruled that the price hikes Netflix imposed on subscribers in Italy in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2024 were unlawful. The court ordered Netflix to refund affected customers by up to 500 euros (about…
Some OEMs saw double-digit growth in Q1, others saw double-digit declines. With the war in the Persian Gulf now more than a month old, the effect on fuel prices is plain to see: On average, they’re up almost a dollar per gallon, or 25 percent, according to AAA. For…
