Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes. As of July 1, at 12:01 am UTC—or June 30 at 8:01 pm ET—people seeking access to Plex’s media server features through a one-time purchase will have to pay $750. That’s three times the current price of $250.…
Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data. On Tuesday, Nature released two papers describing AI systems intended to help scientists develop and test hypotheses. One, Google’s Co-Scientist, is designed as what they term “scientist in the loop,” meaning researchers are regularly applying their…
SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025. Security researcher Brian Krebs brings us the news that America’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has had a large store of plaintext passwords, SSH private keys, tokens, and “other sensitive CISA assets” exposed in a public…
LG’s latest hits one frame per millisecond at a full 1080p resolution. Almost exactly two years ago, we were gawking at prototypes of 1,000 Hz monitors and wondering who really needed a display that could support such ludicrously smooth frame rates. Now that those prototypes are starting to develop…
Politicians say they want EVs to pay “their fair share for the use of our roads.” The 119th Congress might be one of the most dysfunctional and least productive legislative sessions in the 250-year history of the United States, but it seems there’s one thing it can agree on:…
Civ 7’s devs talk walking back the game’s most controversial decision. “Build a civilization to stand the test of time.” That was the promise on the box of Sid Meier’s Civilization, the first in a long-running strategy game franchise that has evolved over 35 years and seven mainline entries.…
Iran’s claim over subsea chokepoint pushes US tech companies to overland fiber. Iran claims it will charge US tech companies fees for using undersea Internet cables that run beneath the contested Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes. The war has already halted multiple projects and led to the suspension of…
For some ancient Aboriginal Australian communities, dingoes were part of the family. A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today’s Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells. Archaeologists recently studied the burial in what’s now New South Wales, Australia.…
New X-rays and CT scans showed small case with locking mechanism containing metal instruments. Archaeologists used a combination of advanced CT scans and 3D digital reconstruction to identify one of the Pompeii victims who died in 79 CE during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius as most likely having been…
Dory CEO claims the $149 signs won’t be bricked should Dory go out of business. Many gadgets marketed as being “smart” make me wonder if they would be better off dumb. Some examples are smart TVs that insist on sending your activities to businesses to track you, smart fridges…
