Also: the science of regular vs. gluten-free spaghetti, catching high-speed snake bites in action, etc. It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we…
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals. You’ll often hear plastic pollution referred to as a problem. But the reality is that it’s multiple problems. Depending on the properties we need, we form plastics out of different polymers, each of which is…
Both vulnerabilities are being exploited in wide-scale operations. Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active exploitation in widespread attacks targeting a swath of the Internet, researchers…
Altman is just the latest in a string of people to want their money back. 2017 feels like another era these days, but if you cast your mind back that far, you might remember Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vaporware Roadster 2.0. Full of nonsensical-sounding features that impressed people who…
There’s a lot to like about this SUV, made in Georgia. When Hyundai’s E-GMP platform for electric vehicles arrived on the market, it cemented the Korean automaker’s place as one of the leaders of its industry. And in the absence of an influx of Chinese EVs, the Ioniq range…
Bug affects Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 users using the October update preview. One reason to use the Task Manager in Windows is to see if any of the apps running on your computer are misbehaving or using a disproportionate amount of resources. But what do you do when…
Neanderthals were apparently no easier on their art supplies than modern kids. Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent study. The pair of artifacts, unearthed from layers 47,000 and 46,000 years old, showed signs of being deliberately…
Gemini for Home unleashes gen AI on your Nest camera footage, but it gets a lot wrong. You just can’t ignore the effects of the generative AI boom. Even if you don’t go looking for AI bots, they’re being integrated into virtually every product and service. And for what?…
Cellebrite can apparently extract data from most Pixel phones, unless they’re running GrapheneOS. Despite being a vast repository of personal information, smartphones used to have little by way of security. That has thankfully changed, but companies like Cellebrite offer law enforcement tools that can bypass security on some devices.…
Updated app is “free forever,” but won’t get a perpetually licensed version. When graphic design platform-provider Canva bought the Affinity image-editing and publishing apps early last year, we had some major questions about how the companies’ priorities and products would mesh. How would Canva serve the users who preferred…
