In nuclear era, it has proven cheaper to build offensive weapons than play defense. One thing that’s evident about President Donald Trump’s proposal for the Golden Dome missile defense shield is that designing, deploying, and sustaining it will cost a lot of money, at least several hundred billion dollars,…
Come for the science. Stay for the adorable pics of happy pupsters with their favorite toys. Certain dogs can not only memorize the names of objects like their favorite toys, but they can also extend those labels to entirely new objects with a similar function, regardless of whether or…
The see-through display is a big downgrade from last year’s “Orion” prototype demo. At last year’s Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg focused less on the company’s line of Quest VR headsets and more on the “Orion” prototype see-through augmented reality glasses, which he said could launch in some form or…
A deep-dive into Active Directory and how “Kerberoasting” breaks it wide open. Last week, a prominent US senator called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for cybersecurity negligence over the role it played last year in health giant Ascension’s ransomware breach, which caused life-threatening disruptions at 140…
President Trump’s assertions about political violence ignore the facts. After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the US, and “they should be put in jail.” “The radical left causes tremendous violence,” he…
If you wanted an Ariya, you can blame the Trump tariffs for its cancellation. Last week we drove the new Nissan Leaf, an inexpensive compact electric vehicle. Now equipped with things like active battery thermal management, the new Leaf is actually Nissan’s second modern EV, after the debut a…
Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca. Evolution has adapted the digits of mammals for an enormous range of uses, from our opposable thumbs to the spindly digits that support bat wings to the robust bones that support the hoofs of horses.…
Officials say Claude chatbot usage policies block FBI, Secret Service contractors’ work. Anthropic’s AI models could potentially help spies analyze classified documents, but the company draws the line at domestic surveillance. That restriction is reportedly making the Trump administration angry. On Tuesday, Semafor reported that Anthropic faces growing hostility…
After years as a parent and homeowner, I sympathize more with my virtual citizens. When I was a child, SimCity 2000 felt like a fun, animated set of urban-themed Lego blocks to tinker with. Revisiting the game roughly three decades later, though, I’ve found the weight of my adult…
Cars have lost 12 V power, trapping children and dogs in hot cars. When Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began wielding its ax at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year, many believed this was done to weaken the agency’s oversight over Tesla. But despite the…
