The species’s boundaries in North America seem to have been fairly fluid. We tend to lump all mammoths together as big, hairy elephant-like beasts with enormous tusks. But there were a number of mammoth species, including less furry ones that inhabited temperate regions. And the furry ones include at…
TV static and remote included. If a family of anthropomorphic mice were to meet around a TV, I imagine they’d gather around something like TinyCircuits’ TinyTV 2. The gadget sits on four slender, angled legs with its dials and classic, brown shell beckoning viewers toward its warm, bright stories.…
Vulnerability can be exploited to gain access to customers’ crown jewels. The maker of Passwordstate, an enterprise-grade password manager for storing companies’ most privileged credentials, is urging them to promptly install an update fixing a high-severity vulnerability that hackers can exploit to gain administrative access to their vaults. The…
“Once a species enters, they never leave,” interior secretary says. But there’s more to the story. “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of…
After years of neglect, TypePad and everything on it goes away on September 30. In the olden days, publishing a site on the Internet required that you figure out hosting and have at least some experience with HTML, CSS, and the other languages that make the Internet work. But…
A species known only by a single rib turns out to be covered with meter-long spikes. Ankylosaurs, with their squat, armored bodies and bizarre, weaponized tails, are an iconic group of dinosaurs. While there were plenty of species present in the Cretaceous, they’re thought to have origins that trace…
GM has new adapters for every conceivable combination of NACS and CCS1. In mid-2023, just as it seemed like the North American auto industry had settled on CCS1 as the default fast-charging plug, everything upended as Ford, then General Motors, then everyone else announced they were adopting the North…
Researchers take note: When the endpoint is compromised, all bets are off. Don’t believe everything you read—especially when it’s part of a marketing pitch designed to sell security services. The latest example of the runaway hype that can come from such pitches is research published today by SquareX, a…
Towing capacity is now 5,500 lbs, and there are some new driver assistance features. Although it feels like Porsche only just introduced the electric Macan, the sporty EV SUV is starting to become a more common sight on the road. And as the automaker transitions into model year 2026,…
AI assistants don’t have fixed personalities—just patterns of output guided by humans. Recently, a woman slowed down a line at the post office, waving her phone at the clerk. ChatGPT told her there’s a “price match promise” on the USPS website. No such promise exists. But she trusted what…
