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6/29/2026
Small-scale solar helped renewables nearly triple coal generation on the US grid.
SCOTUS falls short of deeming geofence warrants unconstitutional, though.
Sony has been scaling down its digitial store for a few years.
With today’s scientific tools, the problem could have been spotted in the 1950s.
The EU wants Google to share search data with competitors and open up AI on Android, but Google alleges major privacy risks.
But the system would require a massive leap from any of its existing hardware.
Illinois now a key battleground in fight over prediction market sports bets.
A heatwave, engine upgrades, plus power levels for the next two seasons.
Director Travis Knight is also the creative mind behind 2016's Oscar-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings.
"We believe this will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry."
"Where does the threshold live that an action necessitates some proportional reaction?"
NBCUniversal and Sky will be spun off into separate companies.
NASA’s quiet supersonic flight tests could eventually go on a national tour.
6/28/2026
Clicking on the links now reveals blank pages and empty PDFs. "Intellectually, it’s not acceptable.”
6/27/2026
The Amble One is a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy designed for luxury resorts.
6/26/2026
Half-million strong military will train on drones as “universal combat tool.”
His doctors went looking for cancer, then they saw the worms' heads.
Illinois passed a similar law, giving services more incentive to make ads less booming.
Russian government lashes out at Apple's "bizarre" decisions.
NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.
FCC refuses to provide messages, has "wasted a year" of court's time, filing says.
Update began June 15 and will no longer allow you to share your login info.
It's "an exciting advance in efforts to restock the antibiotic arsenal."
Join us on the livestream at 1 pm ET and ask questions about the aftermath of New Glenn.
With falling sales in the US and especially China, VW Group wants to restructure.
Rock weathering may release or draw down carbon dioxide—it depends on the rock.
Move would test whether group can turn ambition into a mass-market phone business.
Is SpaceX planning to end its Transporter program?
6/25/2026
About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.
Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.
Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.
At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.
Unlike with Volvo, there will be no authorization for Polestar to sell its cars here.
Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.
Europeans are baking under their second heat wave of the summer.
Colossal Biosciences will be biobanking tissues from all of them as well.
"There is no natural explanation," says paleoanthropologist John Hawks.
IBM’s nanostack transistors could boost chip performance or energy efficiency.
6/24/2026
GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.
The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
"Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion."
We still don't know why RFK Jr. overruled CDC expert to order strict quarantines.
"Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.
It has 205 miles of bare-bones range.
Lawsuit alleged Disney inflated market prices by making carriers include ESPN.
The small bit of air in the bottle sees oxygen and other chemicals move in and out.
Privacy advocates and domestic violence groups say ID mandate is a big mistake.
Brands Hatch, COTA, and Zandvoort will all hold an e-Prix in 2027.
A few additional markets will get the lower fees this year ahead of a global rollout in 2027.
Tesla, accused of failing to fix design flaws, blames driver pressing accelerator.
Branches received exceptions to Hegseth's policy that made the shot optional.
From a bare-bones pickup to a loaded, wrapped SUV, here's what some Slates will cost.
"It is an incredible exhibit and incredible sight."
“It’s shooting pure unadulterated propaganda into our veins,” says one worker.
6/23/2026
Order warns of national security risks if post-quantum cryptography isn't adopted in time.
Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government.
Promo video comes as more US police departments fly drones as first responders.
Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
Although it's on the smaller side, this electric vehicle is not very chill.
"The FCC wants to control who is allowed on the show," ABC ad tells viewers.
Current amphibian development may not have been typical of early land vertebrates.
White House spokesperson denied it was Trump only after story was published.
The US is one of a handful of countries that allow patents on plant varieties.
Tonally, the trailer gives strong vibes akin to the director's 2016 feature Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.
The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space."
6/22/2026
US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.
SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.
He had retinal tears and bruises from squishing his eyeballs with the gun.
"Winning" bets were made on cloned website and would have lost money, WSJ finds.
Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.
Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."
Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.
The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says.
The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver.
"I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."
The company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI.
6/21/2026
At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations.
An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways
6/20/2026
Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.
6/19/2026
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.
Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.
"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."
6/18/2026
Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.
Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.
"We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs."
A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September.
The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers.
It's unclear whether the system is currently intact.
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.
We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.
Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space.
Peter Parker to Bruce Banner: "I didn't know you could get that big."
6/17/2026
Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."
Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.
