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Apple is announcing an iPhone lease option weeks after raising iPad and Mac prices due to the global memory shortage.... Read more »

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.... Read more »

Crypto stocks proved some of the top gainers Monday even as the broader market sold off and capital rotated away from chip and AI infrastructure names.... Read more »

Alphabet's free cash flow has turned negative, and the company lifted its capital spending forecast. Slower-growing cloud rivals report this week.... Read more »

Five of the Congress members serve on committees whose work touches SpaceX's federal contracts, defense programs, AI, telecommunications or securities markets.... Read more »

China is reportedly producing a key chip tool in a market dominated by ASML. But analysts questioned China's ability to compete with the Dutch giant.... Read more »

The 60-day correlation between the Kospi and Nasdaq 100 recently climbed to about 0.50, its highest level since 2021, according to data provided by Rayliant.... Read more »

Microsoft says that when integrated with OpenAI's GPT-5.4, its new cybersecurity model can beat Anthropic's new Mythos 5.... Read more »

Critics have questioned why Anthropic didn't sign an industry letter last week in support of open-weight models.... Read more »

"If you're borrowing money to buy something related to the data center, then tomorrow morning, 9:30 a.m., sell it no matter what," said CNBC's Jim Cramer.... Read more »

CNBC's Jim Cramer said reports of Nvidia backing OpenAI's data center expansion revived memories of the financing arrangements that preceded the dot-com crash.... Read more »

Altman will preview the capabilities of the company's upcoming family of AI models and answer questions about cybersecurity and open-weight models.... Read more »

The backstop would let OpenAI raise debt for a data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, on the strength of Nvidia's credit.... Read more »

Nvidia had held the top spot as the most valuable company since June 2025, when it took the crown from Microsoft.... Read more »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips.... Read more »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.... Read more »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips.... Read more »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee.... Read more »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured.... Read more »

The billionaire spoke with The Wall Street Journal ahead of his coming book, “Source Code.”... Read more »

Find insight on Quebecor, Verizon, Texas Instruments and more in the latest Market Talks covering technology, media and telecom.... Read more »

The social-media giant plans to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion, the latest sign of tech companies’ accelerating investments into artificial intelligence.... Read more »

Canada has warned Amazon.com that it is reviewing business ties with the company’s cloud-computing unit following Amazon’s decision to shut down its warehouses in Quebec, leading to the layoff of 1,700 workers.... Read more »

Find insight on Electronic Arts, consumer spending on videogames, Meta and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.... Read more »

The South Korean memory-chip maker reported record quarterly and annual results after stronger-than-expected earnings for the final quarter of 2024 on robust chip demand.... Read more »

Find insight on Netflix, U.S. advertising spending, AI joint venture Stargate and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.... Read more »

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank unveiled AI infrastructure plans at White House.... Read more »

Find insight on diversified semiconductor vendors, Netflix, potential Canadian tariffs, and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.... Read more »

You will get data, but perhaps not knowledge... Read more »

Containing the technology is getting harder... Read more »

It’s less crazy than you think... Read more »

Hybrids, rather than fully electric planes, are likely to triumph... Read more »

Better skin, faster wound-healing and reduced vision-loss are on the cards... Read more »

Oliver Morton, our planetary affairs editor, reflects on a warming Earth... Read more »

Possibly. But only under medical supervision... Read more »

Reflections on a warming planet... Read more »

The planet is reflecting less light back into space. That is making the world hotter... Read more »

A nice, hot bath can go a long way... Read more »

Being tall would be a disadvantage, if not for some clever engineering... Read more »

In the Ukraine war, anti-AI tactics are producing bizarre forms of camouflage... Read more »

How to turn a tiny advantage into sporting glory... Read more »

Constrained by physics and politics, chipmakers are building upwards... Read more »

It guided Polynesian wayfinders for thousands of years, but the cause remains unknown... Read more »

A newly discovered camp in Slovakia is rewriting the history of Rome’s northern frontier.... Read more »

Whack weeds and trim neat edges across your yard.... Read more »

Eliminate monthly internet equipment rental fees with these all-in-one boxes.... Read more »

Because your garage is for cars, not lawn mowers.... Read more »

Whether you’re crammed in economy class or on a long drive, these gadgets and accessories will make the time pass quickly.... Read more »

These tested and researched models from Jackery, EcoFlow, Anker, and other trusted brands are the ones we stand behind and recommend.... Read more »

Plus, they’re an easy way to give your sedan, SUV, or truck an insta-makeover.... Read more »

The tragedy forever changed commercial aviation.... Read more »

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Declassified memos show how Korea’s DMZ became the site of a heavily armed act of arboriculture.... Read more »

These princesses didn’t just carry weapons to the afterlife—they bore the scars of using them.... Read more »

It’s an authentic 900-year-old Norse coin, but why was it buried in Maine?... Read more »

The answer was hiding in an obscure Latin word that scholars had been mistranslating for decades.... Read more »

Imagine the most powerful projectile in the modern arsenal. A Hellfire missile, designed by Lockheed Martin with a multipurpose warhead to destroy a broad range of The post Newly Leaked Pentagon Video Shows Hellfire Missile Bouncing off UAP/UFO appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Greenbelt, USA – Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of numerous worlds in our own solar system where scientists suspect not only a saltwater The post Traces of Carbon Discovered on Jupiter’s Moon Europa appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Washington (USA) – As part of the most recent UFO hearing before a control committee of the US House of Representatives, information about The post Air Force confirms UFO incident at Eglin Air Force Base and reports to US UFO authority AARO appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

The Trindade Island UFO Case remains one of the most baffling and well-documented UFO encounters in history. The event occurred on January 16, The post The Trindade Island UFO Case appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Saarbrücken, Germany – As the scientific community celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first mechanical calculator, attention turns to its creator, Wilhelm Schickard The post Germany’s First UFO Researcher and Witness – Prof. Wilhelm Schickard (1592-1635) appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Laurel (USA) – 40-year-old radiation measurements from NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby suggest liquid oceans beneath the icy surfaces of two additional moons in The post Old Radiation Data Suggests the Existence of Two Additional Ocean Worlds in Our Solar System appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Scientists have developed a miniature robot that can melt and resolidify on command, allowing it to easily escape from confined spaces. The researchers The post Scientists Create Shape-Shifting Miniature Robot That Melts and Resolidifies on Command appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Pasadena (USA) Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Harvard University have now for the first time experimentally examined the previously The post Quantum Bits Tunneled – Wormhole Created in Quantum Computer appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Chalmers (Sweden) Scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have developed an optical chip with which gigantic The post 1.8 Petabit per Second – Optical Chip Sets World Record in Data Transmission appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Austin (USA) Elon Musk presented the humanoid robot Tesla Optimus to the public for the first time in April 2022. At the time, The post Elon Musk Presents the Humanoid Robot “Optimus” at Tesla AI Day 2022 appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Washington (USA) As part of the office of the director of the 18 US secret services, the “National Intelligence Manager for Aviation” (NIM-A) The post US Intelligence Coordinator for Airspace Affairs Surprises With UFO in Official Agency Seal appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Washington DC (USA) NASA wants to use compact floating robots to explore lakes and oceans on other planets and moons. Missions with the The post NASA Wants to use Small Robots to Explore Lakes and Oceans on Other Planets and Moons appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

College Park (USA) The need for batteries will increase significantly in the coming years due to electric cars and other technologies. Science is The post Sustainable Batteries Made From Lobster and Crab Shells appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

Seoul (South Korea) Inductive charging systems for smartphones, smartwatches and other devices have enabled charging without a charging cable for several years. So The post Infrared Laser can Transmit Electricity Wirelessly Over 30 Meters appeared first on Science News.... Read more »

5000-year-old nanotechnology from the ancient world known as "Egyptian blue" is offering innovative modern uses in biomedical imaging.... Read more »

A fine layer of dust encircling Earth after the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have set the world on fire and caused dinosaur extinction.... Read more »

Recent research suggests localized mosquito-control practices may create conditions that favor the evolution of insecticide resistance.... Read more »

5,000 years ago Egyptian builders were using architectural techniques that foreshadowed those seen in the pyramids, new evidence suggests.... Read more »

New analysis explains why U.S. military aid often fails to end Allies' wars despite Washington's influence.... Read more »

Scientists shocked to learn that 1.4-million-year-old fossilized footprints found on an ancient lakeshore were from human-sized individuals.... Read more »

A massive wildfire that scorched the Nevada desert near the U.S. Air Force’s classified Area 51 facility over the weekend has now exceeded 2,000 acres.... Read more »

The cosmic violence of a black hole tearing apart a star produced a brilliant radio light observed by Chinese astronomers using US equipment.... Read more »

Utah's massive new Green River Energy Center boasts a million solar panels and close to 500 batteries spanning several square miles.... Read more »

At the site of Gradište, close to the village of Mlado Nagoričane, archaeologists from North Macedonia have uncovered what they believe was a ritual dining complex associated with a Hellenistic sanctuary, providing new evidence of elite religious practices and extensive trade connections more than 2,300 years ago.... Read more »

New computer models suggest that Venus is not geologically dormant as previously believed, including possibly active volcanoes.... Read more »

An unexpected transmissible cancer has been detected in North American waterways, prompting new concerns about how the disease developed.... Read more »

The small exoplanets of our Sun’s second-nearest neighbor, Barnard’s Star, are inhospitable wastelands, British astronomers say.... Read more »

For the last 22 years, one of the most bizarre true crime stories ever to grace Unsolved Mysteries has confounded amateur investigators.... Read more »

Protecting sensitive, precision-timed computing systems requires understanding the nature of cyberthreats. So researchers from Washington State University teamed up with experts at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Metro State University to design an attack—dubbed NosyNeighbor—that lurks on the sidelines of time- and safety-critical computer systems, "infers" what's happening... Read more »

Natural language processing (NLP), a branch of artificial intelligence, enables computers to understand and generate human language. Large language models (LLMs) now power everyday applications such as chatbots, virtual assistants and translation tools. Despite these advances, modern NLP systems still face important challenges, including protecting user privacy, adapting to changing... Read more »

In an increasingly audio-driven world, the University of Houston's Product Experience Design (PXD) Lab is creating new pathways to Braille literacy for blind and low-vision learners. With a new two-device learning system called LUCID, PXD Lab designers aim to make tactile literacy more accessible, engaging and self-directed.... Read more »

Elon Musk's social media app X on Monday began offering its X Money banking service to all U.S. subscribers of its paid Premium and Premium+ tiers, part of the multibillionaire's ambition to turn the site into an "everything app."... Read more »

A total of 265 couples have married after meeting on an AI-powered dating app launched by the Tokyo government in 2024 to lift Japan's low birth rate, according to official data.... Read more »

Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labeled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.... Read more »

A corporate fad of "tokenmaxxing" on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.... Read more »

A new study led by Fabrice Niyigaba '27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda's 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages spoken by 350 million Africans.... Read more »

Artificial intelligence has triggered a new gold rush. This time, companies are competing not for land or minerals, but for access to electricity.... Read more »

After a closet cleanout, what options are there for recycling our old threads? Not many. Apart from bringing used clothes to a donation center, there is no process for recycling textiles like there is for bottles and cans. The average American throws out around 81 pounds of clothing each year.... Read more »

Vibration isolators are essential in applications like high-precision manufacturing, aerospace, automobiles and sensitive scientific equipment, where vibration can significantly degrade performance and reduce operational lifespan. Conventional vibration isolators use springs and dampers between the load and the vibration source to absorb vibrations. However, these isolators are linear and face an... Read more »

IMDEA Materials Institute has developed an acoustic imaging method that overcomes some of the fundamental limitations of technologies like ultrasound imaging.... Read more »

A KAIST research team has developed a next-generation world model, an internal model an AI builds to understand and predict the world, that learns executable theories from observation alone.... Read more »

A review of artificial intelligence research in the International Journal of Hydromechatronics suggests that combining large language models (LLMs), structured knowledge systems and physical agents could help create machines capable of understanding, reasoning and acting in complex environments.... Read more »

Individuals with a cocaine addiction may fall into three hidden behavioral types. Scientists mapped the brains of people who use cocaine, revealing new biological targets that could help personalize rehabilitation regimens and improve overall recovery rates.... Read more »

A recent study provides evidence that administering opposite-sex hormones to rats shifts their sexual behavior to resemble the opposite sex. The findings suggest that these hormonal changes also suppress natural reproductive functioning.... Read more »

A massive survey reveals how the launch of swipe-based dating apps transformed undergraduate sexual behavior, driving up the frequency of casual encounters while unexpectedly providing some users with a psychological boost instead of causing mental distress.... Read more »

A recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology reveals that a single dose of LSD can improve motor learning the following day. The psychedelic drug also appears to reduce perceived stress and alter brain activity up to a week later.... Read more »

A laboratory study reveals how underlying relationship doubts and mutual support systems influence the emotional tone and conversational engagement of romantic couples during everyday logistics and problem-solving tasks.... Read more »

New research indicates that psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, might protect human skin cells from premature aging. In laboratory tests, the psychedelic compound reduced inflammation and cellular stress caused by high sugar and fat levels.... Read more »

A new survey reveals that when a romantic partnership falters, a person's baseline willingness to engage in casual sex heavily influences their views on cheating. Gender also plays a major role in shaping these permissive attitudes.... Read more »

When a romantic partner frequently ignores you for their smartphone, the resulting sense of neglect can seep into the rest of your life. New survey data links partner "phubbing" to reduced household peace and increased sexual distress in women.... Read more »

A neuroimaging study provides evidence that structural brain differences in autistic individuals align with the distribution of serotonin receptors. This underlying neurochemistry suggests a biological link to the social and communication traits associated with autism.... Read more »

Growing evidence suggests that disruptions in circadian rhythms play a significant role in bipolar disorder. Now, researchers have developed a framework for using light, dark, and daily routines to help stabilize mood and improve sleep.... Read more »

A new study dissects the internet "tradwife" trend, revealing how popular influencers use vintage aesthetics to sell a return to patriarchal gender roles. Behind the homemade bread, these creators are running lucrative digital marketing businesses.... Read more »

A new analysis of millions of medical records reveals that ADHD remains heavily underdiagnosed in England. Despite a recent spike in recognized cases, diagnosis rates fall far below global estimates, particularly among middle-aged and older adults.... Read more »

A new diary study of cohabiting couples reveals that when individuals feel a sense of spiritual forgiveness from a higher power, they are more likely to make amends and forgive their partners after an everyday relationship conflict.... Read more »

People in open relationships often experience less jealousy than monogamous couples. However, a new study reveals that feeling less attractive than your partner still sparks conflict in both relationship types, highlighting the deep roots of romantic insecurity.... Read more »

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.  —Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some... Read more »

Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at his projects. But lately, he’s been coming straight home to work on his job application for the chipmaker’s South Korean rival SK Hynix, sharing... Read more »

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their containment and hacked into the computer systems of Hugging Face, another AI company, was... Read more »

Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with waste material from a now-closed nuclear enrichment facility. Lasers could help get it out. A company called Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) is looking to reprocess this old material with... Read more »

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors  Nuclear power provides about 9% of global electricity today, and that fraction could tick up as countries... Read more »

Imagine a healthcare system made up of multiple AI agents: one that manages symptom assessment, another scheduling, a third insurance, and a fourth pharmacy. Each is an expert in its domain. But they all have their own distinct knowledge and objectives. Today they can exchange data, but they are not... Read more »

Drug discovery is a high-cost, high-risk endeavor that is under growing pressure from a market increasingly defined by first-mover advantage. Since the 1950s, the cost of developing new pharmaceuticals has roughly doubled every nine years—a phenomenon known as Eroom’s Law. Today, bringing a new drug to market takes an average... Read more »

For the enterprise, the promise of agentic AI is much more than just a better chatbot. It is software agents that execute business tasks end-to-end across people, business workflows, data, and systems. The platform best-suited to run agents is built with proper CPU capacity, resilient data access, policy-aware tool use,... Read more »

This week, I covered a fascinating effort to preserve organs outside the body. There’s a huge shortage of donor organs, and one of the main reasons is time—they survive only a matter of hours outside the body, even when they’re kept on ice. Doctors dream of organ banks—stores of human... Read more »

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