The US is looking at a year of chaotic weather
Massive Western heat wave, potential El Niño raise concerns about unpredictable, extreme weather.
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Jeff Bezos just announced plans for a third megaconstellation—this one for data centers
"Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure."
Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change
Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen.
Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware
Both AMD- and Intel-based hardware is getting better support in SteamOS 3.8.
Project Hail Mary is in theaters—but do the linguistics work?
Ars speaks with a linguist about the ease with which Grace and Rocky communicate.
Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let's be hasty
"Our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere."
RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels
Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others.
Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program
Broadcom says the group is misrepresenting market "realities."
Dogfighting in space won't look like the movies, but this company wants in on it
"Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s."
FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.
Hundreds of millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild
DarkSword, a powerful iPhone-hacking technique, has been discovered in use by Russian hackers.
OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral
Codex maker says it will "continue to support these open source projects" after deal closes.
Afroman keeps trolling cops after winning “Lemon Pound Cake” defamation case
Cops asked the jury for millions after Afroman used raid footage in music videos.
At the last minute, Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.
Despite hardware limits, Parallels supports running Windows on MacBook Neo
"8GB unified memory is the minimum practical configuration."
Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
The "advanced flow" will be available before verification enforcement begins later this year.
Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America
Radiocarbon results suggest a single origin and rapid diffusion through cultural transition networks.
After 25 years, Valve reworks Counter-Strike's reload system
Full-magazine reloads throw out muscle memory in favor of "higher stakes" decisions.
TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs
"This is a serious warning shot."
After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung didn't offer an explanation for its decision, but it's not exactly a surprise.