Rocket reentries are leaving measurable lithium pollution in the upper atmosphere

On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky. Researcher...

Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan

Although Mojang has not provided a precise timeline for transitioning Minecraft to Vulkan, players and modders can begin testing the new re...

The US just got an AI layer for immigration. The rules are still loading.

What originated as a narrow procurement notice has grown into a broader effort that links machine-learning models with government and comme...

Microsoft replaces Xbox heads Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond with AI exec

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced that the company's CoreAI Product president, Asha Sharma, has become the CEO of Xbox, re...

ATMs are getting hacked the old-fashioned way: with keys and USB drives

Banks across the United States are grappling with a wave of physical malware attacks on their ATMs, according to a new cybersecurity alert ...

The Windows XP Bliss wallpaper still exists, and it briefly looks the same again

A Reddit user recently visited the Napa Valley location where the "Bliss" wallpaper was photographed. The view now closely matche...

Tesla's "cheaper" Cybertruck arrives at $59,990, still far from the $40K promise

Tesla's latest features an estimated 325 miles of range and features coil springs with adaptive damping, steer-by-wire with four wheel ...

Fake faces generated by AI are now "too good to be true," researchers warn

Think you can quickly identify fake faces generated by AI models? Think again. According to a recently published study by Australian resear...

Real-world data shows plug-in hybrids use far more fuel than advertised

Using data transmitted wirelessly from roughly one million PHEVs produced between 2021 and 2023, the researchers measured actual fuel consu...

The Elder Scrolls VI will feel more like Elder Scrolls than Starfield

During a recent interview on the Kinda Funny Games podcast, Howard said the next Elder Scrolls installment will return to the open-world ad...

Only one of these tech "sports" is real. Can you guess which?

Have you heard of the Quantum Cable Untangling Contest, or the VR Headset Balance Race? How about the World Server Throwing Championship? ...

Need a fresh start? This Windows 11 ISO download makes clean installs easy

Microsoft's Windows 11 ISO is the most flexible way to install or reinstall the company's latest desktop OS, whether you're set...

Perplexity walks away from ads to differentiate from OpenAI and Google

The company quietly phased out sponsored content late last year, ending an experiment that began in 2024 when labeled promotions occasional...

Dutch defense chief claims F-35 could be "jailbroken like an iPhone" to bypass US approval

In an interview with NR Nieuwsradio, Tuinman was asked if the F-35's software could be altered by European forces without the United St...

Researchers uncover firmware-level backdoor installed on several Android tablet brands

The Moscow-based security company reported that Keenadu was found in Android tablets sold by several mostly unnamed brands. Similar to Tria...

Meta patents AI that could continue posting on social media on behalf of deceased users

According to the patent document, the LLM can create a "digital clone" of social media users to simulate their online activity, p...

Virtual Boy app now available for Switch, but you'll need a special accessory to play

The Virtual Boy app is a free download for Switch and Switch 2 owners, but access requires a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack member...

This exoplanet system formed backwards, and nobody can explain why

In a conventional system like our own, rocky planets such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit closest to the host star. Farther out, g...

Apple set to unveil new iPhone, MacBooks, iPads at March 4 event

Most expect to see Apple introduce a handful of new products at the event including the iPhone 17e. The entry-level iPhone will likely be a...

Micron's world-first PCIe Gen 6 SSD doubles data rates for AI data centers

Micron has announced that the 9650 NVMe SSD has finally entered mass production, hailing the new drive as the first PCIe Gen6 storage produ...