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- Google DeepMind just mathematically verified key parts of Signal
The four-week project hints that AI could make formal verification far more practical.
- Seagate's new hybrid drive raises some old questions
The FireCuda Forge revisits an old idea, with some familiar questions.
- The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch
"Launch is extremely constrained and that is exactly the situation we predicted."
- Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot
Amazon's roaming Ring Robotics devices will debut in late 2026 and early 2027.
- Democrats oppose plan to stack FCC with Republicans, plan probes of Chairman Carr
Democrats accuse FCC nominee of evading questions about Carr, her current boss.
- Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
Researcher finds 35,000 Grok Build apps wide open to anyone who looked for them.
- What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle?
Mathematician Steven Strogatz discusses his new book, Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World.
- Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won't say which one
Fi has always supported T-Mobile, but the new one? Google won't say.
- Pixel phones getting new icon styles, Create My Widget, and more in November Pixel Drop
Spruce up your home screen with expanded custom icons and AI-generated widgets.
- Free video-streaming service Tubi lets users share curated watchlists now
User-based recommendations could make it easier to find stuff to watch on Tubi.
- Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve's new FPS data
Benchmark tools for generic gaming rigs could be coming soon.
- High oil prices have led to a dip in global carbon emissions
Bucking recent trends, fossil fuel emissions look to be down 0.4 percent.
- One space station company sues another for copying its work
"NASA advised that Vast’s submission in some locations substituted 'the PAM Provider' for Axiom"
- DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark "ASIMOV-jailbreak"
The new model is up to twice as successful at some tasks.
- Nvidia has a Jensen Huang problem—and no obvious successor
Huang faces a board probe as investors fret over Nvidia’s lack of a clear successor.
- FDA warns GLP-1 drugs may pose risk of rare condition that causes vision loss
The risk appears small and data is mixed, but FDA wants patients to be aware.
- Polestar has a new look with its Formula 2030 concept
The shape looks like a Saab Aero-X, but the nose previews the next Polestar 2.
- Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand
Ukraine competes with Russia and data centers for China’s optical fiber supply.
- Review: Apple's M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it's missing all the exciting stuff
Per usual, the basic MacBook Pro lags behind the flagships where it counts.
- DCU shake-up: James Gunn and Peter Safran out post-merger
Producer and former Kevin Feige protege Jeremy Latcham will replace Gunn and Safran.
- Man who lost $308,000 on sports bets sues Kalshi for offering illegal gambling
Lawsuit demands Kalshi return losses because online betting is illegal in Washington.
- A Sam Altman parody offers an amusing lesson in memory management
We verified the RAM numbers are real without sending any emails to OpenAI.
- Vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation
"*sshole" poses a serious threat to Internet security.
- Pentagon mulls placing fleet of military satellites around the Moon
"Please jump on my cislunar bandwagon because I need some more friends here."
- Claude Code is accidentally exposing secrets all over GitHub
"Do not ask again" prompt leads to passwords, API keys, and more being shared.
- SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says
"Grok analyzing the same video is 99.9 percent perfect."
- Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem
Nvidia is probing whether Chinese intelligence targeted its CEO through an affair.
- F1 in Brazil: You’ve got to keep your tires alive
A topsy-turvy grid and intermittent rain resulted in a very entertaining race.
- New Democratic Congress will likely strip the gilding from Trump's Golden Dome
"There’s no doubt that whatever it’s going to be called, it won’t be called Golden Dome."
- Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.
- The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.