Facing a flood of A.I. slop, groups bent on democratizing science create new checks and balances.

Australia has proposed a switch to force social media platforms to let users turn off recommended content.

The search for Jesus Christ's real tomb has led archaeologists to an extraordinary discovery at his burial site.

Habitat protections for one of Canada's most imperiled animals have been quietly removed by the Alberta government. Through amendments to the Public Lands Act in July, the province eliminated protections for greater sage grouse in designated protection and recovery zones. That same month, helium extraction company Thor Resources had a site approved within the bird's habitat.

A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD's KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections. Security firm Calif, which found and reported the flaws, published a detailed writeup and full proof-of-concept code after OpenBSD shipped

Tech mogul Elon Musk agreed to settle two lawsuits over his $1 million check handouts to battleground voters in the 2024 election, according to court filings published Thursday. The suits, filed in the Western District of Texas, accused the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of defrauding voters when his America PAC offered a $1 million giveaway...

A conservative AI safety group is calling for the U.S. to implement tighter restrictions on advanced chip sales to China and limit the development of “vastly superhuman AI” as part of a new framework for AI policy. Humans First, chaired by former Tea Party leader Amy Kremer, laid out what it described as an “America...

Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor's own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of the Windows backup program that checked for an update during one of those windows would download and run a backdoor. Google Threat Intelligence Group, Mandiant, and ManageEngine's Threat Analysis

Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo sold out within minutes of preorders opening, with delivery estimates extending to late January, according to reports. The launch marks Apple’s entry into a foldable smartphone market dominated by established rivals.

Researchers have identified a simple way to save over £100 a month on your food bills. Don't buy fresh, buy frozen.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing framework designed to harvest their Google account credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. The activity is being tracked by

If you've decided to splash out on Apple's new iPhone Duo, you might be waiting a while.

Elon Musk appeared to unveil his first flying car last night, as he launched the new Tesla Roadster with a spectacular demonstration of its apparent flying abilities.

Urgent warnings were issued after hazardous volcanic ash was detected billowing from Mount St Helens, deemed America's deadliest volcano.

The 28-year-old detained by German police is accused of being part of the cyber-crime gang that hacked blood-test firm Synnovis in 2024.

Tens of millions in the US are bracing for the coldest days of the season this weekend, and many could see snow fall for the first time.

The film Whalefall has revived the enduring fear of being swallowed whole by a whale. But could you survive this in real life?

Elon Musk has shocked the world by unveiling a spectacular demonstration of a new Tesla flying car. However, on social media, tech fans have been left baffled by the outlandish stunt.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh declined Friday to predict central bank officials’ future course on interest rates, less than two weeks before they meet to discuss monetary policy.  “I don’t prejudge meetings. I don’t believe in saying now what I might do at the meetings that we have in the balance of this year,” Warsh...

A powerful hybrid of a nor'easter and a tropical storm could form off the East Coast, in a setup meteorologists compared to the 1991 'Perfect Storm.'

Ukraine says temporary speed limits to the Starlink internet network disrupted its battlefield missions.

Super El Niño has developed an extra arm, an ominous map reveals - indicating that the patch of warm water in the Pacific Ocean has significantly expanded.

OpenAI has disclosed seven new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior, including one case where its research model, after not having funds on an Ethereum test network, spent test cryptocurrency from a third-party's wallet without authorization to complete a coding task. The incident, the AI company said, involved an internal research model part

A former Army sniper has revealed the incredible events which allegedly left a US soldier dead as the military hunted alien invaders in the Nevada desert.

Alibaba Group Holding’s two major domestic online marketplaces, Taobao and Tmall, plan to greatly expand the use of artificial intelligence across merchants’ operations next year, a senior executive said, as the e-commerce giant doubles down on the technology to drive growth amid a challenging consumer landscape. “Starting next year, AI will comprehensively enter the internal enterprise workflows of merchants,” Liu Bo, president of Tmall, said at the company’s Singles’ Day media briefing on...

Salmon fed on chicken byproducts could soon be sold in British supermarkets, as producers scramble to find cheaper feed.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased the vehicle at a facility owned by his SpaceX company, which helped develop the model.

Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML is expanding into next-generation hybrid bonding, a technique that creates dense electrical connections by directly joining chips or silicon wafers, according to a new report. Major Chinese companies are also adopting the technology to improve chip performance. ASML submitted 27 patent families related to hybrid bonding tools between December 2022 and November 2024, according to a report published by semiconductor and AI supply chain research firm...

The Marine Conservation Society has released its latest Good Fish Guide, revealing the fish you should, and shouldn't be eating.

Blue Origin upgrades new Glenn rocket launch infrastructure to take on SpaceXBlue Origin is aiming to fly its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket multiple times per week by the end of the decade.The aggressive target is designed to compete with SpaceX, which achieved 165 Falcon launches in the previous...