Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy

Like traditional weather models, it benefits from an expanded set of inputs.

Google complies with EU rules for travel searches, says the new results stink

The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive.

The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.

Trump admin's propaganda "arcade" hits some apparent legal limits.

The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells

3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance.

The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it's free

Blast your opponents in 1v1 arcade space battles like it's 1992 all over again.

EV batteries last longer than drivers feared

Study suggests used vehicles can retain about 90% of original usable battery capacity after 150,000 km.

With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger

The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.

The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center

When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?

The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center

When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?

German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket

"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."

Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests

The shift in the fish’s diet is having significant downstream impacts on the environment and climate.

Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation

The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards.

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.

Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

"It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."

Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC

FCC tells court it is “open-minded" about whether ABC should lose licenses.

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.

“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.”

Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.

Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation

The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.

Valve secretly leaked a Left 4 Dead 2 trailer to dodge the ESRB

"I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago."

Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.

Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight

Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose.

Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo

Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.

Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations

"Let me be clear: America is not only welcome—we want you there."

Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO

Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled.

Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Over 1 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay more for their heavy streaming use.

150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

Researchers now have clear new targets and insights for developing a Shigella vaccine.