Software & Apps
Buttons are back and storage is king when it comes to car interiors
We talk with Nissan designer Hiren Patel about how vehicle interior designs are changing.
Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too
Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
Another child dies of measles as CDC reportedly holds up health alert
NY gov. pointed to Kennedy's long-standing anti-vaccine work as spurring outbreaks.
Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes
Google has cut ties with the company behind the botnet campaign.
This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere
Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
UEFI bootkit BlackX exploits Microsoft's lack of clarity around Secure Boot protections.
Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
Meta faces pressure to protect No Kings Instagram on election day.
EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
Critics say EPA is effectively abandoning Clean Air Act enforcement at factory farms.
Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz's new holographic heads-up display
After pioneering the passenger screen, Mercedes has designs on the windshield.
UK also affected by cyber-attack which hit European supermarket fridges
Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.
North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack
US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.
Apple unsure when more foldable iPhones will be available after selling out
Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo was a hit with people willing to spend $2,000 on a new mobile.
"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has all of its "space" back open.
Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights
Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.
Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock
The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.
Googling "Zelda" today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
"The flow of time is always cruel."
Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don't agree
A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.
Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights
Apple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.
If hackers can take control of a supermarket freezer, how vulnerable is other tech?
Dozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.
Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years
The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
F1 in Mexico City: Yet another Ferrari fiasco, but that’s not all
There was plenty of drama on and off the track for Formula 1 this weekend.
The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
A new action plan aims to rescue 2030 nature targets as financing remains inadequate.