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Thousands of power strips sold on Amazon are getting the plug pulled — for a seriously scary reason. Roughly 5,543 CCCEI-branded power strips have been recalled after safety officials warned…
OpenAI, jostling with Anthropic for enterprise customers, has bought TBPN, an online tech talk show that has built a loyal Silicon Valley following through interviews with industry CEOs. Entrepreneurs John…
The world’s best climate models are not capturing the true extent of Earth’s energy imbalance, and scientists aren’t sure why.Instead of mirroring real-life satellite observations, the models consistently underestimate a…
Frances Haugen blew the whistle on Meta’s alleged harms done to young people’s mental health in 2021. Five years later, her former employer has suffered two major legal losses due…
On April 1, four astronauts blasted off on what will be a 10-day voyage around the moon and back. Their mission, the first to send humans to the moon since…
Archaeologists in Vietnam have made a discovery that could rewrite scientists’ understanding of where syphilis originated.The team found the Stone Age skeletons of three people who had a debilitating bacterial…
Breadcrumbs from food waste could replace fossil fuels as a source of hydrogen in one of the most common chemical reactions used in chemical manufacturing, new research suggests.The new process,…
A Chinese satellite equipped with a robotic “octopus arm” has passed a key refueling test in low Earth orbit (LEO), according to state-run media. The achievement highlights China’s continued leadership…
Architectural constraints in today’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools may limit how much more intelligent they can get, new research suggests.A study published Feb. 5 on the preprint arXiv…
They grew up dialing rotary phones — and now they’re opening the door to robot roommates. That’s the vision powering the booming AgeTech industry, as companies bet seniors are ready…