Thursday was the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States and so far NASA has not commented on the implications of damage to Site 31 in Kazakhstan. However one source familiar...

Earlier in 2025 we celebrated Prime Day—the yearly veneration of the greatest Transformer of all, Optimus Prime (in fact, Optimus Prime is so revered that we often celebrate Prime Day...

He said he was surprised by how few studies show evidence of wolves, bears, and cougars having an effect on elk, moose, and deer populations. Instead, the biggest driver of...

is that a record in your pocket? It’s a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging. A 4-inch Tiny Vinyl record. Credit: Chris Foresman...

They saved the best for last. The contrast in model cards is stark. Google provided a brief overview of its tests for Gemini 3 Pro, with a lot of ‘we...

Thanks for everything. And I do mean everything. Everyone gave us a new model in the last few weeks. OpenAI gave us GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max. These are overall improvements, although...

Beyond the blockbusters: This watch list has something for everyone over the long holiday weekend. Peruse a list of films released in 1985 and you’ll notice a surprisingly high number...

Creeping For anyone enjoying—or at least trying to enjoy—Thanksgiving in America, you can be thankful that these worms are not present in the US; they are exclusive to the “Old...

Engineers traced the problem to a manufacturing defect in an insulator on the solid rocket motor, and telemetry data from all four boosters on the following flight in August exhibited...

Plex has previously emphasized its need to keep up with “rising costs,” which include providing support for many different devices and codecs. It has also said that it needs money...

It’s not just PC builders PC and phone manufacturers—and makers of components that use memory chips, like GPUs—mostly haven’t hiked prices yet. These companies buy components in large quantities, and...

There remain lots of great charitable giving opportunities out there. I have now had three opportunities to be a recommender for the Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF). I wrote in...

If you add in nuclear, then the US has reached a grid that is 40 percent emissions-free over the first nine months of 2025. That’s up only 1 percent compared...

Under ardent anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham as its new principal deputy director—a choice...

Use chatbots at your own risk OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says. Matt Raine is suing OpenAI for wrongful death after losing his son Adam in...

HP Inc. said that it will lay off 4,000 to 6,000 employees in favor of AI deployments, claiming it will help save $1 billion in annualized gross run rate by...

The Soyuz 5 rocket, also named Irtysh for a river that flows through Russia and Kazakhstan, answers to that purpose. Its first stage is powered by a single RD-171MV engine,...

A state of the union from someone who actually sort of uses the thing. The M5 Vision Pro with the Dual Knit Band. Credit: Samuel Axon With the recent releases...

“It was inevitable,” said Jake Ostrovskis, head of OTC trading at Wintermute, referring to the sell-off in digital asset treasury stocks. “It got to the point where there’s too many...

“Quite a lot of confusion” Corvex named Brian Raymond as CTO days before indictment for illegal chip exports. Image from Corvex press release. Credit: Corvex When four people were arrested...