Paramount Skydance escalated its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) today by filing a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court against WBD, declaring its intention to fight Netflix’s acquisition....
Even Linus Torvalds is trying his hand at vibe coding (but just a little)
Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds’ latest project contains code that was “basically written by vibe coding,” but you shouldn’t read that to mean that Torvalds is embracing that approach...
Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule
FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission is letting Verizon lock phones to its...
Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws
Why AI Overviews produces errors The recurring problems with AI Overviews stem from a design flaw in how the system works. As we reported in May 2024, Google built AI...
Judge: Trump violated Fifth Amendment by ending energy grants in only blue states
The Trump administration violated the Fifth Amendment when canceling billions of dollars in environmental grants for projects in “blue states” that didn’t vote for him in the last election, a...
Switching water sources improved hygiene of Pompeii’s public baths
From well to aqueduct The specific sites studied included the Stabian baths and related structures, which were built after 130 BCE and remained active until the aforementioned eruption; the Republican...
Supreme Court takes case that could strip FCC of authority to issue fines
The Supreme Court will hear a case that could invalidate the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to issue fines against companies regulated by the FCC. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile challenged the...
Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?
Elon Musk’s xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual imagery on X, much of...
NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope
“It was not recognized how serious a problem that is until… about 2017 or 2018.” The Pandora observatory, seen here inside a clean room, is about the size of a...
Apple chooses Google’s Gemini over OpenAI’s ChatGPT to power next-gen Siri
The “more intelligent” version of Siri that Apple plans to release later this year will be backed by Google’s Gemini language models, the company announced today. CNBC reports that the...
That time Will Smith helped discover new species of anaconda
In 2024, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of giant anaconda in South America. A National Geographic camera crew was on hand for the 2022 expedition that documented...
The oceans just keep getting hotter
Since 2018, a group of researchers from around the world has crunched the numbers on how much heat the world’s oceans are absorbing each year. In 2025, their measurements broke...
Conservative lawmakers want porn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional.
Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn. As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry—and determine the future of free speech on the...
SpaceX gets FCC permission to launch another 7,500 Starlink satellites
T-Mobile is using Starlink in the US, and the satellite operator has partnerships with carriers overseas. With today’s FCC authorization, Starlink will be able to provide both fixed and mobile...
ESA considers righting the wrongs of Ariane 6 by turning it into a Franken-rocket
Bruno Le Maire, the former French finance minister, said in 2021 that the Ariane 6 was a “bad strategic choice.” More recently, in October of last year, the head of...
NASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station
“The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away.” The International Space Station orbits 260 miles (420 kilometers) above the Earth. Credit: NASA...
Claude Codes
Claude Code with Opus 4.5 is so hot right now. The cool kids use it for everything. They definitely use it for coding, often letting it write all of their...
Measles continues raging in South Carolina; 99 new cases since Tuesday
The disease usually develops seven to 14 days after an exposure, but it can take up to 21 days (which is the length of quarantine). Once it develops, it’s marked...
Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank
Signal in the noise Google only provides general SEO recommendations, leaving the Internet’s SEO experts to cast bones and read tea leaves to gauge how the search algorithm works. This...
Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS
The CCIA added that “the Piracy Shield raises a significant number of concerns which can inadvertently affect legitimate online services, primarily due to the potential for overblocking.” The letter said...
