No one on the ground has ever been injured by falling space junk, but there are examples of space debris causing property damage. NASA’s two Van Allen Probes launched into...
FDA contradicts Trump admin, declines to approve generic drug for autism
In September, the Trump administration took what it called “bold actions” on autism that included touting the generic drug leucovorin as a promising treatment. In a news release, Marty Makary,...
AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?
Is it clean “reverse engineering” or just an LLM-filtered “derivative work”? Meet your new open source coding team! Credit: Getty Images Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse...
Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network
Meta has acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-esque simulated social network made up of AI agents that went viral a few weeks ago. The company will hire Moltbook creator Matt Schlicht and...
After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos
Google has spent the past few years in a constant state of AI escalation, rolling out new versions of its Gemini models and integrating that technology into every feature possible....
Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm “radical left, woke”
Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance. Credit: Getty Images | picture alliance Anthropic sued the Trump administration yesterday in an attempt to reverse the government’s...
Trump’s divisive FDA vaccine regulator self-destructs, will exit agency (again)
For the second time, Vinay Prasad is set to leave the Food and Drug Administration. In a post on social media Friday, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Prasad will...
NASA and SpaceX disagree about manual controls for lunar lander
The report notes that during every one of the Apollo program’s crewed lunar landings, astronauts engaged the backup manual control method. (Of course, this occurred six decades ago, when flight...
Gemini burrows deeper into Google Workspace with revamped document creation and editing
Google didn’t waste time integrating Gemini into its popular Workspace apps, but those AI features are now getting an overhaul. The company says its new Gemini features for Drive, Docs,...
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Traditionally, the awards ceremony and related Ig Nobel events have taken place in Boston at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston University. However, four of last year’s 10...
After falling far behind the rest of industry, Blue Origin creates new stock option plan
“It’s a big fat middle finger for those that thought they had something.” Jeff Bezos, shown here in 2018, apparently characterizing the value of Blue Origin’s original stock option plan....
Quad Cortex mini amp modeler: All the power, half the size
A warehouse of guitar gear in the palm of your hand. At this January’s massive NAMM music tech show in Los Angeles, six products won “best of show” awards. Several...
Testing Apple’s 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro, M5 Max, and its new “performance” cores
M5 Pro Max’s “performance” CPU cores definitely aren’t just rebranded E-cores. The 16-inch MacBook Pro with the Apple M5 Max chip inside. Credit: Andrew Cunningham The 16-inch MacBook Pro with...
US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial
State attorneys general were “kept in the dark and excluded materially from settlement discussions” while they prepared for trial, the filing said. On March 5, the states were “notified of...
An unlikely set of clues helps reconstruct ancient Chinese disasters
Shang Dynasty oracle bones and modern weather models feature in the same study. This diorama at Xinxiang City Museum, Henan Province shows what a Shang Dynasty village might have looked...
Nintendo sues to prevent Trump from dodging full tariff refunds
Nintendo may face pressure to share refunds with gamers who helped pay tariffs. Last Friday, Nintendo joined thousands of companies suing the Trump administration to secure full refunds, plus interest,...
Flexible feline spines shed light on “falling cat” problem
Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all...
Don’t worry, Valve still plans to launch the Steam Machine “this year”
Valve quickly reconfirmed that it plans to ship the Steam Machine and other recently announced hardware products “this year,” after an official blog post late last week set off some...
2026 Australian Grand Prix: Formula 1 debuts a new style of racing
Just like the Apple movie? The key is understanding how to conserve energy across a lap. Oh, and be reliable. Formula 1’s 2026 season got started in Australia this weekend....
Chevrolet killed it then brought it back, now we drive it: The 2027 Bolt
Faster charging, more modern infotainment, and a new LFP battery are highlights. It’s back! Credit: Jonathan Gitlin It’s back! Credit: Jonathan Gitlin WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—When the Chevrolet Bolt debuted in...
