“This is all to say that there is a method to how these decisions historically have been made—a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements,” Judge...
Elon Musk’s xAI sued for turning three girls’ real photos into AI CSAM
Class action spans thousands of kids Discord user led cops to Grok-generated CSAM of real girls, lawsuit says. A poster featuring an image of US billionaire and businessman Elon Musk,...
National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info
The attorneys general requested a response by March 2, one that addresses a set of leading questions, such as, “Why did the National Academies include a chapter on climate science...
Monthly Roundup #40: March 2026
It is that time again. After events surrounding Anthropic and the Department of War, I plan on taking full advantage of whatever lulls I can get. Things are only going...
An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude
wait for that second cam to kick in… Technology like four-wheel steering and variable valve timing debuted in the Prelude. A vintage ad for the Honda Prelude from 1983 (mild...
Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval
After the departures, only Manuel Kroiss—known as “Makro”—and Ross Nordeen will remain of the 11 cofounders who helped Musk set up xAI in San Francisco in March 2023. Last month,...
M5 MacBook Air review: Still the best MacBook for almost everybody
The M5 MacBook Air is a minor upgrade, but minor upgrades add up over time. Apple’s 15-inch M5 MacBook Air. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Apple’s 15-inch M5 MacBook Air. Credit: Andrew...
Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae
Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae. Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the...
Measles vaccinations rose 291% among New Mexico adults during outbreak
In January 2025, a measles outbreak erupted on the western edge of Texas and soon spilled over to New Mexico and other states. The overall outbreak would become the largest...
Microsoft is working to eliminate PC gaming’s “compiling shaders” wait times
Getting everyone on board Microsoft first rolled out Advanced Shader Delivery in its SDK last September and added support to the ROG Xbox Ally as a proof of concept by...
Aliens announce their presence in latest Disclosure Day trailer
There are different marketing strategies when it comes to movie trailers. One is the Project Hail Mary approach, in which the final trailer pretty much gives away the entire movie,...
BYD’s latest EVs can get close to full charge in just 12 minutes
Targeting the likes of Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz marks the expansion of BYD’s offerings from the mass market to the high end. The Chinese group started the Denza joint venture...
Rocket Report: Pentagon needs more missile interceptors; Artemis II clears review
SpaceX has started commissioning a second launch pad at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas. Firefly Aerospace’s seventh Alpha rocket rises above its launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base,...
NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there’s a reason why
“This ought to make for some good reading,” NASA’s mission management team chair said. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins the Artemis II crew for a press conference at Kennedy Space...
Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum
She had surgery to remove the mucus munchers, which recovered 10 larvae at various stages and a pupa. A genetic test and DNA sequencing confirmed they were sheep bot flies,...
Slay the Spire 2 is a bit too familiar for its own good
Do you remember the joyful satisfaction you felt when you really started to understand Slay the Spire? This isn’t a totally rhetorical question. If you’re reading this piece about Slay...
Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games
When winning depends on intuiting a mathematical function, AIs come up short. Oddly, the training methods that work great for chess fail on far simpler games. Credit: SimpleImages With its...
Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
Over 7 million cable and fiber locations Astound is already the product of industry consolidation via a series of private equity deals that combined Wave Broadband, RCN, and Grande Communications....
Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
The invisible code is rendered with Public Use Areas (sometimes called Public Use Access), which are ranges in the Unicode specification for special characters reserved for private use in defining...
Adobe settles DOJ cancellation fee lawsuit, will pay $75 million penalty
The DOJ alleged in its 2024 filing that Adobe’s handling of subscriptions violated the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act, which was passed in 2010 to prevent deceptive charges in online...
