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🇺🇸The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
🇺🇸Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
🇺🇸Someone got Doom in an SQL database
1,300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps.
🇺🇸Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
🇺🇸Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
Actors with makeup and fake symptoms staggered into 73 healthcare facilities.
🇺🇸Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
Critics say workers are still owed far more.
🇺🇸The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy
It wasn't obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.
🇺🇸US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
🇺🇸Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more.
🇺🇸US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches
A newer program has been operational since 2011, and the next generation could launch within 12 months.
🇺🇸How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units
Bonus: Every Electric’s batteries are beloved by household cats.
🇺🇸Cybertruck sales in free fall as Tesla reports mediocre sales for Q3
Tesla met analysts expectations as it sold fewer cars in Q3 2026 than Q3 2025.
🇺🇸The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI
Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for $299.99.
🇺🇸Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract
Blue Origin seeks FAA approval for up to 50 New Glenn launches and 50 booster landings per year.
🇺🇸TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”
Can it be Mini LED without a FALD backlight?
🇺🇸Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust
A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
🇺🇸SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
🇺🇸Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
🇺🇸Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
🇺🇸Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?
Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public.
🇺🇸Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer
"This is a fight I likely won't win. We have said goodbye before. But remember, family is forever."
🇺🇸Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028
Prices for memory sold for 2027 "are much higher than 2026 prices."
🇺🇸Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
🇺🇸With most information hidden, the game Stratego
Adding in a second neural network that guesses the identity of hidden pieces was key.
🇺🇸As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry
The Canada Rocket Company gets serious about medium-lift launch.
🇺🇸PS5 emulation is suddenly making big strides on PC
Games like Astro Bot and Demon’s Souls are running ably without a console.
🇺🇸NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift
"We did some really, really cool stuff. I'm absolutely gutted we weren't able to get further."
🇺🇸Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life
Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.
🇺🇸Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths
State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.
🇺🇸Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.
🇺🇸A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring
It's possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.
🇺🇸Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails
A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.
🇺🇸Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com
Reddit says it's fighting "automated abuse."
🇺🇸RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise
AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.
🇺🇸Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.
🇺🇸Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer "the harms of its unsafe decision-making," nonprofit says.
🇺🇸So what's happening with Russia's new, long-delayed crewed spacecraft?
Russia says it has a "promising, reusable manned transport spacecraft."
🇺🇸Google's early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling
Many sites see just one-tenth of one percent of their advertising revenue from AI payments.
🇺🇸Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
🇺🇸The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward
New exploit works on all but the most recently updated consoles.
🇺🇸Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
🇺🇸Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
🇺🇸Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
🇺🇸AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
🇺🇸Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
🇺🇸NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
🇺🇸Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
🇺🇸Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
