Apple scores record 89 Emmy Award nominations

The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey

The newly renamed SpaceXAI wants you to believe little ol' Grok is all grown up

One of Meta’s Offices Was Briefly Overtaken by a Rogue Squirrel

The animal escaped after apparently arriving inside a package at Meta's Bangkok office, injuring one employee before finally being caught.

Trump’s Department of Education Celebrates ‘American History’ With Old Photo From U.K.

Learning is for nerds.

Volkswagen is employing 100 sheep at a solar farm in Poland

It's more of a baa-ter arrangement.

NHTSA demands autonomous vehicle companies fix first responder interference by end of July

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a directive on Wednesday demanding autonomous vehicle developers present solutions to a “clear pattern” of driverless vehicles interfering with first responders and law enforcement. Administr…

‘We cannot choose to become idiots’: a Brown professor’s proof of mass AI cheating

An economics professor at Brown University suspects most of his class cheated with AI, and he has the numbers to make the case. Roberto Serrano watched his take-home midterm average hit 96 out of 100. When he switched the final to an in-person test,…

NATO is building an AI ‘Kill Web’ to stop a Russian attack before it starts

NATO is building a vast AI network along its eastern flank, designed to spot an attack early and strike back fast. The plan is called the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, and internal documents name one adversary outright: Russia. German tabloid…

Actually, the American Economy Isn’t in Decline

Influencers may be Chinamaxxing, but the U.S. is still the world’s economic powerhouse.

This Massive Data Breach Compromised Nearly 7 Million Driver's Licenses

Your license number is a gateway to identity theft.

‘Moana’ Is an Exercise in How Not to Remake an Animated Classic

Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga'aia star in the live-action remake of the 2016 original.

More and More Lampposts in California, New York, and Connecticut Will Soon Charge EVs

Voltpost's solution for EV charging infrastructure is to augment the existing electricity infrastructure.

My Conversation With ELIZA

‘Searching for SmarterChild’ Kickstarter

Mac Apps Can Escape From Squircle Jail If They’re Not in the Mac App Store

‘PARRY Encounters the DOCTOR’ — Chatbot on Chatbot Action Circa 1973

Fiat’s adorable new electric car isn’t actually legal on US roads

Named after Mickey Mouse with a top speed of 19 mph.

Intel-backed AI chip startup SambaNova breathes new life into aging Nvidia GPUs in latest benchmarks

Third-party testing shows heterogeneous compute platform combining H200s and SN50 RDUs churning out 763 tok/s in MiniMax M2.7

Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are betting on AI, health tech, and startups. Mohamed Salah is taking a more traditional route beyond football.

Google’s SynthID watermark just debunked its first high-profile deepfake: a hoax image of Mitch McConnell

Google’s SynthID watermarking system scored its first high-profile real-world win this week after Snopes used it to debunk an AI-generated image of Senator Mitch McConnell that had gone viral on Reddit and X. The image, which appeared to show McConn…

Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing

Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, is setting up a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that will employ about 1,000 people over the next several years. Construction is underway, with manufacturing…