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Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation

The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards. #cars #cybercab #nhtsa #s...

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After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is." #space #bepi...

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OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test. #ai #bizit #security #aiagen...

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Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

"It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives." #health #baby #death #infant #measles #...

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Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC

FCC tells court it is “open-minded" about whether ABC should lose licenses. #policy #abc #disney #fcc Read full...

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Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks. #science...

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“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.” #bizit #broadcom #virtualization #vmware Read full article on A...

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Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use. #ai #bizit #security #as...

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Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation

The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day. #health #hegseth #hormonetherapy...

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A ratings board wouldn't let Valve release a trailer. It "leaked" it instead.

"I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago." #gaming #esrb #left4dead #rating #valve...

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Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice. #science #biology #brain #connectome #fr...

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Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight

Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose....

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Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo

Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name. #policy #elonmusk #operationblue...

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Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations

"Let me be clear: America is not only welcome—we want you there." #space #europe #france #spacesummit #whitehouse...

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Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO

Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week. #space #rocketreport Read full arti...

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Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone. #features #tech #an...

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Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled. #health #antivaccine #cdc #deaths...

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Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming

Over 1 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay more for their heavy streaming use. #gaming #cloudgaming #g...

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150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

Researchers now have clear new targets and insights for developing a Shigella vaccine. #health #bacteria #lps #ou...

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Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance

Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying. #apple #bizit #security...

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