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U.S. regulators are pressing Waymo for answers after Texas officials reported 19 instances of its self-driving cars illegally passing stopped school buses, including cases that occurred after Waymo claimed to have deploy...

Meta wants to make its AI hardware slicker and more fashion-forward. It also needs to make its software more usable. The way to do all that appears to be hiring design maestros away from Apple.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been put to use by state-sponsored threat actors from the People's Republic of Chi...

Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket motor Dec. 4 as part of an internal program to advance solid rocket propulsion technologies. The post Northrop Grumman continues solid rocket motor development and test program appe...

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China could be without emergency launch capability to Tiangong space station for months, leaving no rapid-response option for any new crisis following the Shenzhou-20 incident. The post China faces temporary emergency la...

At next years World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-25), governments will face a choice that goes to the heart of how we monitor our warming planet. Some regulators are wondering whether to [] The post Mobile network...

George Foote, who served as the outside general counsel to the US Institute of Peace, said at WIREDs Big Interview event that DOGE operatives arrived like a strike team.

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Sahil Lavingia, previously a DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is now a career employee at the IRS. He said at WIREDs Big Interview event that he expects to work there 10 years.

Ancient Slashdot user Alain Williams shares a report from Al Jazeera: The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has announced it filed a complaint against Microsoft, accusing the global tech giant of unlawfully proces...

Fresh off abandoning its controversial mandate to preload a state-run security app on all smartphones, the Indian government may already be heading into an even bigger privacy battle. Here are the details. more

Hot exozodiacal dust can thwart our efforts to detect exoplanets. It causes what's called coronagraphic leakage, which confuses the light signals from distant stars. The Habitable Worlds Observatory will face this ob...

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Proof of life? Or an active social media presence? Criminals are altering social media and other publicly available images of people to use as fake proof of life photos in "virtual kidnapping" and extortion scams...

A new agentic browser attack targeting Perplexity's Comet browser that's capable of turning a seemingly innocuous email into a destructive action that wipes a user's entire Google Drive contents, findings fro...

U.S. and Canadian cybersecurity agencies say Chinese-linked actors deployed "Brickstorm" malware to infiltrate critical infrastructure and maintain long-term access for potential sabotage. Reuters reports: The Ch...

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'Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen' launches December 11 on mobile before rolling out next year on PC and console.

A clever 8-in-1 keyring cable that charges, organizes, and simplifies life on the go - just $19.97 with on-time holiday shipping through Dec. 14.

Home Depot recently added a surprisingly low-priced mini toolbox to its shelves. It could be worth a look if you're considering compact tool storage.