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The AI industry is largely failing to ask a key design question, argues theoretical neuroscientist/cognitive scientist Vivienne Ming. Are their AI products building human capacity or consuming it? In the Wall Street Jour...

America's National Science Board (NSB) "was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation," writes the Washington Post, "in an unusual structure within the federal governm...

The Conversation published this warning from privacy/tech law/electronic surveillance attorney Anne Toomey McKenna (also an affiliated faculty member at Penn State's Institute for Computational and Data Sciences). Th...

The giant planets in our solar system-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune-have challenged our understanding of planetary formation and evolution. Specifically, their atmospheric formations and compositions have provided...

Signal messages are secure and encrypted, but that doesn't mean no one will ever see them. Here's how to make sure your deleted Signal messages stay private.

Scientists have uncovered how graphene oxide pulls off a remarkable trick: it hunts down and destroys harmful bacteria while leaving human cells completely unharmed. By targeting a molecule found only in bacterial membra...

Are AI agents already facing Indirect Prompt Injection attacks? Google's Threat Intelligence teams searched for known attacks that would target AI systems browsing the web, using Common Crawl's repository of bill...

If you're in the market for a printer to keep in your home office, Consumer Reports has determined this popular model is the one to go with.

With 19 total military installations across all branches of service, the state of Florida has its fair share of air force bases both large and small.

Research suggests security specialists around the globe are unhappy, but there is hope.

A good mechanical keyboard could be a purchase that lasts you for the rest of your life, but it will require some regular maintenance, like lubing switches.

Apple's emojis are usually plain drawings of objects, feelings, and concepts, just like any other emoji. If you look closely, though, one has a secret message.

The wellness-related tech market is massive, with new gadgets coming out seemingly every day. This can make it hard to keep up with the newest products.

Einstein told us that massive objects bend light and he was of course, right. Across the universe, giant galaxies are acting as natural telescopes, warping and distorting the light of objects behind them into spectacular...

It's hard to resist the appeal of these slim phones. Here's how they compare.

An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg: More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he's nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an "everything app" with a new financi...

If humans are ever going to live permanently on Mars, someone is going to have to work out where all the raw materials, the food, they oxygen or the material for the structures to name just a few. A new study has tackled...

Despite being a major gaming console in the '90s, Sega would be completely out of the console conversation less than a decade later. Find out how and why.

Swapping out heavy-duty rubber gets incredibly expensive. Discover if this Harbor Freight's popular, budget-friendly manual tool can actually handle truck tires

NASA's planet hunting telescope has been busy. A new study has just sifted through the light of over 83 million stars and emerged with more than 11,000 potential worlds, including a confirmed giant planet orbiting a ...

Google is redesigning Gmail, Drive, and other app icons to make them more distinct.

Still believe in old OLED TV myths? Here's what's changed and why outdated assumptions may be holding you back from buying an excellent TV in 2026.