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Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?
Sep 25, 2026

Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.


Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?
Sep 25, 2026

Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.


How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks
Sep 25, 2026

How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks

Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington.


Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
Sep 24, 2026

Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out

Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.


X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
Sep 24, 2026

X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?

Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?


X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
Sep 24, 2026

X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?

Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?


Analysis-Oracle, Blue Owl project delay sends ripples through AI financing, sources say
Sep 24, 2026

Analysis-Oracle, Blue Owl project delay sends ripples through AI financing, sources say

AI-FINANCE-ORACLE-BLUE-OWL-CAPITAL:Analysis-Oracle, Blue Owl project delay sends ripples through AI financing, sources say


U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine
Sep 24, 2026

U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine

Federal officials asked to intervene in a case that accused the social media platform of allowing deceptive behavior on its site and resulted in a $140 million penalty.


Anthropic’s A.I. Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery.
Sep 24, 2026

Anthropic’s A.I. Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery.

Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.


Toxic waste: 'Every person that played in the pool is dead'
Sep 24, 2026

Toxic waste: 'Every person that played in the pool is dead'

Michael Phillips played at a lagoon as a child, oblivious to the toxic chemicals within.


Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027
Sep 24, 2026

Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027

The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.


Iran sees air, land travel chaos as US sanctions bite
Sep 24, 2026

Iran sees air, land travel chaos as US sanctions bite

Flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been suspended, following tighter US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry. The move effectively cuts Tehran off from Dubai, one of the region's most important commercial hubs. There are also huge backups near Iran's border with Turkey, as overland shipping routes struggle to fill the gaps. Also in this edition - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping hail strong ties between the US and China as they discuss AI, trade, and energy.


BBC Inside Science
Sep 24, 2026

BBC Inside Science

How do we measure time accurately and why is the rotation of the Earth causing problems?


DNA discovery on Shroud of Turin corroborates biblical account of Jesus's resurrection
Sep 24, 2026

DNA discovery on Shroud of Turin corroborates biblical account of Jesus's resurrection

A recent DNA analysis of samples taken from the burial cloth believed to have wrapped the body of Jesus following the crucifixion aligns with details in the Bible.


Hurricane-like eye emerges in 'blockbuster' nor'easter set to hammer 12 US states: Prepare NOW
Sep 24, 2026

Hurricane-like eye emerges in 'blockbuster' nor'easter set to hammer 12 US states: Prepare NOW

Millions along the US East Coast have been told to brace for a major Atlantic storm set to cause heavy downpours, flooding and power outages.


A Second Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate ‘Superfund’ Law
Sep 24, 2026

A Second Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate ‘Superfund’ Law

A federal judge ruled that the new law, which would force fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion to help cover the costs of climate change, was unconstitutional.


An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content
Sep 24, 2026

An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.


Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive
Sep 24, 2026

Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive

Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.


Suicide Rate Dropped Slightly in 2024, C.D.C. Finds
Sep 24, 2026

Suicide Rate Dropped Slightly in 2024, C.D.C. Finds

Suicide deaths have often fluctuated over the years but a sustained downward trend remains elusive.


Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions
Sep 24, 2026

Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions

A OnePlus 15 running the latest OxygenOS can be rooted by a malicious app the owner installs, one that asks for no special permissions. A researcher, Rasmus Moorats, chained two flaws in OnePlus's own software to gain root access, the highest level of control over an Android phone. OnePlus told him the same flaws affect many more of its own devices and those of OPPO, though it has not


Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Sep 24, 2026

Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack

Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.


Dogs really DO understand their master's voice! Study confirms pooches process speech in a way previously only seen in humans
Sep 24, 2026

Dogs really DO understand their master's voice! Study confirms pooches process speech in a way previously only seen in humans

Whether it's 'walkies' or 'dinner' dogs seem to have a knack for picking out the words they want to hear. Now, scientists have found that canine brains process speech in a surprisingly human-like way.


ThreatsDay: AI Search Poisoning, AI Coding Tool Leaking Repos, One-Click Code Execution and 13 More Stories
Sep 24, 2026

ThreatsDay: AI Search Poisoning, AI Coding Tool Leaking Repos, One-Click Code Execution and 13 More Stories

This week, the dangerous stuff keeps arriving dressed as something boring. An update. A login box. A search answer. A coding tool. A link you have clicked a hundred times before. That is the thread running through the pile. Trusted paths get poisoned. Old bugs find new jobs. AI tools leak more than expected. Fake prompts look real enough. And some attacks barely need an exploit at all — just


Trump and Xi Are Expected to Discuss Accusations of Copying American A.I. Tech
Sep 24, 2026

Trump and Xi Are Expected to Discuss Accusations of Copying American A.I. Tech

American artificial intelligence companies have accused their Chinese counterparts of using a technique called distillation to enhance their own systems.


OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
Sep 24, 2026

OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting

In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.


Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Sep 24, 2026

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.


Google plans first AI chip test in space under project Suncatcher
Sep 24, 2026

Google plans first AI chip test in space under project Suncatcher

Google plans first AI chip test in space under project SuncatcherGoogle is reportedly preparing to test AI chips in space next week as part of the first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher-a research effort to explore whether space could accommodate major AI computing infrastructure.The primary...


Apple Day called off after poor harvest
Sep 24, 2026

Apple Day called off after poor harvest

It is the first time the event has been cancelled in 24 years.


Placeholder third-party[.]com Referenced Across 1,700+ Repositories Now Serves Malicious Content
Sep 24, 2026

Placeholder third-party[.]com Referenced Across 1,700+ Repositories Now Serves Malicious Content

The "third-party[.]com" domain, commonly used as a documentation placeholder, has been observed serving a ClickFix lure to Windows browsers while displaying a harmless decoy to other users. "third-party[.]com has been a generic documentation placeholder for years, the same role example.com plays," Manifold Security's Head of Research, Ax Sharma, said. "Unlike 'example[.]com,' third-party[.]com


Mars Rover reveals hot groundwater once flowed at Jezero
Sep 24, 2026

Mars Rover reveals hot groundwater once flowed at Jezero

Mars Rover reveals hot groundwater once flowed at JezeroYou'd expect a crater once filled with an ancient lake to tell a fairly straightforward story. Instead, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected traces of the existence of at least three different events of water-rock interaction on the Margin...


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