A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time
Sure, the spacecraft got some attention when it launched. It is, after all, the fastest-moving object that humans h ...
Security News This Week: Mystery Drone Sightings Lead to FAA Ban Despite No Detected Threats
Plus: Google’s U-turn on creepy “fingerprint” tracking, the LockBit ransomware gang’s teased comeback, and a potential US ban ...
Music Can Thrive in the AI Era
It’s one of the most lucrative forms of music ever invented, and one that has already been influenced by large language ...
This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe
Oropouche virus has posed little threat outside South America in the past, but land-use change, the climate crisis, and ...
I Used AI to Do All of My Holiday Shopping
Chatbots aren't very good at picking gifts, but that didn't stop me from burning the planet in a quest for the perfect baking ...
OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills
A day after Google announced its first model capable of reasoning over problems, OpenAI has upped the stakes with an improved ...
Why Can’t You Switch Seats in an Empty Airplane?
You have to stay in your assigned seat or you’ll mess up the weight distribution of the plane. Really? Would moving one ...
2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry
For people who make video games, 2024 was a year of holding on for dear life. At the annual Game Developers Conference in March, “Survive till ’25” was this year’s incanta ...