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The gravity of their experience hasn't quite set in for the Artemis II astronauts
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (623+ words) I'm actually getting chills right now just thinking about it. My palms are sweating." On the home stretch of their nine-day mission, the four astronauts flying aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft are just beginning to reflect on their experience of flying…...
First man convicted under Take It Down Act kept making AI nudes after arrest
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (454+ words) Ohio man used more than 100 AI tools to make fake nudes of women and minors. An Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing both real and AI-generated…...
Volkswagen stops building ID. 4s in the US, has inventory "into 2027"
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (340+ words) Yet another automaker cancels an EV for gasoline SUVs in America. The ID. 4 was well-received when it debuted in 2021, and the model had a mostly strong 2025, selling 31 percent more than the year before. But sales of the electric VW collapsed after…...
Trump-appointed judges refuse to block Trump blacklisting of Anthropic AI tech
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (337+ words) Appeals court denies Anthropic's emergency motion for a stay. A federal appeals court refused to halt the Trump administration's efforts to blacklist Anthropic yesterday, denying the company's emergency motion for a stay. But the court granted the US-based AI firm's…...
Police corporal created AI porn from driver's license pics
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (428+ words) Officer created over 3, 000 "deepfake" images. A corporal in the Pennsylvania state police yesterday pleaded guilty to a mind-boggling set of crimes that include going through his co-workers" underwear, possessing a stolen gun, having child sexual abuse material on his hard…...
CDC study shows COVID shot benefits; Trump official blocks release
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (451+ words) Study found shots cut urgent care and hospitalization by about 50% in healthy adults. Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been blocked from publishing a scientifically vetted study finding significant…...
First, Tesla canceled the Model 2now it's working on a new small EV
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (383+ words) After the pivot to humanoid robots and AI, does Tesla want to be a car company again? The claim is based on accounts from four anonymous sources, all of whom work for companies that supply Tesla. They say Tesla is…...
The Moon is already on Google Maps'did Artemis II really tell us anything new?
17+ hour, 7+ min ago (1408+ words) I think the biggest value here is the PR. I mean, it's getting the public excited." The data pipeline from NASA's Artemis II mission opened to full blast a few hours after looping behind the far side of the Moon…...
Meta's Superintelligence Lab unveils its first public model, Muse Spark
1+ day, 52+ min ago (328+ words) Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, covering topics ranging from retro games to new gaming hardware, business and legal developments in the industry, fan communities, gaming mods and hacks, virtual reality. .. Meta touts strong…...
Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers
22+ hour, 51+ min ago (270+ words) The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors" notes. The Trump administration wants to require health insurance companies to hand over troves of sensitive, detailed, and identifiable medical records from millions of federal workers and retirees, along…...