Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago. The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the...
‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather
Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely The extreme heat and drought stoking huge wildfires in Spain and France were made far more likely by the climate crisis, a scientific analysis has found. Global heating made hot,...
Drones offer alternative to balloons for weather research
Pre-programmed flights gather data at different altitudes then return to bases to recharge and download Weather happens in the boundary layer, the atmosphere from ground level to a few thousand metres, but this can be difficult to study in detail: weather stations are too low, and aircraft are expensive. Instrumented...
This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content
A Brazilian creative studio called Seneda & Abrucio has teamed up with Playtype, a Copenhagen-based type foundry, to build something that doesn't rely on asking nicely to keep crawlers away. They call it ShieldFont, and it's essentially a free, open-source web font with a twist. It works by showing you......
Intel is giving a startup the keys to its x86 (Atom) CPU kingdom
Reuters sources claim that Intel is entering into a secret agreement with RosaicLabs Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware just a couple of months ago. The agreement covers the register-transfer level (RTL) code for Intel's Atom CPUs, although we don't have any specific clues about which generation of Atom chips......
X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott
In a joint statement, X Corp. and the WFA said they were "putting the litigation . . . behind them" and that the agreement "resets the relationship between the two organizations." Neither side disclosed the terms. Read Entire Article
A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows
From Sony's decision to end production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028 to the Xbox network outage that stopped some disc-based titles from working, there's been a lot of conversation about physical media recently. Read Entire Article
Amazon spent $1.8 million on a failed AI project, and didn’t notice the overrun for five months
In one case, Amazon spent $1.8 million on a project that used Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model to match author information with product listings. The system ultimately failed, and spending exceeded the original budget by 860%. The issue went undetected for five months. Read Entire Article
US cites ‘unauthorized travel’ to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A woman deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to remain in the U.S. has filed suit against the federal government
Burglary charge could send man linked to Navajo elder’s disappearance back to prison
The last person known to have seen a Navajo elder alive has been arrested in an unrelated incident, raising questions about whether he will be sent back to federal prison