Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.

AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?

Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.

ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic

TikTok owner training a model with 10 trillion parameters.

The world's biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun's surface

We expected them to be there, but they had previously been too small to see.

Trump is losing his war on wind power

A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.

Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment

"Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."

Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man's organs faces shutdown

The organization, Network for Hope, "strongly disagrees" with Trump admin's decision.

Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport

Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.

X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge

Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.

Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music

Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."

Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude

Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.

Large genome models used to design new viruses

The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.

Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident

"The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."

Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too

This may help fungi survive host scarcity and explains why infected hosts prefer the mosses as death sites.

Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress

Change will let "Trump-aligned billionaires" buy more stations, advocacy group says.

Moderna's mRNA flu shot earns FDA approval after rollercoaster review

Moderna's new flu vaccine, mFLUSIVA, is approved for all adults ages 50 and up.

Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren't coders

Cloudflare built an AI agent workspace for its employees. Now it’s open source.

Ford picks "Fathom" for its affordable truck name, starts at $28,350

Deliveries of the new electric pickup are slated for later next year.

AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI

Why humans need to moderate humans.

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.

Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing

Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing.

Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project

Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.

Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com

Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch

"Slop" isn't the only problem.

SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

SpaceX won't build large cell towers but plans small base stations across US.

This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay

"The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed."

Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

Google's AI brain drain continues.

Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good

It's as much about grounded characters and well-timed emotional beats as CGI-filled action extravaganzas.

Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, sluggish CDC plans response team

Reports of cases began in June, and the national tally is now nearing 23,000.

After jacking up prices, Disney+ and Netflix consider offering free alternatives

Disney is interested in "price-sensitive" streaming customers.