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a shipwreck being recovered between two modern buildings (right) a model wearing a brown dress (left)

17th century shipwreck woven into dress (seriously)

By Laura Baisas

Young white boy in grey pullover holds a robot turtle posing in front of a small pond.

Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats

By Laura Kiniry

Man sitting next to C-3PO replica head

Man 3D prints a chatty C-3PO head powered by AI

Nervous humans are GM’s secret weapon for self-driving cars

By Kristin Shaw

a white graphing calculator

Texas Instruments’ newest calculator is intentionally dumb

By Mack DeGeurin

a yellow glider in the ocean

The ‘Waymo of the sea’ tracks sperm whale conversations

By Laura Baisas

Passengers walk to their pickup locations at LAX-it at Los Angeles International Airport on March 19, 2026. Los Angeles World Airports approved a fee hike for private transportation companies that pick up and drop off at the airport.

NYC deploys surveillance tech to catch fake airport cabbies

By Mack DeGeurin

Text message chat speech bubbles covering the face of woman with eyeglasses

Stop asking AI for life advice

a guide dog helps a woman with a cane navigate a train

Robots can’t replace guide dogs

By Mack DeGeurin

Google search page with 'Is AI Overview accurate?' -- the thinking emojis are placed over the two o's in Google

Study: Google’s AI Overviews show millions of wrong answers every hour

a person holds a video game controller illuminated by white light with dark buttons

Humans can still beat AI at video games

By Mack DeGeurin

Repeating image of skulls with increasing doubling, blurring, ghosting, pixelation, and horizontal glitching

‘Dune’ tried to warn us against AI

AI generated iamge of injured Hazel dog

Scammers use AI-generated images of lost dogs to target pet owners

By Mack DeGeurin

Screenshot of final boss from original Doom

Computer run on human brain cells learned to play ‘Doom’

Oval limestone with line etchings that likely represent a board game played in ancient Rome

Mystery stone is actually ancient Roman board game

a dog on a phone

How the Ring Search Party feature works (and how to turn it off, if it’s too creepy)

AI generated image of dogs walking through outdoor heated tunnel with red X across it

No, Hungary did not construct heated tunnels for its stray dogs

a hand moves pieces on a brown and black chess board

Homemade chess board moves its own pieces. And wins.

By Mack DeGeurin

a white driverless car drives in front of a large state capitol building

Radio waves could help driverless cars see around corners

By Mack DeGeurin

A broadcast drone hovers as Britain's Makayla Gerken Schofield competes in the freestyle skiing women's moguls qualification 1 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

The tech behind the Olympics: High-speed cameras, sensors, and annoying drones

By Mack DeGeurin