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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

screenshot of apple music inside chatgpt

How to connect Apple Music to ChatGPT

Candidates for Luna 9's landing site. Credit: Pinault et al.

Astronomers close in on long-lost Soviet lunar lander

fake images of wild horses standing on a beach wrapped in pink mattress-like insulation material

No, North Carolina’s wild horses were not wrapped in insulation

By Margherita Bassi

a dog sits next to a no dog poop sign

Poop DNA tests and AI dog surveillance: The tech changing pet care.

By Mack DeGeurin

She-bear and bear-cubs. Adult female of Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) with cubs on the snow in spring forest.

Facial recognition AI trained to work on bears