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Image taken of JAXA SLIM lunar lander on moon upside down

Japan’s SLIM lunar lander stuck the landing—upside down

Close up of teens with smartphone

Facebook and Instagram are making it harder for strangers to DM teens

CISA director Jen Easterly

Election cybersecurity director was a victim of a ‘swatting’ attack in her home

Apple’s electric vehicle delayed at least four more years

GIF of Sierra Space LIFE module exploding during pressure test

Watch a giant, inflatable space station prototype explode during its intentional ‘ultimate burst’

Joe Biden speaking in front of American flag

A deepfake ‘Joe Biden’ robocall told voters to stay home for primary election

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter concept art above moon

NASA bounced a laser off a cookie-sized device on the moon

JAXA lunar lander robots, LEV-1 and LEV-2

Japan makes history with its first uncrewed moon landing

Woman on phone in bed in darkened room with face obscured

Instagram will start telling teens to put down their phones and go to sleep

Orpheas Kofinakos, Herui Chen, Peter Zhang – The eXpressive Electronic Keyboard Instrument (XEKI)

Check out some of the past year’s most innovative musical inventions

Water skimmer inspired robot atop water

These micro-robots were inspired by mini-bugs and water striders

Google chrome web browser incognito mode, selective focus

Google clarifies Chrome’s ‘Incognito Mode’ isn’t as private as you might think

A colorized view of the DOLCE structure finalizing its uncoiling process, as seen from the boom camera, over Antarctica, on August 22, 2023.

The first-ever space solar power tests are finished after a year in orbit

John Deere 8R Autonomous Tractor in field

John Deere and Starlink partner to provide satellite internet for rural farmers

Check out some of the past year’s best close-up photography

Check out some of the past year’s best close-up photography

Interior of Boeing 737-9 Max with emergency passenger door plug blown off

Boeing faces FAA audit after its 737 Max 9 plane’s door plug blew off mid-air

GIF of Ouroboros-3 test rocket igniting

Watch this rocket ‘eat’ its own body for fuel

NASA plans to unveil experimental X-59 supersonic jet on January 12

NASA plans to unveil experimental X-59 supersonic jet on January 12

Two phone screens displaying Facebook content filters for minors

Meta begins automatically restricting teen users to more ‘age-appropriate’ content

Microscopic view of Oikopleura dioica

This tiny sea creature builds a ‘snot palace’ to capture food

OpenAI argues it is ‘impossible’ to train ChatGPT without copyrighted work

Sound level visualization of audio clip

The FTC wants your help fighting AI vocal cloning scams

Screenshot of emulator running 86-DOS version 0.1

This long-lost, earliest MS-DOS precursor was discovered in a floppy disk collection

Robert Lodder sends Lexington tourism data ad into space at evening launch event with horses in background

Lexington, Kentucky sent a tourism ad to ‘extraterrestrials’ with a DIY laser rig

Rendering of Astrobotic Peregrin lunar lander on moon's surface

NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff

Data visualization of all maritime activity in the North Sea

AI and satellite data helped uncover the ocean’s ‘dark vessels’

Chinese exchange student leaving tent after being rescued by law enforcement after cyber kidnapping scam

Teen ‘cyber kidnapping’ victim found hiding near Utah canyon

Japan Airlines Airbus on fire at Tokyo airport

Here’s what to know about the Japan Airlines collision

GIF of Willis Gibson achieving kill screen on classic Tetris

A 13-year-old wunderkind is the first human to ‘beat’ Tetris

Black and white aerial shot of Mars Ingenuity helicopter in flight

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight distance record on Mars

Closeup of woman's hand holding white iPhone

Apple may owe you some cash after settling a false advertising lawsuit

CyberRunner robot capable of playing Labyrinth maze game

Watch an AI-leveraging robot beat humans in this classic maze puzzle game

Rotating black surveillance control camera indoors

Rite Aid can’t use facial recognition technology for the next five years

Screenshot of cat video sent from Psyche spacecraft to NASA

Taters the cat stars in first ‘ultra-HD’ video sent from deep space

Close up of Apple Watch side view

You may not be able to buy the latest Apple Watches after December 24th

Closeup of carbon nitride material

This new synthetic material is nearly as durable as diamonds

Tomato plant grown on ISS

International Space Station

The ISS missing tomato scandal has come to a close

Artist art of Voyager space probe against purple cosmic background

Voyager 1 is sending back bad data, but NASA is on it

Tesla Optimus robot handling an egg in demo video

Tesla’s Optimus robot can now squat and fondle eggs

Red Tesla in motion down road

Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s latest Autopilot recall update affects nearly every vehicle in the US

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration

A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills

Pharmacy shelves stocked with medications

Law enforcements can obtain prescription records from pharmacy giants without a warrant

Illustration of biofiber within cracked concrete

Bacterial ‘blood’ could heal cracks in concrete

Even lab mice are getting VR headsets now

Even lab mice are getting VR headsets now

Hand holding smartphone with Venmo app download in front of Venmo website on computer

Amazon cuts Venmo payment option barely a year after enabling it

Screenshot from Gemini-powered Bard demonstration video

Google announces Gemini, its ‘multimodal’ answer to ChatGPT

NeRmo mouse robot standing against blue background

Meet NeRmo, the mouse robot with backbone

Researchers working with laser array in lab

Swapping surgical bone saws for laser beams

Trevor Jacob jumping out of plane midair over mountains

YouTuber sentenced to prison after intentionally crashing his plane

Woman's hands holding 23andMe saliva testing box

23andMe says a data breach affected nearly half of its 14 million users

Completed JT-60SA experimental nuclear fusion facility in Japan

The world’s largest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor is up and running

1-guilla eel robot without casing

Watch this eel robot effortlessly glide underwater

Elon Musk standing in bed of Cybertruck at launch event

Electric Vehicles

The first Tesla Cybertrucks have arrived

Closeup multicolor image of anthrobot

Meet ‘anthrobots,’ tiny bio-machines built from human tracheal cells

An ambulance speeding through traffic at nighttime

Scientists are developing a handheld eye-scanner for detecting traumatic brain injury

Google and Fervo's geothermal power plant in Nevada at dusk

Geothermal energy now helps power Google’s desert data centers

How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space

How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space

Closeup of female hands is holding cellphone outdoors on the street in evening lights.

Log into your abandoned Google account now

Close up of hand filling out paper tax filing form

The IRS delayed its controversial new policy regarding digital payment platforms

Army ants building living bridge between two ledges in lab

Army ants could teach robots a thing or two

On Friday, founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors. Chaos ensued.

Actually, never mind, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI’s CEO

Robot dog at Hyundai factory working on car

Electric Vehicles

Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational

Black and white photo of merchant ship encountering rogue wave

An equation co-written with AI reveals monster rogue waves form ‘all the time’

Cruise robotaxi action shot at night

Controversial ‘robotaxi’ startup loses CEO