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Meta sues data-scraping firm for selling user data to LAPD

Electric Car in Charging Station.

Electric Vehicles

Self-driving EVs use way more energy than you’d think

Woman using her mobile phone , city skyline night light background

Popular youth mental health service faces backlash after experimenting with AI-chatbot advice

Airplane taking off from runway

A massive FAA glitch grounded all US flights today

Car submerged in flooded street

Electric Vehicles

Saltwater is a lithium-ion battery’s worst enemy. This aqueous prototype embraces it.

Interior of Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 plane containing rocket

A historic first satellite launch in the UK has failed

John Deere finally agrees to let farmers fix their own equipment, but there’s a catch

John Deere finally agrees to let farmers fix their own equipment, but there’s a catch

The Best CES Gear That's Available

The best products at CES 2023 you can actually buy now

overhead angle of teen using smartphone in front of laptop on table

Seattle schools sue social media companies over students’ worsening mental health

Sunlight shining on solar recycling system experiment

Scientists just got one step closer to solar-powered recycling plants

Hackers could be selling your Twitter data for the lowball price of $2

Amazon warehouse worker on assembly line boxing packages

Amazon’s layoffs will cut nearly twice as deep as previously warned

Apple introduces AI audiobook narrators, but the literary world is not too pleased

Apple introduces AI audiobook narrators, but the literary world is not too pleased

Lawyer and client listening to judge in the court room

This AI chatbot will be playing attorney in a real US court

CES 2023 Day One sliced header

The coolest new tech and gadgets from CES 2023 Day 1

By Brandt Ranj, Amanda Reed, Stan Horaczek, Tony Ware

Concept image of solar power farming satellite orbiting above Earth

A potentially revolutionary solar harvester just left the planet

Gloved hand holding iKnife cancer detecting surgical tool

This surgical smart knife can detect endometrial cancer cells in seconds

Robot putting golf ball across indoor field into hole

Meet Golfi, the robot that plays putt-putt

Southwest plane being loaded with baggage on tarmac

You can blame Southwest Airlines’ holiday catastrophe on outdated software

Two hummingbirds hovering above a pink flower

Reverse-engineered hummingbird wings could inspire new drone designs

Close up of Facebook homepage with friend request

Meta will pay $725 million for a single Cambridge Analytica privacy settlement

The insignia of Tesla on the steering wheel of the plug-in electric car Model 3

Tesla driver blames self-driving mode for eight-car pileup

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend

By Laura Baisas

‘Avatar 2’s high-speed frame rates are so fast that some movie theaters can’t keep up

Hand holding smartphone displaying phone call from unknown number.

Two men set up a scam that sent billions of robocalls. They may have to pay $300 million.

3M announces it will cease making ‘forever chemical’ PFAS by 2026

Macro photo of a silkworm eating a mulberry leaf

Silkworm-inspired weaving techniques can produce better nanofibers

Gamer playing Fortnite on laptop using video game controller

‘Fortnite’ owner agrees to $520 million FTC settlement in messy child privacy case

Mars Curiosity Rover selfie photo on Martian surface

The wind on Mars may be a viable power source after all

Side-by-side images of four-legged robot dog scaling a wall

The newest robot dog can scale walls and ceilings

Twitter suspensions, Elon Musk’s jet, and other messes you may have missed this week

Winged bird robot landing on wooden perch during test flight

Watch this bird-like robot make a graceful landing on its perch

Two Cartken robotic delivery vehicles traveling along a sidewalk in a line

Electric Vehicles

UberEats is rolling out a fleet of self-driving delivery robots in Miami

Rendering of Redwood Materials' electric vehicle battery recycling campus in South Carolina

Electric Vehicles

A new battery recycling plant could power 1 million EVs per year

A page from an 18th Century copy of Dhātupāṭha of Pāṇini from the Cambridge University Library.

This ancient language puzzle was impossible to solve—until a PhD student cracked the code

By Laura Baisas

YouTube homepage close up highlighting 'Trending' section

YouTube introduces ‘timeout’ penalty to curb toxic comments

Erthos in-ground solar panel farm array surrounded by fence

Solar energy company wants to bolt panels directly into the ground

Sliced and diced roundup header featuring mint lavender scarlet red and black e-bikes

The best budget electric bikes for 2025

Green flying snake resting on tree branch looking at camera

Flying snakes could inspire a new generation of airborne robots

Sam Bankman-Fried looking at camera at legal hearing

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested and charged with fraud

Barnacles on the side of the ship

Better anti-barnacle coating could keep ships smooth with less harm to ocean life

Rising sun viewed from the stone causeway of the solar observatory on Mount Tlaloc, Mexico.

The Aztecs’ solar calendar helped grow food for millions of people

By Laura Baisas

NASA Orion space vehicle on Navy ship with parachutes deployed

Welcome back to Earth, Orion!

By Laura Baisas, Sara Kiley Watson

This will be SpaceX’s crew on its first private, all-civilian trip around the moon

This will be SpaceX’s crew on its first private, all-civilian trip around the moon

Researcher in protective suit, gloves, and hairnet holding up ultrathin solar panel

These powerful solar panels are as thin as a human hair

A Labrador and a terrier play with a rope toy.

How breeding dogs for certain traits may have altered their brains

By Laura Baisas

Three Tmsuk spider robots meant for sewer system inspections and repairs

Spider robots could soon be swarming Japan’s aging sewer systems

SpaceX rocket lifting off from launchpad at dawn

SpaceX’s new Starshield program will supply satellite networks to the military

A syringe and vial of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines now available for children under 5 in the US

By Laura Baisas

Apple sued by stalking victims over alleged AirTag tracking

Apple sued by stalking victims over alleged AirTag tracking

Feisty ankylosaurs clubbed each other with their tails

Feisty ankylosaurs clubbed each other with their tails

By Laura Baisas

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Array of Australian radio telescope prototypes built in the Outback against a sky showing stars and the Milky Way galaxy

Construction starts on the world’s biggest radio telescope, which will ‘hear’ signals billions of light-years away

Humanoid robot bracing itself against a wall in balance experiment with human researcher standing behind it in lab setting

Brace yourself for smarter robots that don’t fall over (as easily)

OpenAI’s new chatbot offers solid conversations and fewer hot takes

OpenAI’s new chatbot offers solid conversations and fewer hot takes

Collage of Disney's artificially aged portraits

Disney built a neural network to automatically change an actor’s age

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Scientists use quantum computing to create glass that cuts the need for AC by a third

Scientists use quantum computing to create glass that cuts the need for AC by a third

Chinese space rocket lifting off at night

China’s astronauts embark on a direct trip to their brand new space station

The newest member of the T. rex family has piercing eyes

The newest member of the T. rex family has piercing eyes

By Laura Baisas

Close-up of mouse cursor hovering over Facebook website login page

A massive data leak just cost Meta $275 million

Mauna Loa lava flow

The world’s largest active volcano is erupting in Hawaii

By Laura Baisas

People hold sheets of blank paper in protest of COVID restriction in mainland as police setup cordon during a vigil in the central district on November 28, 2022 in Hong Kong, China.

Twitter overwhelmed by NSFW spam during protests in China