Trump called for ‘gold-standard science’: how the NIH, NSF and others are answering Summary Two recent White House executive orders instruct US science agencies to adopt a so-called ‘gold-standard’ approach…
xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups Summary More than 30 advocacy organisations, led by Public Citizen and Colour of Change, have urged the Office…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak has introduced next‑generation Avelia Liberty Acela trainsets on the Northeast Corridor with a top service…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary The South Florida Water Management District, with University of Florida researchers, trialled 120 retrofitted toy rabbits as electronic bait…
Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have developed an afterglow phosphor that can be injected into succulent leaves to make them glow. The…
Taco Bell’s AI Drive-Thru Plan Gets Caught Up On Trolls and Glitches Summary Taco Bell’s rollout of AI-powered drive-thru order-takers has hit practical problems: glitches and users intentionally gaming the…
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol Summary In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated that fragile quantum signals can be carried over commercial fibre…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich Summary A 56-year-old tech veteran, Stein-Erik Soelberg, and his 83-year-old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, were found dead in their…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has begun enforcing an age-verification measure for UK Steam users in order to…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech secured about $70 million from corporate partners this fiscal year — a 28% increase on last year —…
