Clean energy is growing, but so is planet-heating pollution
Lake Mead, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the southwestern United States, at 47 percent capacity as viewed on August 14th, 2023. | Photo by George Rose…
Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored user devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Code uploaded to AI developer platform Hugging Face covertly installed backdoors and other types of malware on end-user machines, researchers from security firm JFrog said Thursday…
Has the Lunar Gold Rush Begun? Why the First Private Moon Landing Matters
People have long dreamed of a bustling space economy stretching across the solar system. That vision came a step closer last week after a private spacecraft landed on the moon…
Musk Sues OpenAI Conversion from Non-Profit to for Microsoft Profit
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI as a non-profit AI research company and helped create its founding charter. OpenAI licensed GPT-3 and pre-AGI to Microsoft and gave Microsoft access to its critical…
Nikon and NASA are putting a mirrorless camera on the Moon
Astronauts like the ESA’s Thomas Pesquet (pictured) have been field testing the HULC during various training programs. | Image: ESA Nikon is working with NASA to make a mirrorless camera…
Go ahead and alter the atmosphere, no one’s going to stop you — probably
A skyline at sunset in Mexico City, Mexico, Lomas de Chapultepec. | Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A de facto moratorium on solar geoengineering…
Google cuts team of contractors who went on strike
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge A union representing contractors for YouTube Music claims that Google cut the workers’ contract after they went on a prolonged strike. The Alphabet Workers…
Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple is reversing course on a plan to discontinue supporting the installation of progressive web apps in the European Union. In an update…
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) It looks like Elon Musk may lose X’s lawsuit against hate speech researchers who encouraged a major brand boycott after flagging ads appearing…
Tesla Getting CATL M3P Batteries for About 15% Lower Cost
CNEVPost says CATL is in the process of developing and validating its M3P batteries with Tesla. Detailed analysis indicates that M3P brings better range that Iron LFP batteries for similar…