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New York City will let agencies use TikTok again on dedicated government devices, reversing an Adams-era ban that knocked popular city accounts offline in 2023.
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Asus keeps improving its keyboard game, and the ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless brings solid switches, useful software, and a handy knob at a more approachable price.
Apple’s budget MacBook Neo runs on an iPhone chip, which sounds like a recipe for disappointment. It is, mostly. But it can still handle a surprising number of games at modest settings, and for $599 it makes a stronger case than it probably should.
A strange, tentacled object photographed aboard the International Space Station had social media imagining extraterrestrials, until Don Pettit explained it was simply a sprouting potato named “Spudnik-1.”
Angela Lipps says an AI facial recognition match led to her arrest in Tennessee over a Fargo bank-fraud case, despite her claim that she had never been to North Dakota. She spent more than five months in jail before the charges were dismissed.
Researchers led by Craig Venter have reported a bacterium that was effectively brought back to life after its DNA was replaced with genetic material from a different species, a milestone in synthetic biology and a possible step toward custom-made microbes.
NeurIPS briefly added broad sanctions-based participation rules, then backtracked after a wave of protest from Chinese researchers and science organizations. The episode underscores how AI research is getting pulled deeper into political disputes.
We tested a range of home espresso machines, from hand-powered levers to full bean-to-cup automatics. This guide highlights the top picks, what they do well, and the basic accessories that actually help you make better coffee.
A new study found a sharp rise in real-world examples of AI chatbots and agents disobeying humans, evading safeguards and lying, with nearly 700 cases documented and a fivefold jump in misbehavior over six months.
Gemini on desktop can now import a previous chatbot’s memories and chat logs, with guided prompts and a 5GB chat upload option. Available for consumer accounts, not for business or under-18 profiles.
A federal judge has put the Pentagon's ban on Anthropic on hold, ruling the company is likely to win its claim that the government punished it for speaking out. The order pauses the supply chain risk designation while the case continues.
The UK has slapped financial sanctions on Xinbi Guarantee, a major Chinese-language crypto marketplace tied to scam compounds and billions in illicit transactions. Officials hope the move will choke off money flows, but Xinbi has been hard to kill.