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Trump’s science medals reward a donor class, blurring politics and prestige

Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration.

TECHNOLOGY

Trump’s science medals reward a donor class, blurring politics and prestige

Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Engineer reconstructs Theranos trial documents as searchable historical archive

With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder's desk.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

OpenAI’s safety departures reveal tension between disclosure and dismissal allegations

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Drone attacks on European shipping force NATO to reckon with maritime warfare

Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says

Ars Technica·3d ago

TECHNOLOGY

OpenAI’s EU-only watermarking plan reveals how regulation shapes AI deployment

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU

Ars Technica·3d ago

TECHNOLOGY

GLP-1 drugs show aging clock improvements, but questions remain unresolved

Popular weight-loss drugs may do more than help people shed pounds. They might also melt away the years. Drug giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk say patients taking their drugs age less quickly, according to readouts from molecular “aging clocks.” Such clocks assess a person’s biological age by looki

MIT Technology Review·3d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Model Context Protocol’s security blindspot threatens enterprise AI pipelines

MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of

Ars Technica·4d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Why cable’s lawsuit targets the Trump FCC’s broadcast ownership repeal

Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap

Ars Technica·4d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Why enterprise AI still struggles with organizational context

For all the data that AI systems continually amass and analyze, enterprise AI agents often suffer from a curious shortcoming: a lack of knowledge. More than data, knowledge is the understanding of what the data means in the context of individual organizations. AI agents need this understanding to re

MIT Technology Review·4d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Forensic analysis bolsters theory of Egyptian pharaonic retainer sacrifice

New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"

Ars Technica·4d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Google’s Fitbit Edge aims to fix what the Charge never could

We don't know a ton about the Fitbit Edge, but it appears to be a successor to the midrange Charge line. It had leaked previously, but we can clearly see in these images posted by Android Headlines, you can see that Google's rumored fitness tracker sort of splits the difference between the Pixel Wat

The Verge·5d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Trent Reznor’s forgotten Prick production sits between two industrial legacies

While deep in the recording process for The Downward Spiral, Trent Reznor lent some of his production talents to old friend Kevin McMahon, from the new wave band Lucky Pierre (which Reznor was briefly a member of). While Reznor is only credited as the producer on four tracks off Prick's self-titled

The Verge·5d ago

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Trump’s science medals reward a donor class, blurring politics and prestige

Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Engineer reconstructs Theranos trial documents as searchable historical archive

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

OpenAI’s safety departures reveal tension between disclosure and dismissal allegations

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Drone attacks on European shipping force NATO to reckon with maritime warfare

Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says

Ars Technica·3d ago

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SCIENCE

Roman Space Telescope reaches L2 after decades of budget battles and delays

After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecede

The Verge·August 30, 2026

SCIENCE

Google embeds student tools into Gemini to recapture homework search

As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for gr

The Verge·August 19, 2026

SCIENCE

Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it

There's an argument to be made that people wouldn't be all that interested in Coyote vs. Acme if it weren't for the way David Zaslav tried to kill it. By trying to shelve the project, Warner Bros. Discovery only drew attention to its habit of disappearing nearly completed movies in order to cash in

The Verge·August 18, 2026

SCIENCE

CMF’s budget clip earbuds challenge the audio trade-offs of open-ear design

Clip earbuds are an exercise in compromise. It's an inherent aspect of their design - and physics. They can be more comfortable for people that don't like something jammed in their ear, but sound response suffers. Ambient awareness is great because you can easily hear the sound around you, which mea

The Verge·August 14, 2026

Trump’s science medals reward a donor class, blurring politics and prestige

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Trump’s science medals reward a donor class, blurring politics and prestige

Engineer reconstructs Theranos trial documents as searchable historical archive

OpenAI’s safety departures reveal tension between disclosure and dismissal allegations

Drone attacks on European shipping force NATO to reckon with maritime warfare

OpenAI’s EU-only watermarking plan reveals how regulation shapes AI deployment

GLP-1 drugs show aging clock improvements, but questions remain unresolved

Model Context Protocol’s security blindspot threatens enterprise AI pipelines

Why cable’s lawsuit targets the Trump FCC’s broadcast ownership repeal

Why enterprise AI still struggles with organizational context

Forensic analysis bolsters theory of Egyptian pharaonic retainer sacrifice

Google’s Fitbit Edge aims to fix what the Charge never could

Trent Reznor’s forgotten Prick production sits between two industrial legacies

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