
Elon Musk Can Find His $2-Trillion Federal Spending Cut in Nuclear Weapons
DOGE’s Elon Musk should turn his $2-trillion hatchet to wasteful and perilous U.S. nuclear weapons modernization plans

Elon Musk Can Find His $2-Trillion Federal Spending Cut in Nuclear Weapons
DOGE’s Elon Musk should turn his $2-trillion hatchet to wasteful and perilous U.S. nuclear weapons modernization plans

AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare
Reviving nuclear power plants to power AI threatens an avalanche of nuclear waste


How Plane Accidents, Such as the Washington, D.C., Crash, Are Investigated
The accident that resulted in a commercial airplane crashing into the Potomac yesterday will require air safety investigators to dig deep

Why DeepSeek’s AI Model Just Became the Top-Rated App in the U.S.
A Chinese start-up has stunned the technology industry—and financial markets—with a cheaper, lower-tech AI assistant that matches the state of the art

AI Is Too Unpredictable to Behave According to Human Goals
AI “alignment” is a buzzword, not a feasible safety goal

Do Chatbots Just Need More Time to ‘Think’?
A technique called “test-time compute” can improve how AI responds to some hard questions, but it comes at a cost

How ‘Dark Patterns’ in Sports Betting Apps Keep Users Gambling
Mobile sports betting apps’ frictionless designs, personalized notifications and 24/7 availability have many gambling addiction experts worried

Here’s What’s in ‘Stargate,’ the $500-Billion Trump-Endorsed Plan to Power U.S. AI
Tech giants are backing a massive effort, announced by President Trump and dubbed the Stargate Project, to add data centers across the U.S.

What Happens to the Open Internet without Net Neutrality?
A U.S. federal court struck down the FCC’s enforcement of net neutrality. What does that mean for Internet users?

A Sensitive Electronic Tongue Can Taste When Juice Starts to Go Bad
An AI analysis and a chemical sensor determine drinks’ dilution, freshness and type

Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok in U.S. What’s Next?
The end seems nigh for TikTok in the U.S.

Could Pain Help Test AI for Sentience?
A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare