Technology

Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post about using nuclear bombs to cut a new channel in the Strait of Hormuz. There’s history there

A new laser system aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft is sending sharper video and more data back to Earth

Code that reads your frustration is the least interesting part of the story of this accidental leak from Anthropic. The leak reveals how AI tools are also concealing their own role in the work they help produce

A daring 10-day voyage will take four astronauts on a loop around the moon and set the stage for future forays to the lunar surface

A Los Angeles jury found Instagram and YouTube negligent in how they were built, opening a new legal fight over how courts view social media

On their voyages to the moon, NASA’s astronauts are finally getting some creature comforts of terrestrial toilets—such as having a door and being able to pee and poop simultaneously

Cortical Labs says the stunt points toward a new kind of low-power computing—and perhaps a new way to study neurological drugs

There’s a glaring hole in the president’s new science and tech council

The arrival of AI-generated research papers marks a turning point that could radically accelerate discovery—or drown it in automated mediocrity

A new study of AI sycophancy shows how asking agreeable chatbots for advice can change your behavior

Security feeds and traffic cameras have helped guide some of the most audacious targeted killings in modern history. Security researchers say the underlying vulnerabilities cover the planet and are easy to exploit

Engineers explain how a collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at one of New York’s busiest airports turned deadly