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Is Peter Thiel the target of Pope Leo's Gandalf quote? An investigation.
26 May 2026 @ 10:27 pm
Parsing a papal proclamation.
Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules
26 May 2026 @ 9:23 pm
Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor.
NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter"
26 May 2026 @ 9:03 pm
"We also obviously want to be very mindful of the Outer Space Treaty."
We're starting to see some PC makers respond to Apple's MacBook Neo
26 May 2026 @ 8:47 pm
Sub-$600 laptops have existed for years, but consistently good ones remain rare.
Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package
26 May 2026 @ 7:50 pm
"BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.
Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.
26 May 2026 @ 6:30 pm
Getting carbon and sulfur into Earth’s interior may be part of oxygen’s story.
FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent
26 May 2026 @ 5:46 pm
A creepy saved post on Instagram linked man to AI porn account, FBI says.
3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
26 May 2026 @ 5:16 pm
Hugging Face debuts $2,500 bipedal robot project for builders and researchers.
Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation
26 May 2026 @ 4:24 pm
But there are some real-world constraints that virtual pinball could easily ignore.
Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature
26 May 2026 @ 2:35 pm
Top-notch ensemble cast, smart writing, and an engrossing supernatural mystery make for a winning combo.