2025-02-21

Texas measles outbreak reaches 90 cases; 9 cases in New Mexico

The Texas cases are largely in children. Sixteen cases have been hospitalized. [...]

2025-02-21

Under new bill, Bigfoot could become California’s “official cryptid”

California has a lot of official symbols. But none are cryptids. [...]

2025-02-21

People are most worried about AI replacing these 2 jobs, according to the Max Planck Institute

A new survey asked 10,000 respondents how they feel about human versus AI doctors, judges, journalists, and more. Here’s what they said. [...]

2025-02-21

This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout

Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under threa [...]

2025-02-21

OpenAI bans Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to edit code for social media surveillance

OpenAI has banned the accounts of a group of Chinese users who had attempted to use ChatGPT to debug and edit code for an AI social media surveillance tool, the company said Friday. The campaign, whic [...]

2025-02-21

Elon Musk's DOGE reportedly cuts staff at agency that regulates Elon Musk's Tesla

Elon Musk's chainsaw has been swinging through the federal government over the last few weeks, with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chopping down budgets and excising staff at a nu [...]

2025-02-21

Apple disables iCloud's Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK

Apple users in the UK can no longer access one of the company's most powerful data protection tools, as first reported by Bloomberg. The feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), allows iPhone use [...]

2025-02-21

Engadget Podcast: Hello $599 iPhone 16e, RIP iPhone SE

Well we didn't get the iPhone SE fourth-gen this week — instead Apple debuted the iPhone 16e, a $599 model based on the iPhone 14's design. It has a 6.1-inch OLED screen and the A18 chip f [...]

2025-02-20

UK’s answer to DARPA backs synthetic muscles and e-skin in new robotics project

A British R&D unit that’s been compared to DARPA is funding synthetic muscles, electronic skin, and mechanical hands for a robotics dexterity project. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency [...]